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Originally Posted by Cross-Over
I disagree. Saying he shies away from contact is very subjective. Personally I don't think he does. Statisitically, being foul prone would support that he doesn't shy away from contact.
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As a Bulls fan, I used to cringe watching him inside. To think we gave away Elton Brand to get him still makes me want to cry. He is foul prone because he has a tendency to play defense with his hands, because he's not willing to do the hard work you need to when you're an interior defender - he'd rather try to swat the ball away than make his man work for his shot. Of course, when he's in foul trouble he can't do that anymore, so he just gets scored on. And while he may block some shots, it's usually not the shots of the man he is defending (as is in fact the case for most blocked shots). Good 'off-the-ball' defending, terrible 'on-the-ball.'
He is a great rebounder, just don't ask him to stop his man scoring.