With that enormous caboose, Yabusele should be able to develop a good low-post game. Right now, however, he seems to get most of his points on spot-up threes and drives to the hoop.
I think that's only true if he want to a better league and was capable of earning playing time (see Zizic, who did and was).
Seriously. I get that the lists generated by Ford/Pelton aren't worth the bytes used to display them, but if that information is in any way representative of the 'insiders' opinions then I'm selling high.
I didn't see it posted up-thread, but (as another arm length aficionado) its worth noting he has a 7'1" reach. For a 6'8" PF that mechanical advantage combined with his athleticism and, ahem, other assets will be must-see for me next season.
Yeah, that wingspan stands out when you watch him too, combined with his decent vertical, he's able to contest shots that I wouldn't expect a guy with his build to be able to get near. I do wonder if he'd be better served dropping 15 pounds or so to try to increase his lateral quickness, particularly so he can defend the perimeter better, but I'm not sure whether it'd be worth the loss of strength trade-off. Watching the Bucks game last night I was laughing to myself at the thought of a guy like Thon Maker trying to move him off the block.
Dancin' Bear got back for days. It's glorious. If he hits up deadlifts hard and continues to learn the art of boxing out, nobody is getting around that thing. Reminds me of Rodney Rogers, who I felt should've been better at getting guys on his big old backside and grabbing boards, but Yabusele looks to me even bigger. Get him and Marcus out there and that line-up is thicc.
I'm not sure you can read too much into his D league stats either since any competent big will look like a monster. I do like the Rodney Rogers comparison, but Yabu should be a better rebounder. I also agree that Yabu is going to see significant time in Boston next year, but how much time depends on if they bring back any of Olynyk/Amir/Jerebko and on Zizic's performance/development. I think everyone's already written Zizic in for 20-25 minutes next year but I'm not entirely sure that's the case and wouldn't be surprised if Yabu was the one in Boston and Zizic in Maine. I guess there is an outside chance both could be on the team. It'd be interesting to see how they play together.
Yeah, I just assumed they'd want him to get some court time. I'm guessing court time for a basketball player isn't nearly as important as at bats for a baseball player though so maybe it doesn't matter much if he's rotting on the bench. Plus, Zizic would be playing against his teammates in practice so he'd still be getting "court time."
