It isn’t hard to notice when Carl Landry in on the floor.
No. 24 will be the guy hustling to set picks, lunging for every loose ball, anxiously vying for every 50-50 possession opportunity (that is, balls being fought over by opposing players) and jostling for position in order to contest each rebound.
For fans, it’s a refreshing and entertaining show of a player clearly doing everything he can to help his team. For opponents tasked with the unenviable job of guarding Landry, it’s an awareness that you are about to earn your pay in trying to keep the power forward in check.
In short, it’s the kind of skill set that is entirely effort-oriented – and makes you wonder why more NBA players can’t do the same.
“[David West] is obviously big and strong and knows what he’s doing when he gets in the paint, but Landry’s just all over the place and gets to where he needs to be,” Toronto Raptors power forward Amir Johnson told HOOPSADDICT.com in comparing two significant parts of the New Orlean...
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