NYKBocker wrote:

knickstorrents wrote:David Lee would have run out of bounds... At least Mosgov has the courage to get posterized.

Only way to stop that play is to stop the pass to Griffin in the first place, which means you need someone shadowing him at all times during the pick and roll. This isn't that easy.

Absolutely. Timo went after Griffen a couple of times. He even blocked a dunk attempt. I also would put Gallo in the "has courage" department. Gallo was also posterized trying to block Griffen in a fastbreak. Shotblockers get posterized.

Dwight Howard and the Rudy incident, being one of the more recent examples of this.

As some have pointed out, the important lesson from this is that if you don't try to block shots you will never be posterized unless someone accidently pushes you under the basket during one of them.

Gallo did well to be in position to even attempt a block on that Griffin dunk over him on the break. I guess if he had politely stepped out of the way and stayed out of the picture some fans would have been happier.

Just as impressive in my book, but Moz is not to blame.

jrodmc wrote:

BasketballJones wrote:He should follow the Weis example - just give up and go back home to Russia where this will never, ever happen again.

It didn't work for Weis, see the 2000 Olympics. And he had already gone home to France.
You can run, but you can't hide if you think standing there is a good idea.
Timo needs to jump. Every time. F the charge. 9 times out of 10, unless you have a doctorate in flopping, you're not going to get the call anyway. The refs know all too well this is 50% sports and 50% entertainment.

I disagree. Timo should continue to stand very, very still in those situations.