Disagree, a year in Austin would be good for his development, but more importantly there's no chance that group of Spurs bigs will stay healthy this year. He'll see himself with some lucrative 10-day contracts almost certainlyAmida's best bet is to go overseas now and make bigger money than the D League offers. Just don't think the NBA is in his future so go make some money and entertain the fans in Europe or thereabouts.
Disagree, a year in Austin would be good for his development, but more importantly there's no chance that group of Spurs bigs will stay healthy this year. He'll see himself with some lucrative 10-day contracts almost certainly
Well as Chief let us know, we didn't have a competent strength or bigs coach while he was here, so perhaps a year with both in the G League will be enough.1 year? I hope you're right but that's not enough time to improve the way he needs to physically, mentally and skill wise to be in that league.
Well as Chief let us know, we didn't have a competent strength or bigs coach while he was here, so perhaps a year with both in the G League will be enough.
Guy has zero shot at NBA. I wish him well overseas.
Have you seen some of the rosters with some real stiffs. So he has a chance down the line, especially if he can make a mid range shot
I seen a number of bigs hanging around the NBA with far less athletic ability and minimally better basketball skills and strength . Improve your strength and hands and work your butt off . To say it’s impossible is extremely naiave.Take the UConn colored glasses off and get serious.
Or a late bloomer who finally spent most of his free time working to improve his gameI love Amida, and I'm rooting for him to do well. I want to be clear about that. However...if he makes the NBA on anything more than a few 10-day contracts, it will be an enormous indictment on our coaching staff. Dude could barely stay on the court against AAC opponents, and developed very little in his time here. I hope he makes it, but at the same time it'll make our coaching staff look really bad.
Or a late bloomer who finally spent most of his free time working to improve his game
I love Amida, and I'm rooting for him to do well. I want to be clear about that. However...if he makes the NBA on anything more than a few 10-day contracts, it will be an enormous indictment on our coaching staff. Dude could barely stay on the court against AAC opponents, and developed very little in his time here. I hope he makes it, but at the same time it'll make our coaching staff look really bad.
Seriously does anyone believe they didn't coach this guy still after watching? Are we as fans that hard on Ollie and Miller to think he didn't improve because of them? I mean guys improve with crappier coaching staffs because they work on their own to do so and they're smart enough to know what they need to improve and they work on it. Some don't grasp the game enough to learn, hmmmm.
Can we stop the talk of AB and the staff. I doubt he will ever make more than a 10 day and I'd be amazed if that happened, but big guys aren't as easy to find as guards and forwards I do realize that. But this guy for the sake of his livelihood and financial being should go to Europe and see if that helps him make it back, he's not even close to an NBA player. Even the so-called "stiffs" can pick someone, push someone, foul someone hard and stay on their feet. What can anyone actually see this guy doing there as of now?
Well, that's my point. If he suddenly makes it into the NBA as a rotational player and can stay on the court for a few minutes a game without costing his team, then that means he will have improved tremendously, which is something he never did here at UConn. From watching Amida, the one thing you can't say about him is that he doesn't give maximum effort, so I would put it more on the fact that the coaching staff wasn't able to get through to him.
With his frame, I think it would be best for him to try to find his midrange jumper and extend his range from there, a la Serge Ibaka.
Brimah’s past comments about jump shooting being ‘soft’ are ridiculous. Being a multi dimensional offensive threat is so important in today’s game. Weak side rim protection and a jumper are enough to keep a lot of guys in the league.
Best of luck to Brimah. You know he’s going to keep grinding.