Gabriel

I like his hustle, but he tends to play out of control (which leads to a lot of fouls). Nothing more than an end of the bench player IMO.

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I thought he'd be more useful.

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I think the reason he hasn't gotten many minutes is:

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but he tends to play out of control (which leads to a lot of fouls).

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Per 36 minutes he's averaging 5 fouls. He averaged 6.6 per 36 in Portland. The next closest Pel on the team is James Johnson at 4.1 per 36. This team really doesn't foul.

If Gabriel can get that Per 36 foul rate down to 4 he'll get minutes and be one of the defensive stretch bigs the team needs off the bench. If he can't then the team should have seen his high foul rate as a red flag for fit in Stan's system and not signed him as you suggested.

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He is what he is. Stretch big that hustles. Decent bench depth.

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You are spot on. At best he is a 4th big. There's nothing wrong with that as he hustles his butt off. I find it very delightful that he is basically a walking foul out once he steps on the court. It is like he is trying to see how fast can he pick up 6 fouls. He's organized chaos and fun to watch run around like a chicken with its head cut off.

He does foul a lot although I appreciate a good hack now and then. He was a top 50 player entering college and appears to be comfortable shooting from 3.

Bruh don’t blame Gabriel for for fricking Stan’s shitty arse rotations. Guy was basically allocating 95% of the minutes between 6 players at the beginning of the year lol. Turns out he was a retard, because we actually had about 6 pretty decent players that he refused to play at all because he was fricking stubborn. Hayes, Naw, Kira, Naji, Billy and Wenyen.

Guy was playing 6 players a game and only calling 2-3 timeouts a game. It was comical, especially now knowing we had a bunch of useable players glued to the bench like they didn’t even belong in the league.

Chiek had a little Mutumbo in his game ... No No No

I think I’d take Wenyen back on a minimum and then either use our 2nd rd in a trade or pick a draft and stash guy. I feel like we have a bunch of decent backups at this point. It really depends on who is available when we pick.

I don’t love Wenyen, but he seems to be high character, is somewhat multipositional, hustles his arse off, and he might be a better shooter than anticipated. I can work with that as a 12th-13th man.

I am with you in regards of how annoying it is that we don’t even try to take swings in the 2nd rd. Time and time again there are useful players found in that round. Why don’t we keep Wenyen and make a 2nd rd pick? Have them compete?

I think our big miss this year was not drafting Bane with our 2nd first or finding a way to trade up and take Bey. That entire Adams deal was a disaster, unless we are giving him credit for Hayes. And I really don’t think that is fair to Hayes. I think he has his own skill development coach on our staff that he shouts out quite regularly in interviews.

I liked when we signed Wenyen, and I love his hustle, but he will never be even a role player at best. He’s literally end of the bench material. I’m not trying to bash Wenyen, like I said I like the guy, just more reiterating how stupid it is that we throw 2nd round picks away for nothing. If your going to sign a minimum guy at the end of the bench, why not take a chance on a draft pick in the 30’s?

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$1.6 million

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$1.8m.

Hardly a waste.

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This is absolutely right, imagine for a reason that you exist in a career where you working 5 days or so yields you 1.8 million dollars a year!