Ochai Agbaji: 70 days a Cavalier

[The Oi]

This is my legacy.

 

[Sir'Dom Pointer]

Little known fact, he’s actually still white from the waist down. You just wouldn’t know because he wears compression tights.

So the tights are Ochai's cover like the glasses are to Clark Kent's?

God damn.. So finaly Cedi is going to have his new locker room buddy to shower with pants on.

 

[kidduck]

I say hope for the best because he's a Cav now.

 

[Mr. Orange]

Yes, my “agenda” is to tell you that you’re not a scout. Because apparently someone has to actually tell you that.

But yes, glad to get your opinion on what has been “additive” to the conversation considering the last several days.


Exactly my point as well.

And I agree, I think it’s time to just let this go and see how the player contributes.

I never claimed to be a scout. I said I try to look at things through a scouts eye, not a fans eye. That means watching guys off ball, watching their habits, thinking what they may be not what they are, etc. I thought that was clear. Sometimes you hear what you want to hear, we are all guilty of it. But I never said I was a pro scout or anything like that. But yes, time to let it go.

 

[foucault87]

He is a cross between prime David Thompson, prime Kobe, and prime Christie. Best sg we've ever had. Reminds me of Paul Pierce

 

[mds]

To me he seems like a cross between Muggsy Bogues, Andre The Giant, and The Hamburglar.

 

[JJ_PR]

Should've drafted Jim Chones...

 

[Cavatt]

Guys that have watched in him that Red video are saying he can guard 1-3 and some 4's. I don't expect him to guard Lebron as a rook, but they are saying he can get minutes because he will be working on D. I am starting to buy the defensive potential.

I like he scores 30 pts per 100 poss off ball. That is wild and the fact he was their best player on that team without handling the ball is also pretty cool.

He was 23% of their offense and played 39 min a game. Surely as the worst player on the team with all better teammates now he can be pretty good in small min playing hard. He will have wide open opportunities.

 

[Douglar]

From The Athletic’s 2022 NBA Draft Guide:

Good size and length for the wing position. He’s 6-foot-5 with a 6-foot-10 wingspan and nearly an 8-foot-8 standing reach. He has terrific athleticism. Extremely explosive off two feet as a leaper. Very strong. Has a great frame that allows him to play through contact. Great in an open court. Runs the court well. Good quickness for his size and strength. Terrific 3-and-D prospect. Extremely reliable off the catch as a shooter. Shot prep is terrific, particularly off spot-ups. His numbers off the catch were absurd. Per Synergy, Agbaji hit 45.2 percent of his catch-and-shoot 3-point attempts this past season, a number on par with some of the best you’ll find in a pre-draft prospect. Footwork and shot prep are the same every time. Great rhythm and gets it off quick. Release point is the same. ​

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A smart off-ball player. Moves well and relocates to find open shots. Hits them off movement with baseline and pindown screens. Think he’s best off flare actions. Finds them in transition by going to corners. Kansas also started running dribble-handoff sets — a la the Miami Heat — to try to get open looks for him to shoot behind off the exchange. It’s all pristine and reliable. Hit 26 of his 54 corner 3-point attempts. Will be very reliable as a spot-up player there. Also hit 40 percent of his 38 catch-and-shoot 3-point attempts from beyond 25 feet, per Synergy, meaning he has legitimate NBA range already. This is as projectable a skill as exists in this draft.​

Cavs' newest addition, Ochai Agbaji, is 'excited to get to work'

Agbaji, who played four years at Kansas, comes to the Cavs with plenty of collegiate experience and should fill a need with his shooting.

theathletic.com

“I thought he could be a weapon. He’s got a skill that no matter where you are in the NBA, you need it,” Bickerstaff said. “He has the ability to put the ball in the basket, and it’s not just the ability to stand in a spot and make a shot. When we watched him play, it was his ability to move and catch and shoot off of screens, off of handoffs, where he knew how to make himself difficult to guard. And you know at this level, shotmakers are a premium, not only as a young player, as a role player, as a star, his responsibility is to help his teammates.”​

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“His intangibles have improved so much from a competitiveness (standpoint). Even though he always was (competitive), he’s learned that there’s a different gear you have to get to compete at the highest level,” Self said. “When you work as hard as he does in that fifth gear, every single possession, every single drill, every single shot, you’re going to get better. He’s a good shooter, great shooter; he’s going to become exceptional.”​

 

[red.]

I think Ochai is a handle away from being a future 2 way SG, IMO, instead of just a 3&D.

 

[Cavatt]

I think Ochai is a handle away from being a future 2 way SG, IMO, instead of just a 3&D.

Gotta get KLove to teach him that fake and sidestep 3

 

[rastamon87]

Needs to start training shooting over brooms.... aye

 

[CavsFTW]

I also read that he was originally a Caucasian, and only now he starting to realize his super powers. And that secondary growth spurt you are talking about hit him hard in areas he did not expect.

Pretty amazing story.

 

[letgocavs]

Was disappointed draft night because I wanted to shoot for a more potential higher ceiling, but after a weekend of listening to reports and thinking it through, cavs made a good choice. Seems like he's going to work his hardest and we will get everything he has.

 

[KilgoreTrout]

I don't see it. Another year of experience for our young guys. Chemistry will be better. I think we'll hit the 50 win mark.

That’s for the next coach. And when we fill the hole at SF.

Can we just get LNJ back?