I would be glad to be wrong about Tobias, but this is his sixth year on this team under very different roles and 3 different coaches. He has never been a sustained winning basketball player. He’s invisible when the team needs someone to step up.
He doesn’t hustle, he doesn’t rebound, he doesn’t lock in on defense. He can do all these things, and does it sometimes when he chooses to which makes it more frustrating, but it never lasts. This is why I never feel bad for him, if he played hard like minimum guys like Beverley did, he’d be loved even if he didn’t have the talent to live up to his contract. He chooses not to.
Advanced stats have him as our 5th best player this year, after Embiid, Maxey, Melton and Oubre.
I’m just going to feel better about this team if he’s not there by playoff time. I don’t know what trades are out there, but I’d much rather his salary be used on different players. Contenders simply do not have that much salary wasted on guys who influence the game as little as he does.
I wait for the day people realize Veach has been the 20th best GM in the league but had a massive margin for error because his predecessor drafted 4 HOF talents. It’s great that he wanted Mahomes as a scout, but it’s even better that Dorsey listened to him and navigated the draft perfectly to get him. It was Dorsey’s final say. GMs always have scouts in their ears and it’s their job to decide whether to listen to them or not. That’s what they’re paid for.
‘But he built the defense’ Yeah, by trading the best WR in the NFL who was drafted by his predecessor and completely neglecting the offense
‘But he fixed the cap’ easier to do that than draft and acquire talent
He makes a lot of mistakes, and once Kelce declines and Chris Jones is off the team and his safety net is gone, if his decision-making doesn’t improve it’s going to get ugly.