NewKnicks wrote:Im Coming Home wrote:nyczlegacy wrote:A few putback dunks doesnt mean chit
So bipolar over here.. dude looks ok for a 2nd round pick but remember he was drafted #8 as the most nba ready player in the lottery
Dudes a bust hope he can develop into 8th-9th man off the bench hopefully but seems doubtful
Who determined this?
People keep faulting Obi for this which is beyond stupid as hell. The "Most NBA ready" label is bullsh*t and just thrown on older players in the draft, it doesn't gurantee that Obi wouldn't have nervousness and have trouble figuring out the NBA.
Its beyond stupid people keep faulting Obi for this because THEY believed what the scouts said about him being most NBA ready which basically means nothing and was just based on his age and age only.
No ones Bipolar here, its just half the people like yourself so impatient and refusing to give him anytime just because he didn't come out of the gate looking like a superstar. He's shown some flashes here and there, I won't say he's played well because he hasn't, but I will say to be patient otherwise you're gonna look like an idiot next year like so many do about RJ this year.
So let's get this on record.. you're predicting the same rise for Obi year over year as RJ made? I guess we'll see who the idiot is going to be. He's a man at 23. No excuses. We struck out again in the lottery, and a lot of you just want to back the front office for reasons I don't understand.
Hali is a future All-Star, and he was there for the taking. And he's a PG. Our front office bombed the pick again. No need to defend them. It is what it is. We can only hope they might the right decisions this time around. Thankfully we have two number 1's, so maybe we'll get lucky and hit on one of them.
No.
I'm just making a comparison to RJ because so many people last year were calling him a bust as well and saying he showed nothing and he's not athletic enough for the NBA, etc.
Obi may not make the same rise as RJ, but I do think he will be better.
He hasn't been put in a position to succeed either. Calling him a bust with not even a full season under his belt is beyond stupid, him being 23 doesn't mean the NBA won't look faster than college to him, doesn't mean he won't have any need to adjust to the game, etc. All this while being played less than 10mpg or so.
We gotta be patient, might he still end up a bust? Possible, but to declare him that he's already a bust is just impatient and silly.
As far as Hali goes, we wouldn't have IQ if that was the case, and I think IQ has higher potential than Hali.