tripa wrote:mademan wrote:tdotrep2 wrote:
siakam wasnt that guy, look at him in the philly series vs a few years ago. different players. Saying an increased role will only amount to a few more ppg's is nonsense. An increased role = practice at said role. He's absolutely shown flashes of being able to take people 1 on 1, he's shown more potential than siakam had in terms of bag at his age.
Seriously, what do you guys see in OG that i dont? Like i get he's a good player, but people thinking he'll ever be more than a 3+D guy (with few plays here and there that arent spot ups) is just crazy to me. Dude's been in the league 5 years and still cant dribble, he has zero explosion off the dribble and has 2 left feet/robotic/w.e tf it is that makes him fall when he makes a slight move on offense.
He has zero future as an actual on ball option. He's at the top of the range of what he does (3+D), but he's not gonna be more. He's not gonna wake up tomorrow and not be ridiculously robotic with handles. Thats not the way basketball works. You improve around the edges, and sometimes those improvements are huge (like Siakam), but you dont become a different player 5 years in.
Everyone on this board overrates our players. tdotrep comparing OG to Siakam is hilarious. OG hasn't shown any sign of having Siakam's skills or work ethic. He's also shown zero sign of being a good 1 on 1 player, which is completely fine, thats not his role, nor should it be.
He is definitely overrated by the fanbase, been saying this for a long time. But at the same time this doesn't take away from him that he is a good NBA player.
He isn't a guy who can create offense and if we are trying to experiment this even further, it's stupid. He is a very good role player though.
