Homerclease wrote:Celtic King wrote:djFan71 wrote:It's awesome you have & shared this info, but Homer's being pretty fair in his opinion in my opinion. A 6'7" power forward historically has the deck stacked against them. Sure, there are examples of starter, even star level players with that combination. But, it's rare. He's fighthing uphill from day 1. I think we'd all love for Yabs to beat the odds and be a major contributor and are hoping for it. But, we aren't counting on that coming to fruition, esp in his rookie year, and would consider moving him in the right deal. Seems pretty level-headed.
In no way am I saying he is going to be a star or even a starter in the NBA. But I am very confident that he is going to be a successful player in the NBA on a roster, hopefully ours. I would play him on our roster instead of Mickey, Green or maybe even Jerebko who could be worth something in a trade.
He's not going to play at all here until he improves significantly on the defensive end. It's not due to lack to effort but more due to lack of experience. Team defensive concepts at an NBA level are alien to him. We saw it in the summer league when he was over here. How to defend the pick and roll, when to switch, where to rotate. He and Bentil were woeful. Hopefully he can figure it out or he's going to be another Brandon Bass but I see this kids ceiling as a role player
Homer and I have definitely had our disagreements in regard to talent evaluation but I don't see anything wrong with his stance or his logic. Especially the commentary on the likely huge adjustment Yabusele faces in learning actual NBA defensive concepts. If he becomes a decent backup big I will call it a win. I don't think anyone can say for certain one way or the other whether or not he will bust or not. Offensively, I think he can do a number of things that fit well in our offense. But as Homer said, defensively, I suspect he has a ways to go and CBS isn't gonna play guys much that can't defend.
