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Originally Posted by ChiefsFanatic
I don't think Baji is ready for the NBA either, but your assessment of his skills is way off the mark.
He can dribble, and he can definitely create his own shot, but that's not how any of Self's offenses work. Ochai is a tremendous athlete, and can get to the rack if he needs to, but Self played him as a perimeter wing player, and he never really played the two his entire KU career, so he has spent 3 years mostly camping out in the corners on offense.
The only part of your assessment that is accurate is his court awareness. He loses focus, especially in transition defense, and often gives up layups or lobs because he got caught watching the ball.
He is capable of being a very good half court defender, but he also loses focus at times, especially when his shot is not falling. And he battles with confidence issues as well.
But, when he is making shots, and running in transition, you can clearly see his NBA potential. But, if he doesn't come back, he will probably be wearing an NBA G league uniform at best, and playing overseas at worst.
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I can't disagree more. This nonsense about Self's offense holding people back has been around for a long time and it holds no basis in reality. Do you really think during all of our scoring droughts this year that Self thought "huh, I have agbaji who can apparently can get to the rim any time he wants and can create his shot any time he wants, but I don't want him to because reasons"? When agbaji made three straight 3s against Oklahoma, do you think it was self who told him to vanish the rest of the game? To not shoot? Was self mad he was having such d good game and we were winning?
"Self's offense just stuck him on the wing and he can't do anything". Really? So Brandon rush, who played the exact same position, never got to create? Self wasn't at all vocal for him to shoot and create more? Oh wait he was. Ditto Wiggins. And Selden. And anyone else who actually has the ability to do so.
I think it's interesting that of all the guys that people have criticized self for either not playing more or not utilizing properly, self has been right almost every time. They are what they are. "Diallo should play 40 minutes a game and we should run the offense through him!". A nobody in the NBA(if he's even on a roster now). "Wiggins could do so much more if self would just let him. That's why wings don't come to Kansas". Wiggins has never become that dominant force everyone thought he would be. Sometimes guys are what their talent level plays like.