Scouting report: Best face-up games
Originally Published: March 12, 2007
By
David Thorpe | Scouts Inc.
Editor's note: This is Part 2 of a series on post moves and other fundamental techniques.
In our first part of this series, I talked about the best back-to-the-basket players and their pet post moves.
Let's move on to the players who excel at face-up moves from a post position, which can be either the low post, the mid-post or the high post.
Once again, we're talking about some of the superstars of the game, including Kobe Bryant, Carmelo Anthony, Dwyane Wade and LeBron James -- and a couple of names you might not expect.
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