Originally Posted by
Pelicanidae
The problem is that his post-up game is pretty mediocre. He's in the 74th percentile this year on post-ups, though admittedly he doesn't run many of them, but it's hard to imagine him being much better on higher volume. He can only really post very small guys cause his hips are high and he's easily bumped off his spot, and he doesn't have the weight or strength to go bully-ball. Plus, you're then sticking another guy in the paint.
His dribble drive game can be good, when he's using his length and pace to control it (he did this a lot last year and it was really effective) but for some reason this year he's often trying to rely on burst to get by guys and it's just not good enough. He's never been a super super bursty, explosive guy with a lightning first step, and it's certainly not something he's gained in the last 6 months. He needs to go back to using his lengthy strides and sense of timing to create good looks on drives, he's good at that.