Hal14 wrote:Scoot McGroot wrote:Hal14 wrote:Miami is the perfect fit for him, huh? How do you figure. MIA is really rolling the dice putting Butler and Oladipo on the same team. 2 guys who both have a reputation for being really hot headed and aggressive/abrasive personalities who have a history of causing dysfunction in the locker room, who both want to have the ball in their hands, who both want to score. You don't see that as a potential risk? Butler has been a head case everywhere he's been until MIA - why has it worked out for him in Miami? Because no one else on the team is an alpha male personality, all the other guys like Bam, Herro, Robinson are these laid back nice guys. I know Robinson personally, nicest kid on the planet, wouldn't hurt a fly.
And you say they gave up spare parts to get Oladipo. How is Olynyk a spare part? He's their starting PF. Now they have no PF, only Bjelica who is not capable of starting for a good basketball team. Bjelica couldn't even start on a bad Kings team. Bjelica can't play defense. MIA hoping to land Aldridge, but he's ready to check into a retirement home, Spurs dumped him cause he can't play D anymore..
I’ll say this, but Oladipo isn’t at all “hot headed” or an “abrasive personality” in the locker room. He’s fine enough in his personal interactions. He can be a bit cool and distant, but he doesn’t get guys fired up angry in any way. His biggest fault is that he thinks he’s a big time “brand” and focuses too much on that, without recognizing that if the basketball isn’t great, he has no brand to build. If anything, he’s more of a “snake” but always seems cool to his teammates in person, if that makes sense?
Makes sense. I'll take your word for it, being a Pacers fan. Sounds like maybe the issues Oladipo has had have been moreso with team management and less with teammates. So he could be a good fit in MIA, we'll see..not sure if there will be enough shots to go around though for Butler/Bam/Herro/Robinson/Dragic/Oladipo..
Yeah, it’s hard to say. His Indy issues were that he was a bit isolated, he did almost all his rehab away from the team (in Miami), an he apparently kept asking opponents post game if he could “come play with y’all” (none of his teammates or the coaches ever came out on the record or off the record to defend him in these allegations, which speaks volumes). But, when he was around? He was pretty cool...
One thing I almost forgot was he burned a few bridges in the bubble when the George Floyd protests almost shut down the bubble when his response was basically “we can’t do anything, why even try?”
But shots might be an issue. However, if Spo can motivate him to focus on being an all-defense guy again, and the shots will come, they’ll do great.
