The start of the 2019-20 Nets season saw a familiar sight, Jarrett Allen getting dominated by good NBA center. Karl-Anthony Towns gashed Jarrett Allen and the Nets for 36 points and 14 rebounds on 11-22 shooting. KAT took advantage of his strength superiority over Jarrett, and flat out dominated. Jarrett was often too scared of getting beat in the post by KAT and was late getting out to cover KAT, which played a part in Towns knocking down 7 three’s. Allen getting bullied by other teams’s big men has been a trend for Allen that his plagued his entire career, and it needs to change for him to be considered one of the elite centers in the NBA. Whether it’s Joel Embiid, Anthony Davis, Enes Kanter, Dwight Howard, or Jusuf Nurkic, opposing centers love seeing the Nets on the schedule. Allen has constantly allowed centers like those guys to have career nights (like Dwight’s 30-30 game with the Hornets) and it needs to stop Simply put, Jarrett needs to get stronger. Yes, Jarrett does look stronger than he did last year and had some good defensive stops on Towns, but he cannot allow the opposing centers to have a double double every time they play the Nets. It took Giannis 4 years for him to go from skinny to strong, and Jarrett needs to speed up that process if this Nets team wants to be a true contender. Allen is a liability against teams like the Sixers, and can’t be relied on in clutch times. KAT is a top 5 center in the NBA, but if Jarrett ever wants to be in that conversation he has to stop a top 5 center. However, I’ll give credit where credit is due, Jarret did finish with 5 blocks last night. That is a fantastic stat to have and it showcases his tremendous ability to block shots, but almost all of them were against guards at the basket. Hopefully this entire blog is an extreme overreaction to 1 game in an 82 game season, and it can be laughed at in the offseason.

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