By all accounts Buckets was a hard and willing worker, he just didn't get along with Lord Byron (which, from the looks of things, is hardly a rare occurrance).everything you and I have said about Ebi was said about Stephen Jackson, who, when finally given a chance, has proved himself to still be a headcase, but still worth having on your squad for the right price and in the right role.
Everything you hear about Ebi is that he thinks he's God's gift to basketball and all he has to do is show up and have someone hand him the ball and let him shoot 20 times a night.
His problem is that he was raised as a prodigy and told he was great his whole life, and he was so much bigger than the other kids he had his way on the court. Now he's in the pros and he still thinks he's the but his play on the court and work ethic in practice don't jive with his own personal reality.
We're talking about a three year NBA (that's professional) player whose game needs a of a lot of work, who seriously needs to hit the weight room to fill out his skinny ass frame, but chronically shows up late for practice and can't find the weight room at the Wolves' practice facility.What high school player isn't inconsistant?
What's your excuse for all that?
Flip Saunders?
Seriously, Ebi bears full responsibility for his at ude, but if Pop could find a way to relate to him, he could be a nice roleplayer. With our roster needs and his likely price (minimum) I don't think a summer league invite would hurt.
Damn, I thought Ebi would be a nice summerleague candidate. Not really seeing the rationale for ing about it, but, oh well, that's the internets.
I've never heard SJax be confused for a hard worker. His lack of work ethic is what got Byron pissed at him. It's also what kept him planted on IR his entire first year with the Spurs.
It wasn't until Jackson started practicing hard that the Spurs gave him a shot. Even then, he still wasn't the hardest of workers.
I think the only important question is, what is Ebi's jump shot percentage? Enquiring minds want to know, timvp...
He didn't miss a jumper last season.
0-0 does equal no misses...
Jack was tempermental. If he didn't think he was getting a fair shake he wouldn't work as hard, but almost every year he still got better. Ebi is no Jack.
Ebi doesn't score that much from outside. Right now he's a very skinny power forward; with work he might be effective from 15-18 - I'm not expecting him to ever be a true three point threat.
Give me a go-getter over a premodana anytime. I'll stick with Tim's idea of Evans for now. Unless the Spurs can use the LLE on Ebi.
Ebi would cost nothing.
What does Ebi bring that Qyntel Woods wouldn't except that probably Woods would cost a little more?
Shot blocking.
Well, as long as were into spending nothing, how about taking a gander at Fizer?
Neither he nor Fizer seem to be perfect fits, but nobody else does either. I'm fine with taking a look at anyone who might help, especially for the minimum.
Ndudi Ebi on a minimum and the inactive list would be fine. Based on his past I wonder how well he'd deal with the incative list.
I seem to remember when they were talking about him going to NBDL in the press one of the comments was that he didn't have a clue about assignments, that he'd run around like a chicken with his head cut off. Kind of a Nazr super-sized. SickDSM could probably comment on that, true or not.
I thought it was Mike Brown--and some of the vets--who worked with Jax and brought him around. Mike also brought him in to Indianapolis, but one story out of there had Jax turning on his mentor at one point.
You can put a lot of time and effort into headcases and players with poor work ethics and sometimes it works for a year, but don't most of them return to their old ways?
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