Have you seriously looked at our rotation and the role of each player on the team in how they play. I mean I can understand the Halliburton side of the frustration but Maf are you seriously being fair with this kid?
You think Thibs is giving him a genuine look into whatever his potential may be?
I?m truly shocked at how hard you ride him!
I ride the kid bc it was an awful pick and it pains me to even think about it still. He?s a bust. There?s no doubt about that.
The kid couldn?t dominate in the paint vs the meh schools Dayton plays. His game was never gonna translate to the NBA. He doesn?t rebound, defend, and isn?t a good shooter.
Toss in fact we had Randle and Knox.. made the pick unbearable.
Toss in it was a Rose client and he had tunnel vision on this kid?
If we draft TH, we have 5-8 more wins....
But, yes... the kid hasn?t been given much of a chance. But, I do surmise, that he probably looks lost in practice too.
Obi is an undersized PF, who cannot guard SF and isn?t powerful enough to defend other Pf. He has no interior game, no handle, and awful shooting... and, he doesn?t impact game at all
Off the ball.
If he is so athletic, where is the rebounding? And, if he can?t shoot, defend, or rebound, how do you play him?
Again, I hate ragging on him constantly. But he has a lot of work to do to even resemble a decent rotational player.
Now, the kid has no business playing college basketball but he worked hard and made a team... then, he worked hard and earned PT at Dayton, then he parlayed that into a nice senior season...
This gives me some hope he at least works hard enough to carve out a little role here... but the idea an NBA team is gonna start and playing Obi Toppin 30 minutes a night? That?s not happening.
What does he do well? Not much... so, he has to work very hard to develop a decent shot so he can score. Teams leave him wide open. He has to knock down those looks. Then, maybe he learns to rebound and defend.
Sure, we could employ pick and roll some and get him 3-4 easy dunks a game. But, he must first prove he can hit a jump shot.