Yeah, that's the play, but in Zags defense, like I said my last post, he's defending him against some unreasonable critics.
That wasn't exactly a jaw-dropping athletic dunk, like something I think my boy Adreian Payne would do, but holding him to the standard of the elite athletes in the collegiate game is just ridiculous if you're not going to hold those same athletes to the skillset that Olynyk has.
I feel like Zags has been put in a position to defend the guy as the second coming of Kareem, when really it all started with him saying the guy was a good prospect for the Blazers, and well, check out the current projections...
The reality is that he's a decent prospect whose athleticism is undersold because of his appearances, but in reality, he runs the floor better than most seven footers in the NBA right now. I still question his post-up game, his rebounding ability, and I'm wondering if he's really 7'0", but I don't think it's fair to question the dude's athleticism, when he's an above average athlete for his size.
When you pick on his athleticism, that's just picking on his game without really getting to see him play. There are so many better strengths and weaknesses of his game to talk about, so why are we talking about his athleticism?
