anyone remember or have a link to when reddick said atsur was the toughest person he's ever played against in the acc...i think he said this sometime before this season started

1/12/2006 3:24:28 PM

no.

1/12/2006 3:36:18 PM

he did say it, he included two other players in that quote


i dont have the link

1/12/2006 3:41:53 PM

He only said that because he was trying to hook up with Engine (as pronouced by Len Elmore)

1/12/2006 4:33:08 PM

prolly tryin to score some turkish weed

1/12/2006 4:33:57 PM

atsur gets slept on as a good perimeter defender cause he's white

1/12/2006 5:16:33 PM

http://theacc.collegesports.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/031705aah.html

Quote :

"But that performance may have been a bigger testament to Redick's shooting than Atsur's defense. Redick said earlier this year that Atsur was one of the best defenders he's faced in ACC competition. "He is a smart defender," said Redick, who earlier this week was named ACC Player of the Year. "He is not the quickest guy. But he knows position defense. He knows how to deny the ball."

1/12/2006 5:35:43 PM

backhanded compliment

1/12/2006 5:48:35 PM

exactly

1/12/2006 5:51:32 PM

better than no compliment i reckon

1/12/2006 5:57:11 PM

it sounds pretty accurate to me...

i think he's a great perimeter defender when it comes to denying his man the ball and forcing the guy into positions he doesn't want to go, but Atsur can be taken off the dribble.

He was getting manhandled by Diaz after the first 10-15 minutes of the Miami game. We had to put Bennerman on Diaz in order to shut him down in the 2nd half.

That's not exactly a disrespect to Atsur, because Diaz is nasty... but he's not a shutdown defender (like Crawford, Grundy, etc.).

[Edited on January 12, 2006 at 6:01 PM. Reason : .]

1/12/2006 6:01:26 PM

hey remember when Duke beat us in the ACC tournament Semis last year and redick lit us up for about 35?



Yeah



Stop talking about this

1/12/2006 6:21:06 PM

im sure they smoke weed in turkey

but its mostly hashish

1/12/2006 7:19:41 PM