Hits keep coming - Dorell Wright fractured his 4th metacarpal in his left hand. Status is TBD.

Exactly

 

I agree with you there. But they are originally from Seattle. It rubbed off.

 

Batum captures loose balls by keeping his arms and fingers extended on defense. Recently in Batum's absence, Wright began this style, no longer just staying in his own little territory. I had assumed the assistant coaches advised him to copy Batum. Wright sticking out his fingers was very noticeable to me.

Now, his finger gets hurt, and posters note the team's recent tendency of hand injuries. Maybe this new team style is the cause. Watch Wright (#1 in white uniform) guarding first Turkoglu, then Deandre Jordan, with his hands and fingers stuck way out, then holding his own hand.

As for the video, great find as usual, Haak. Hack and I go way back. I taught him everything he knows.

 

In Haak's post, you see the video full-sized.

http://www.sportstwo.com/posts/3590996/

Mods, why does my post above show only one side of the video?

 

What a pleasure it was to watch Bill Walton and Bill Russell play defense. They, too, kept their arms and fingers extended, harassing everyone around them, occupying large swathes of territory, playing bigger than they were. And keeping their center of gravity low, as Batum and now Wright do. As I have posted, Wright had some fine first halves in Batum's absence, making Batum look expendible.

 

That's a great question. We have had our hearts ripped out more than others but we also got to see a lot of really good players play for us too.

 

Good thing we have Claver, or else we'd have to play some little guy like Afflalo at small forward. Batum can't play extra minutes or he won't be ready for international games.