ESPN article that talks about Aminu
http://insider.espn.go.com/nba/story...eak-candidates
This article in insider lists six highly drafted players that need to step up before being called a bust. It features Michael Beasley, Evan Turner, John Wall, Wesley Johnson, OJ Mayo, and Aminu. Wouldn't let me copy and paste it from my iPhone so here is what it says:
"Aminu came into the league with the expectation that he'd eventually become a Josh Smith or Thadeus Young tweener but in a good way forward. Defensively, he has not been too far from that archetype, but rebounding aside he hasn't really provided any where near the level of all around versatility you'd expect from those pre-draft comparisons.
The big thing holding Aminu back is his offensive game or lack thereof. Even acknowledging that his scoring numbers were not supposed to blow anyone away, he has scored 10.5 career points per 36 minutes and created precious few scoring chances for himself or others. Part of that can be chalked up to bad finishing; among regular forwards in 2011-12, he had the league's eighth worst field goal % on attempts at the rim.
It should be noted that Aminu isn't an outright bad player. After taking his defense into account, he actually had a positive regularized plus/minus last season. But a lifetime PER of 10.1, he's definitely on pace to be something of a bust relative to where he was drafted."
by Neil Paine of Basketball-Reference.com
This is somewhat a make or break year for Mr. Aminu and I am of the people that hopes he improves and somewhat reaches some of that pre-draft potential!