Brimah can be and frequently is one of the best defenders in the country. When he's on and protecting the rim, our entire defense takes it up another level. It lets the guards play more aggressively, it throws the opponent's offense into disarray, it's a beautiful thing to watch. With that said, it doesn't happen as often as it should because of foul trouble, and his tendency to go for the block rather than rebound costs us a lot.
Even worse, he's got two go to moves on offense - dunk beautifully thrown passes from DHam, and get the ball in the post, take two dribbles, and throw up a brick with his right hand. That's it. He can't or won't pass out of the post, he's got decent touch on his jumper but that almost never comes out, and he just gets destroyed by anyone remotely his size.
Right now, he's an incredibly one dimensional player. That one dimension is huge, and can anchor our entire defense. But until he figures out some kind of reliable post moves, or even learns to pass decently on offense, we're playing 4 1/2 v 5 on offense (3 1/2 v 5 with Samuel out there, but that's another story). People keep blaming his lack of development on injuries, which makes some sense, but if he comes out of the gates as equally offensively inept next year we're in trouble.
