Not a raptors fan. But I’m genuinely curious why he’s only playing like 20-25 minutes when he seems to be your best option at center. Something I’m not seeing?
Not a raptors fan. But I’m genuinely curious why he’s only playing like 20-25 minutes when he seems to be your best option at center. Something I’m not seeing?
He prevents anyone on the Raps from driving and scoring inside. He can’t space the floor and stands under neath the basket every play because he’s completely unable to shoot a basketball.
Those games where Scottie and Pascal went off in the 2nd half, Jak didn’t play at all. Every time they drove in the 1st half they hit a wall, with Jak standing under the basket and his man doesn’t even have to help off.
He’s averaging 8 boards a game, but doesn’t offer much resistance on the defensive boards. See Ayton going off for 20 something rebounds. He seems really slow, so his pnr defense isn’t great and his dives to the basket off screens aren’t deadly either. They lose almost nothing with him sitting.
It really sucks. He’s not a bad player. But he’s a terrible fit for the roster, and makes their bad spacing 100x worse.I’ve heard rumors that execs in MLSE are in charge of roster stuff and forced a move to try and make the play-in. It’s the only reason explanation why they would sign a big who can’t score if he’s not directly underneath the basket.