Well your looking at it differently then the intended purpose. Do I expect him to be a starter? No (sure hope he could, but don't expect it) Am I expecting him to come in and be a decent back up? Yes.
You're expecting too much.
He hasn't proven a thing in the NBA and hasn't even seen the floor for 1 second. To have ANY expectations at all is absurd. Especially for him to be a "decent" backup on an NBA Championship contender.
Have you ever seen him play? Ever? Other than on Youtube highlight clips?
Maybe I slightly over estimated the amount of mintues that I originally posted. But I think 10-15 mintues is a decent amount where he can have a positive impact on the team. I mean lets look at the positives:
-he is 7' tall and 255 lbs he defenitely has the size for the position.
A lot of guys had size for the position and have done nothing.
Remember Dalibor Bagarić and Martynas Andrisukeviskus?..Who by the way were/are both far superior Euro players to Asik.
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-Set a blocked shots record in Europe.
3 seasons ago before tearing up his knee...and breaking his collarbone.
-finished the season ranked fourth in the Euroleague Rising Star Award voting
So he's not even an established star there....
-fifth in the Best Defender Award voting
So that shot blocking record didn't even net him a top defender award? I mean who really cares about a 5th place top defender award in the NBA let alone over in Turkey.....
How is that a plus? 24 years old doesn't mean much when he's actually regressed and hasn't played since Decemeber when he got hurt. The above mentioned Martynas Adriuskeviskus is the same age and performing better in Euro Ball right now...and he could barely get a cup of coffee in the NBA on some bad Bulls teams.
Meanwhile he is playing in a much more skilled league then college, so based off his statistics in Europe Pro Ball compared to Taj Gibsons college statistics,
No. Just no. Europe Pro Ball on the whole is not better than NCAA basketball. The Euro leagues have little to no depth and outside of a few top prospects aren't worth a shit. There's a reason why you don't see a ton fo Euro's getting drafted like you did eyars ago. I think only 7 Euro players were taken in this past draft total. Either way it wasn't very many.
Omer Asik's combined stat line(Turkey and Euroleague) from the 2009-1010 season.
10.1 PPG
6.1 RPG
63 FG%
40 FT%
1.5 BPG
1 Broken Collarbone..out since December.
u'd have to think that he can have at least a similar impact.
No you wouldn't. Name the last Euro big man to come over after posting similar stats to the one above and perform anywhere near as well as Taj Gibson did.
Here's Taj's stats from his Sr year at USC: 14.3 9.0 1.3.
His freshman year was better than Asik's latest season. By far.
You can't expect much more then good rebounding and defense from your back up center and Asik gives you both. So you ask what gives me hope? the facts listed above is what gives me hope.
You don't know what Asik gives you at all. You're assuming he gives you anything even though he hasn't played 1 second of NBA basketball. You're posting obscure Turkish/Euro League accomplishments doesn't really help your point much. If this team is depending on Asik to do anything but wear a sweat suit and yell this year then we are in trouble.
