i can admit that i was wrong. he has shown much more than i thought he still had. still have doubts, but i do like how they are deploying him- small spurts v big lineups.

also, i wouldn't read a ton into his Net Rating. he's looked competent, but i think how they use him has more of an effect on that than anything else. i suspect if they tried to play him in more situations, we would see a healthy drop.

credit to the coaches for recognizing his strengths and playing to them. would be very easy to say "need moar rebounds ergo moar Asik" but i think that would be a mistake

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Posted by TigerinATL

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Posted on 11/23/16 at 8:13 am to corndeaux

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i do like how they are deploying him- small spurts v big lineups.

There's certainly a value question, he's getting paid like a 20-25 MPG big, not a 15-20 MPG big. But he's filling the 15-20 role well.

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i wouldn't read a ton into his Net Rating. he's looked competent

I think his NetRtg says exactly that, he's competent in the limited role he's being asked to fill. While I would like to see him tried more at times when they hit rebounding dry spells that eventually cost them games, I do realize that in a small ball world he'd be playing at a disadvantage and would probably be a negative...IF the opposing team was smart enough to change their play to take advantage of him. That will happen in the playoffs for sure, I have doubts if it'd happen against midling to bad teams trying to claw out a win during the regular season.

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