re: Omer Asik Appreciation Thread

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I dont even think he has to.

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All he needs to do is improve his ability to catch and finish within 5 feet of the basket. He's actually better than advertised at that, but there was one sequence where AD got stopped on the left baseline, he passed it to Tyreke in the middle of the lane who drew a double team and dumped it to a wide open Asik on the right side of the lane about 5 feet from the basket and he couldn't get it in. I think he probably needed one more step to score comfortably, and he was open enough for something like that 2 handed 1 dribble and a hop that you see bigs do sometimes, but what we saw as him attempt to get to the rim with no dribble from that distance and it's just too far with his lack of athleticism.