Crazy-Canuck wrote:Calinks wrote:Jedzz wrote:They have to do something about Okogie playing so poorly. Somehow they have to help his confidence and get him back to basics somehow. Should be a Gleague trip. What is holding them back from doing so? Are they hoping to trade him or something?
I wouldn't mind sending him down. Making him be a go ot guy down there. It did wonders for Shabazz. That said he may be able to eventually work his way out of it in the NBA but G-league he is guaranteed lots of PT.
Going down to the gleague won't help him. I don't want him to go down there to try and be a first option because he simply diesnt have the skillset nor feel for that.
He needs to work on his spot up shooting and pattern his game after graham (style wise).
His defense us still useful for stretches, but he shouldn't be someone you count on to play 20+ minutes unless everyone is hurt.
I have same feeling. Josh is limited player in offense and defense when he tries to use only his pure energy and athletic skills. To take next step he needs to learn the nuances of team offense and defense. In this case he can impact the game on multiple levels. For instance, sometimes he fails to defend when he is bodying his opponent and chooses wrong angle. Then he tries to make up this with effort and allows an easy basket, because on this side of offense there is no help defense.
In my opinion he needs more reps within organized offense, where he is last option in offense, which is not the case with our PG situation, but once it is stabilized Josh will play much better. I also assume that our coaching staff is providing our young players with assistance, because KBD, Okogie, Reid, Nowell and Culver have a lot to learn.