BRIGGS wrote:Like Knox and frank.

Yep i'm skeptical they will ever get this right because they keep drafting poorly. Should of drafted a 3 and D player to plug next to Barrett. It was a bad pick. He is basically an undersized center.

Jmpasq wrote:

ItalianStallion wrote:The problem with Obi is that he did most of his scoring in college by being bigger, stronger, and more athletic than the 18-19 year olds he was playing against. He would leak out, cut to the hoop, dunk etc... The pros are bigger, stronger, and more athletic than college kids and take away almost all the leak out fast break dunks. The Knicks needed a STRETCH PF to help create space for Robinson and Barrett. Instead they got a more athletic version of Randle that does most of his work inside. That's not a good fit because we already have problems with spacing. You can see how that impacts Randle and RJ negatively all the time. Unless Obi can stretch his game out to the NBA 3 point line, I'm not sure he was worth the 8th pick for this team. It's just not a good fit. It's way too early to panic. He's only 22 and is said to be a workaholic. But these are the issues.

Yep, you got it. The thing is I keep seeing Obi labeled as a stretch 4 when thats not his game at all. He isn't the outside shooter he was made out to be before the draft. Bad fit with Mitch and a bad fit with RJ.

StarksEwing1 wrote:

Jmpasq wrote:

ItalianStallion wrote:The problem with Obi is that he did most of his scoring in college by being bigger, stronger, and more athletic than the 18-19 year olds he was playing against. He would leak out, cut to the hoop, dunk etc... The pros are bigger, stronger, and more athletic than college kids and take away almost all the leak out fast break dunks. The Knicks needed a STRETCH PF to help create space for Robinson and Barrett. Instead they got a more athletic version of Randle that does most of his work inside. That's not a good fit because we already have problems with spacing. You can see how that impacts Randle and RJ negatively all the time. Unless Obi can stretch his game out to the NBA 3 point line, I'm not sure he was worth the 8th pick for this team. It's just not a good fit. It's way too early to panic. He's only 22 and is said to be a workaholic. But these are the issues.

Yep, you got it. The thing is I keep seeing Obi labeled as a stretch 4 when thats not his game at all. He isn't the outside shooter he was made out to be before the draft. Bad fit with Mitch and a bad fit with RJ.

Come on man let’s give it more than a game before labeling g him a bad fit 😂. It was his first nba game

I didn't like his fit before the draft. This is not from 1 game.

ramtour420 wrote:What are you guys talking about? He shot 3-7 from 3 the first game. The FIRST game. 3-7. If that's not an instant,out of the can, just add water stretch 4 then I don't know what is.

I think a bad sign was 0-5 from 2 where he looked small and somewhat overmatched
3-7. One was a banker 😳

houston20 wrote:I am not worried about obi because he didn't have , real draft workouts,regular summer league, or regular preseason camp everything happen to fast this year because of covid 19. Its obi first real basketball game since march we as fans have to relax expectation for obi this season even though he is 22 years old and got draft 35 days ago its 1 game relax guys.

What I saw with Ohi was a rookie playing in his first NBA game but still showing some confidence offensively. Our PG play is either going to make him look good or look bad this year. It’s exactly the same story with Knox and Mitch. That said I’m patient enough not to write Obi off after 23 NBA minutes played.

if IQ can get him open layups that's good, i guess ... but there are lotta people who can hit open layups

Vassell was the pick. Everyone knew this except the front office.

anrst wrote:he has no inside game bc with that lower body he cant overpower anyone in the nba
his 3s are wild heaves
he is bad on D

if IQ can get him open layups that's good, i guess ... but there are lotta people who can hit open layups

Vassell was the pick. Everyone knew this except the front office.

MS wrote:It’s unbelievably hard as a big to excel without a true point guard. Let’s bleed the breaks a little bit.

I would imagine he will be included in a trade with Mitch, Knox and a couple of first for Towns at some point. But the right pick was Halliburton, from a cultural standpoint and even a stabilization standpoint.

Obi is a nice player, but those guys come around a lot. Collins, Bagley, etc.

Vessel was the safe pick, like Mikaal Bridges was two years ago. Locking in a starter for a decade is big luxury. Especially with this years draft upcoming.

+1 PF or C

When you have Noel or Mitch on the floor, Obi does become a spacer. He just needs to find his flow, looks anxious so far, I'll give him 10 games to find his rhythm