I think with Amen, it’s a chicken and egg thing. He will be our most important space creator if he starts hitting layups and gets more comfortable with his decision making (when to shoot, when to pass). His expected assists number is 11, Sengun’s is 11.9. He’s had some bad luck with players missing 3’s off his passes or his assist numbers would be better. He hasn’t really passed the ball to cutters or to people in the lane very much at all, although in the Orlando game he did feed Adams 4 times for dunks or layups that he bricked. The two bigs lineup and all the isolation we are running is killing our spacing. Ime is stubborn and only injuries cause him to make changes. He’s using Tari’s injury to run out his 2 bigs lineup, regardless of how many games where he has been proven wrong on reducing Okogie’s minutes to run it out with such frequency.
So far, I like his passing touch. Very crisp. His assist/TO ratio is pretty good. Sometimes he still hesitates not knowing whether to shoot or to pass.
Agreed on biking up but he can continue to get stronger, especially with his core so his balance improves. Still only 21 and starting to excite even some of the fans that never believed in him.
