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C Dallas Lauderdale (Maine Red Claws - NBA G-League)

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Unleash the reach: OSU's Lauderdale impresses rivals and teammates with long-armed defense

by Doug Lesmerises/Plain Dealer Reporter Friday December 12, 2008, 7:55 PM


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Terry Gilliam/Associated PressBowling Green's Erik Marschall learned the hard way how difficult it is to evade the long arms of Ohio State's Dallas Lauderdale.

Saturday's game: Butler, noon, Value City Arena.

COLUMBUS -- Stand up and let your arms hang at your sides. If your fingertips aren't scraping against the top of your knees, you're no Dallas Lauderdale. His aunt first brought up those lengthy limbs to his parents when he was young, then North Carolina coach Roy Williams took note at an AAU tournament his freshman year of high school, Lauderdale remembering the words vividly -- "That's a pair of the longest arms I've ever seen."
The wide eyes of opposing guards have driven home that point, disbelief registering as their 3-pointers are swatted by a 6-foot-8 big man flying to the edge of Ohio State's zone defense.
The wingspan of any basketball player, any person -- the length from fingertip to fingertip with the arms stretched to the side -- is roughly the same as his height. Ohio State strength and conditioning coach Dave Richardson said over the years he has seen wingspans that are four, five, maybe six inches greater than a player's height. But Lauderdale?
"My man is plus-10," Richardson said this week. "His wingspan is 7-6 1/2, he's 6-8. That's freakish."

During the sophomore season of the Solon High grad, the freak has been unleashed, mostly because there's less of him to go around. Lauderdale enters Saturday's home game against Butler third in the nation in blocked shots and down to 252 pounds, 10 under his reporting weight as a freshman.

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Bob Hunter commentary: Lauderdale becoming a force for Buckeyes

Sunday, December 14, 2008 3:33 AM
By Bob Hunter



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Dallas Lauderdale rejects a shot by Butler's Willie Veasley, one of four blocks he had in the game.




A good Butler team had been hanging around, like an annoying pest about to spoil the party. With less than seven minutes left, the crowd in Value City Arena was engaged but not loud. Do-everything guard Evan Turner was on the bench with four fouls, Ohio State's once 13-point lead had shrunk to five, and the anxiety attack that some of the 13,976 fans were already suffering was spreading.
OSU sophomore muscle man Dallas Lauderdale stepped to the line and made a free throw, missed one and then was given another one because of a lane violation. He banked this one home, a stroke of luck that brought the suddenly-giddy fans to their feet. And before some of them had a chance to sit down, the 6-foot-8 forward went to the other end of the floor, flashed out to the wing and hammered a shot by Butler guard Zach Hahn deep into the seats like a Ryan Howard home run.
The play was like a glass of cold water in the face of a sleeping security guard; a nervous crowd had become a rambunctious crowd and was on its feet cheering wildly. One of the revelers held his hand up and Lauderdale slapped it as if the guy were one of his teammates.
"I was very pumped up," Lauderdale said. "Sometimes the adrenaline just takes over. It was a big stop in the game, and a fan just held his hand up. It was just an instinct to give him a high five."
It wasn't the turning point in the Buckeyes' 54-51 over the Bulldogs; Butler kept chipping away and eventually tied the score at 51 before OSU got the win. But it was important because of what it was, another place where Lauderdale was making a key defensive play at a key point in the game, the same Lauderdale who last season had trouble getting through five minutes as a sub without picking two or three fouls.
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Mentioned by Tom Hamilton during the broadcast tonight:

BuckeyeXtra - The Columbus Dispatch : OSU men's basketball: Sacrifice part of Buckeye's being

OSU men's basketball: Sacrifice part of Buckeye's being
Thursday, January 8, 2009 3:24 AM
By Bob Baptist

THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH

Most kids grow up wanting to be the star. The quarterback. The leading scorer. The home run hitter.

The value of playing a role for the good of a team doesn't sink in until later, usually by necessity.

Dallas Lauderdale began playing his role early, by necessity, in an arena more obscure and very much more real than the one in which he plays now.

"When I started playing my role, I was in high school," said Lauderdale, a 6-foot-8 sophomore for Ohio State. "I had to start coming home during my lunch break and get my mom lunch or do things for her that she wasn't able to do. I was just there for her. She's my mom. She's my heart.

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Dallas is fine

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Lauderdale ?fine,? Matta says

Dallas Lauderdale, who left the floor late in the first half after being hacked under the basket by Kevin Coble of Northwestern, ?tweaked his (left) shoulder,? coach Thad Matta said after the game.

Matta did not imply that the injury would keep Lauderdale from playing against Wisconsin on Friday in a Big Ten tournament quarterfinal in Indianapolis.

?He?s fine. Nothing major,? Matta said. ?He went back in. Everything is a go as far as that?s (concerned). I think the guy hit it and popped it. I don?t know if it came out or not.?

Lauderdale played only two minutes in the second half and was not on the floor for the final 13:26. B.J. Mullens started the second half in his place.
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Posted by Bob Baptist on March 9, 2009 12:54 AM | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0)
 
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BJ would've stayed in anyway because NU had no answer for him. We won't really know Dallas' condition until the game rolls around Friday.

Hope it's not something that is going to be a recurring problem. Once a joint gets popped it tends to be easier to do it in the future.
 
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"He's fine. Nothing major," Matta said. "He went back in. Everything is a go as far as that's (concerned). I think the guy hit it and popped it. I don't know if it came out or not."
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A shoulder popping out of socket is no big deal as long as it is someone elses. I assure you it is a very big deal to the poor SOB who owns the shoulder in question.:wink2:
 
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Jaxbuck;1424935; said:
A shoulder popping out of socket is no big deal as long as it is someone elses. I assure you it is a very big deal to the poor SOB who owns the shoulder in question.:wink2:
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Not really. I had a friend who's shoulder would pop out on him every now and then and the most painful thing was having it popped back in... Ouch!

Dallas needs to really work at his free-throw shooting and get that giddyup out of his stroke. That is the one thing that really concerns me in close ballgames is that coaches might start fouling him or even Mullens.
 
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LitlBuck;1424948; said:
Not really. I had a friend who's shoulder would pop out on him every now and then and the most painful thing was having it popped back in... Ouch!

Dallas needs to really work at his free-throw shooting and get that giddyup out of his stroke. That is the one thing that really concerns me in close ballgames is that coaches might start fouling him or even Mullens.
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They can get that way after awhile but I have never seen anybody dislocate a shoulder the first time and not be in some serious pain.
 
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brodybuck21;1432090; said:
Dallas was a big time surprise this past weekend. Im excited to see him continue to grow as a player.
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Ride on:biggrin2: Hopefully, Dallas will continue to improve and be even more of a force especially on offense and he really needs to work on his free-throw shooting if Mullens is not going to be there next year.
 
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NCAA Tournament: Lauderdale comes on strong
Big sophomore has picked up his intensity level in postseason
Thursday, March 19, 2009
By Bob Baptist
THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH

With Gene Keady being one of a kind, it was not unusual to hear the retired Purdue coach impart a unique take on Dallas Lauderdale before the season.

"I love Lauderdale," said Keady, who coached many bulky big men like the Ohio State sophomore during his two decades with the Boilermakers.

"I love that name," Keady said. "That's a name we give in our golf group. 'Lauderdale' means we pick the best drive and we play from there -- kind of like a scramble on the first hole only. When we say 'Lauderdale,' that's what we mean."

Lauderdale's position coach at Ohio State, Al Major, was a student manager for Keady at Purdue. He laughed when that story was relayed to him yesterday.

"Let's hope Dallas keeps scrambling," he said.

The Buckeyes played off of Lauderdale's drive in the Big Ten tournament last week and can only hope he's carrying a big stick again this weekend in the NCAA Tournament in Dayton. Ohio State plays Siena in the first round Friday night in University of Dayton Arena.

"Dallas brought it" in the Big Ten tournament, teammate Jeremie Simmons said. "That's the best I've seen him play in a long time."

Ohio State defeated higher-seeded Wisconsin and Michigan State before falling to Purdue by four points in the championship game Sunday. Lauderdale, a 6-foot-8 center with the 7-5 wingspan, had 19 points, 12 rebounds and eight blocked shots in the three games.

In Ohio State's last nine games of the regular season -- the second half of the Big Ten season, in other words -- he had 19 points, 18 rebounds and nine blocked shots.

What got into him? And did the coaches bottle it?

"I hope so," coach Thad Matta said.

"He had a little more bounce in him. He was finishing around the basket, (was) a little bit more active than maybe he had been. Defensively, I thought he had a very good presence about him from (the arc) in."
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BuckeyeXtra - The Columbus Dispatch : NCAA Tournament: Lauderdale comes on strong
 
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Dallas needs to talk to Chris Jent about his free-throw shooting technique and get it straightened out before next season. I think that is the only thing that he really needs to work on before next season because we were have enough shooters. They can just muscle the ball in when he is underneath.
 
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