That opinion will change very fast. Patterson, by a lot on here, was considered athletic. Robinson is far (easily) more athletic than Patterson. Plus he is only 21 and will continue to get stronger/faster. His coming to Houston is probably the best thing that could have happen to him. His stats improve dramatically given our up-tempo style. I could see his per36 jumping to 15/12 if he gets in the rotation 15 mins/game. His attitude fits right in here and he will mesh right away. Everyone one this team helps make Robinson better.
He is not super athletic, but HE IS athletic with good potential. That's why experts had him as a top 5 in the draft and NBA ready.
Actually this reminds me, the Magic told Dwight in his rookie year to focus on just 2 things: rebounding and blocking shots. Said if he focused on those two and did well, the scoring would come to him. He had double digit rebounding in his first ever game, and was impressive in both categories. As he continued to do well and do what the Magic asked him to do, he started to have confidence to do other things. Sometimes for a lottery big man, this is the way to ease the pressure of living up to their "lottery" status. Coming from a team that played him limited minutes and scrub stats, to a team that expects him to play like one of the top talent in draft, would put too much pressure imo. If I was McHale or Sampson, or his teammate, I would tell him to focus on rebounding and blocking shots. The scoring will come. It will serve him well.
This. Robinson, in terms of this season, is a pure energy and hustle guy. If he comes out of the funk he fell into in that cess pit which is Sacramento, he has the potential to be very, very good in this role. Look at Kenneth Faried to see what a guy can do with athleticism, strength, toughness, and a high motor. Faried has few skills outside of rebounding, but he is a beast because of his physicality and most importantly his energy level. If Robinson can achieve even 80% of that kind of production for the rest of the season, he will be on the right track moving forward. Let's see what happens and not expect him to do too much.
He does get off the floor quickly. He elevates fairly high. His athleticism and jumping ability is comparable to Amare Stoudemire in his prime. He does not have the freakish leaping ability of a guy like Gerald Green, but then, I can think of very few 245lbs players who do. There's LeBron and there's.... well, he's about the only one I can think of. Also, freakish jumping ability is no guarantee of success. Please note, Gerald Green sucks as a NBA player. What I'm saying is he's about as good of an athlete as you can be at 6'9" 245lbs.
This is the best answer at this point.... Too many questions right now, so we should all have a wait and see attitude. T_Man
I have been thinking the same thing for a while... so i started to research the 2013 free agents and began trying to think who would morey target I know we thought about josh smith and may continue to do so but i truly believe we are targeting dwight... however i dont believe we are going to get him and I think that works out best for us because i believe dwight is tooo old and tooo much of a drama queen to ever become a champion I may get flamed for this but I think depending on how Andrew Bynum performs when and if he comes back he will be who we end up with Bynum is just 25 years old and a legit 20/10 guy... I know he has knee problems so that is something that really needs to be evaluated the last thing that we want is another Yao Ming situation... but a Line-up of a healthy 13-14 Season Bynum (26)/Asik T-ROB(23)/DMO/TJ Parsons (26) Harden (24) Lin (23)/Beverly That group will have a solid 5-7 years to make a run at championships "if" Bynum's legs hold up We would just need one solid we back up, maybe Delfino... but I would like a veteran who is not so trigger happy that could be the leader of the second unit if not Bynum because of his knee i think are next best move is Josh Smith but like you said that would make the T-Rob trade insignificant... In the end I think Morey made to move to find out who are next starting PF was going to be, because PP and Morris will never start on a championship team
He fits in as a rebounder. We were missing that the 4 spot. With him and Asik in the game there won't be any rebounds left.
Both Amare and Robinson had a 35.5" max vert at their combines. This is excellent for Robinson's weight class, very few guys who weigh as much as he does can jump that high. As a side note, Greg Smith is one of them... his athleticism is underrated. Too bad Smith doesn't have Robinson's rebounding ability and overall motor.
See,that's what I keep saying to people. To me, robinson last year was the safe pick. He's a guy who ma not be an all star type,but he will be a productive player. Kinda like shane battier. He doesn't have special traits that go along with being great. He's a good athlete,but not a super athlete. He has a good body,but he's not oversized. All these things add up when talking about the #5 pick. Think about cousins vs robinson. If cousins was the headache many claim him to be,wouldn't it be easier to get rid of cousins? Easy logic says yes,but cousins has special traits. In this years draft,I thought the big guy with the biggest upside was drummond.Why? He's 7ft, a great athlete,great body,and 18 yrs old. If sacramento wasn't dealing with cousins,they probably take drummond. They pass and drummond at 18 and limited minutes is way out producing robinson.
