I think the end of the season has unfortunately highlighted how far he has to go still. His offensive and defensive awareness is still pretty lacking, his shot not consistent enough to either respect, or chance possessions on, he is still abysmal at rebounding and boxing out, and while in theory he should be someone capable of switching out onto the perimeter ala AD/Ayton/Bam, his anticipation, footwork, positioning, and decision-making just doesn't seem to be there yet, and his IQ and anchoring at the 5 has not been pretty except for spurts against back ups, against mostly bad teams.

Thankfully, that probably means he will not be super expensive to keep around and continue developing.

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Posted by htran90

Member since Dec 2012

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Posted on 4/18/22 at 3:16 pm to Bronc

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I think the end of the season has unfortunately highlighted how far he has to go still. His offensive and defensive awareness is still pretty lacking, his shot not consistent enough to either respect, or chance possessions on, he is still abysmal at rebounding and boxing out, and while in theory he should be someone capable of switching out onto the perimeter ala AD/Ayton/Bam, his anticipation, footwork, positioning, and decision-making just doesn't seem to be there yet, and his IQ and anchoring at the 5 has not been pretty except for spurts against back ups, against mostly bad teams.

Thankfully, that probably means he will not be super expensive to keep around and continue developing.

proved that he's useful in the regular season, can outrun and outjump the weaker teams.

playoff teams, they'll make him an absolute weak link

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Posted by Jojodaddy

Member since Dec 2015

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Posted on 4/18/22 at 3:39 pm to Bronc

Agree, unfortunately. The things he’s missing are the things you can’t teach… anticipation, creativity, grit.

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