James Gatz wrote:stinger14 wrote:
Azubuike gets a lot of attention, but the dude isn't good at all. He padded stats against some terrible competition, but always faded out against any real competition.
I didn't watch much of him so don't have a strong opinion but looking through his stats that's not the case. His numbers stay pretty consistent. Seems to be tall, long, and knows his role. No way he can switch but seems like he could carve out a role as a 3rd/4th big at his floor with his size.
Ranked: 12.6/10.6/3.1
All Games: 13.7/10.5/2.6
Baylor #1 - 23/19/3
WVU #14 - 6/7/2
TX #19 - 17/12/0 (3 Steals tho)
Baylor #4 - 6/11/7
WVU #16 - 17/11/6
VILL #18 - 12/11/2
COLO #20 - 12/6/3
DUKE #2 - 8/8/4
Maybe I should have clarified "real competition". I wasn't talking about ranked teams, I was talking about him going against other good big men. Looking at this list, you can see where he dropped off against Carey of Duke, and Carey outplayed him as a Freshman in one of his first collegiate games while Azubuike was a seasoned collegiate player. The guy is really slow, and committed a lot of fouls because he was out of position with limited movement. He has no shooting ability beyond about 2 feet, mostly dunks or nothing. He was a 41% free throw shooter at Kansas.
