He's been making the same mistake for 2 seasons.
Brimah has been called for one or two offensive fouls every single game. Watch the replays.
Personally, I agree with you 100%. He played awful today and his basketball IQ is horrible. Not to mention he has stone hands!
Are you serious? He had TWO, count 'em TWO rebounds the entire game. He got out rebounded by their 6'5-6'8 wings like it was nothing. Sure he had maybe 3 blocks, but that often led to 2nd chance points, and for EVERY shot he went for the block and didn't get it, they probably got the rebound. Your post makes me wonder if you were one of the viewers who turned it off after the first half.
I don't see him gaining much muscle on that body frame. He's like a praying mantis.He is what he is.
The stats are the stats man. SMU COULD NOT SCORE with Brimah in the game. He completely took them out of their offense. Their offensive rebounds were not turning into 2nd chance points and our offense opened up as a direct consequence of getting defensive rebounds or picking up the block and running off it.
No matter how much he improves which he will, he can't do it alone. Need a strong new body down there, plus I'm putting my money on The Rock. I would say Facey too but he can't get the proper body, too skinny. Enoch has a solid build.
I can see virtues in the arguments of both mau and Okafor. Let me offer my own observations; I agree with Okafor that Amida had a major impact on the second half, and with mau that Amida just hasn't developed both mentally and physically the way we hoped. Sometimes players never really develop and improve; think Stanley Robinson. He was a physically gifted player, who was never able to reach what I thought was his potential. He never really improved his ball handling and decision making. Is this the template for Amida? Or is it Hilton Armstrong, he mad a huge jump in effectiveness late in his career. How about Josh Boone; really good as a freshman, but not much improvement over his career. In my experience teaching and coaching; some kids just never get it. Perhaps they would have made the jump with another coach, but sometimes it is as if a light goes on. Suddenly, a kid who wasted ability, listens and learns. I was never able
And what is the reason for both of these defiencies is lack of upper and lower body strength. He needs to hit the weights hard and work on his post up game and position defense. He has potential but has a long way to go before I consider him a bonafide star. A star center doesn't average 4.7 PPG and 3.1 RPG in 28.5 MPG during the last seven against real big men.
and as of now, he's not quick enough to move laterally... again only his second year and he has improved... it seems his body type wont allow him to gain much more weight... he'll need to work on his hands both offensively and rebounding
or he's been playing basketball for what 4-5 years? he's developed a pretty good jump shot along the baseline and when it's fluid, his jump hook looks good... he's improving but is still learning... hands, weight(if possible), and lateral quickness are areas that need to be improved
