Not particularly close either. Every minute he’s the court it’s a massive negative. Sign a two way center or a guy off of the street. There’s absolutely no way he can be worse than Wiseman. He legit doesn’t do anything well. He can’t shoot, can’t defend the perimeter, cant defend the pick and roll, can’t defend the paint, cant set a screen without fouling, can’t pass, can’t score in the paint, and he can’t rebound. He’s legitimately bad at everything it’s shocking. We don’t have to continue to play him because we traded Saddiq for him. Cut him, take the L, and sign someone else.
I need to see more. Getting a few minutes with backups on a horrendous 2-14 team is not enough. I need to see him play when the veterans are back and he’s in a fixed rotation with decent players around him. He just looks lost because he hasn’t played a lot of basketball outside of high school and learning on the fly in the NBA is not a route to success. He should get time in the G League (I don’t know if he’s still eligible or if he’d become an immediate free agent if sent there).