Watching him check into the game last night and immediately getting dunked on was the final straw. I don't think this kid has Porzingis potential but I think he can show us much more than he's showing us now. He has virtually zero offensive OR defensive situational awareness and his floor positioning is always off. Rebounds come right to him and they are tipped away or stolen from him. I don't know if anybody notices this, but when the team shoots around at half-time he doesn't take a SINGLE shot. He gets a ball and gives it to his teammate every single time. It's no wonder he's shooting under 20% this season. If he continues playing this timid he won't make it to the end of the season. He's showing us nothing. He needs to flatline somebody with a screen or send his opponent to the locker room after committing a flagrant two foul. Give us SOMETHING to show the world that your impact on the court is felt. The days of getting dunked on, tipping rebounds away with your open hand, and getting bullied by the opposing team's 15th man cannot continue. I want to see this kid succeed.
As Oklahoma City Thunder's continued stay on the toilet suggests, Joe Chee should take a shlt or get off the pot.
I’m slightly irked at how bad the third string is. You can not rely on any of them to be in the regular rotation if someone were to get hurt. Does anyone have a stat on what their +/- is? (More likely a minus)
You know we're doing well when this is the only thing left to criticize on the team. ..A low second round pick.
Coming into the NBA from China is a cosmic leap in size and athleticism. Combine that with him being very thin, he was never gonna help the squad this year, and everybody with any knowledge whatsoever knew that. He is a pure prospect. No amount of "message sending" is gonna change that. At this time next year, after he's hopefully gained 20 pounds, and NBA speed doesn't look like a blur, then maybe we can start analyzing actual in game issues he needs to address. We all remember what Capela looked like in his first minutes, it was a train wreck.
Well, as Capela questionable for tonight, Nene doesnt play back to back and Ariza just played 42 minutes last night, I sure hope he could put us decent 10-15 minutes from the bench. Or maybe we'll get an Onuako sighting?
I want only the team to succeed. People need to remove the following words when talking about Che 1. Porzingis 2. Capela
Playing in a new league with supremely better talent. Most rookies look like trash, especially when they are 7'3" and weight a buck fifty soaking wet. Will take him at least 3 years to build up enough muscle to hang in this league.
DMo has a 360 page thread on him with tons of people wanting to pay him a big contract even after back surgery. He got a lot more love than Zhou even if he was the better player. Around this time last year it was DMo madness.
