Because you can't have three slow white guys on the same team......................... Too soon?
Not true. It was never getting the ball unless it was an offensive rebound. Opposing coaches used to talk about what a match-up problem he could be but in Indy they almost never got the rock in his direction.
In order to get the ball you must deserve the ball. He was playing PF and looked like a 6'7 guard on the court in the NBA. When he got the ball, he was swallowed up by defenders and was consistently blocked from all angles. The fact that he never passed allowed teams to run a guard down on him and they'd just take the ball or block his shot. I dvrd all of the pacers games his first and 2nd year. I watched all of them, fast forwarding until he entered the game. He was dominated physically. His effort and tenacity was the only thing he had going for him. I hate to say it, he's one of my favorite players of all time, but he wasn't ready for the NBA. He may never be. I'll continue to root him on with hope he can eventually be a contributing player, but I don't think it will ever happen unless he can become a great 3pt shooter and play the stretch 4.
Wrong. While yes, he struggled some with NBA length, Tyler developed a strong face-up game.to go with his standard low block stuff.
Because he isn't good enough at the NBA level to justify that number of touches like he was in college.
Ok. I watched every game for 2 years. You saw what you saw. I saw what I saw. Somehow we saw completely different things. From reading your posts the last few years, in sure in wrong. Why? Because you say so. His face up game was slightly better than in college. His post game was nullified by defenses, partly because he wasn't athletic enough, partly because he never passed (as someone else said, but you said was incorrect). Yes, a teams system matters. David west was able to do just fine in that system at the same position. They gave him the ball because he deserved the ball. Toronto and Charlottes system didn't fit him either i guess. Maybe there's 1 or 2 NBA system that his skill set would've fit. But they didn't see him worth the league minimum.
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