Bass is undersized. He doesn't have the luxury of finishing finesse-like because everyone is more opposing than him.
He plays to his strength, which is his strength. People bash on Fab for not trying to finish strong. Well, Bass finishes strong and tries to finish strong almost every time. Normally you want your bigs to dunk it, not lay it up - especially if he is 6'8.
I actually like all the pump-fakes he does. It means that he's in control and he doesn't want to force anything. This is literally the first time I've seen someone bash a player for pump faking the basketball.
His defense basically shut down Melo in the playoffs too. And he has some post moves. He isn't prolific, but he can abuse a mismatch.
Regarding the pump-faking and finishing; I think Bass uses the pump fake too much, I just feel he will pump-fake to no end in order to get his two-handed dunk off..when a simple jump hook or short shot off the glass would do, a la Sully.
And as a big, I want my big to make the correct basketball play,if the dunk is there dunk it, if a lay-up is there do the layup. What Bass does all the time is catch a ball above his head, and then bring it all the way down to gather,wait on his defender to react, then pump-fake(s), and then try to dunk. Bass(and almost most bigs to be honest) needs to do what sully does, if you catch it high, don't bring the ball all the way back down! Just finish high, all in one motion.
Bass and Sully are both players who are undersized yet their paint game is totally different, sully has a very diverse set of moves, which includes jump hooks, where as Bass has 1 to 2 moves, face-up jumper, pump fake to dunk...I'd rather open up more minutes to the player who is more effective, and the player to me is Sully.
Bass will have the defender backed down and on his shoulder, but then will pivot in, toward facing his defender to get his shot off, instead of using one hand to do a jump hook.
Here are Sully's jump hooks, Bass doesnt do this. Ever!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hjjS-3rlqzg
