Fun fact: all of the top-5 centers in the NBA are European, according to Real Plus/Minus (Jokic, Vucevic, Gasol, Gobert, Nurkic). None were lottery picks.
Zubac also had trouble with consistency. Gotta get Zizic minutes so he can get up to NBA speed .
Didnt we have a sad rating here at one point?If only we had a young, european center of our own who flashes good potential almost every time he steps on the court...
I don't really think he was that bad, none of our bigs could score tonight (Larry was 2/8 same as Ante, and Channing was 2/9), and Ante rebounded the ball really well (11 in 21 minutes, 2 more than Larry with 9 fewer minutes) and played decent defense. He led that team in +/- as well (+1).
I don't really think he was that bad, none of our bigs could score tonight (Larry was 2/8 same as Ante, and Channing was 2/9), and Ante rebounded the ball really well (11 in 21 minutes, 2 more than Larry with 9 fewer minutes) and played decent defense. He led that team in +/- as well (+1).
He's no Zubac
Alot of times, guys are getting him the ball way too low. I just don't think he has the flexibility to really catch a ball below his knees.
I think his game is sealing guys off deep in the lane in transition. I also think he can get the ball up high where he doesn't need to jump and he can just set the ball in.
Exactly, inliner.
I was screaming at the TV as Zizic had perfect position toward the hoop with his man sealed on his back. Sexton wouldn't make the inlet pass for an easy shot or foul.
Just FYI, they are the same age, but the reason Zubac has more NBA minutes is he came over a year early because he lost his starting spot to Zizic. Zizic tore up Europe at 19.
Zizic IMO needs to get stronger and get up to NBA speed, and then you have a very good player.