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Bodhi said:
I think he is a totally sufficient athlete. Not other worldly but far from "unathletic".
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Wont call him "unathletic" but far from being "athletic". He is basically in between, where most of players are. He'd kill it in smaller leagues but in NBA the bar is set high by those athletic freaks.
 
jom2003 said:
Doesn't need to be Lebron. What about Murray? Harden? Luka? CJ? Lillard? CP3? Ingram? Kawhi? There goes all the matchups you will possibly see comes the playoffs. You just won't survive playoff basketball without having any realistic solutions for these guys.
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I think he’s got the size to guard all those guys... I’m less sure about his feet but I think he’s likely to be an above average defender. I would very much prefer a more proven option but doesn’t mean I discount Oni.
 
Saint Cy of JFC said:
To me he has all the levels of athleticism. Open floor speed, agility, explosive off 1 foot, can slide his feet, appears very fluid. The only thing about him is that he isnt overly explosive in traffic. I think he is most likely the 2nd most athletic player on the roster next to Mitchell (depending on how you rate Udoka, but that's a real apples/oranges athleticism compared to perimeter players).
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He doesn’t have the shifty, change-of-pace, herky-jerky kind of stuff.
 
Miye had a few eye popping plays in the g league. He’s not a nuclear fast twitch athlete but he dunked on a few dudes this offseason. You don’t have to be a nuclear athlete to be a good defender... Wes Matthews was nailed to the court before his Achilles injury but still got it done by moving his feet being strong like bull and having high levels of give a ****.

Im excited to see Miye tbh. His shot release is really quick and compact... he seems super calm and composed. Thought he should have got Tuckers minutes last year. I’d actually be surprised if Oni doesn’t have a long nba career.
 
Google Miyes stars highlights... he gets on top of the rim a lot. He glides in and does pretty well off of one foot. The quick shot release is more exciting to me. He’s also very balanced on his shot. I really wish he would have played last year to give us a taste with the varsity squad.
 
Handlogten's Heros said:
I think he’s got the size to guard all those guys... I’m less sure about his feet but I think he’s likely to be an above average defender. I would very much prefer a more proven option but doesn’t mean I discount Oni.
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Not sold on Oni's size to guard these guys. Royce has measurement that is similar to Oni with more strength and muscle but even he gets blatantly destroyed by these guys. If Oni has quicker feet to keep up maybe that helps, but you are saying that his feet is a concern... Either you are super long with the ideal wing size of 6'7/6'8 to help you contest every shot, or you possess great lateral speed to consistently stay in front of your guy. But it appears to me that Oni is neither. If anything i’d call him an average prospect at best. Royce is probably his ceiling.
 
My main concern with Oni, and this signal the FO has given about their faith in his perimeter defense, is when+where he’s getting his minutes. If Conley is starting and JC is the 6th man, then Oni might be, like, the 8th man off the bench? That’s not where you slot one of your so-called primary defenders.

I suppose that Conley could get the first 6 minutes, and then Oni sort of slides in and gets 15ish minutes mostly with the starters while Conley does the bulk of his work with the bench?

Where does Oni get on the floor to help us with what he’s supposedly really good at?

I’m high on the dude. Glad he’s gonna get a shot. Just don’t quite see how.
 
NUMBERICA said:
THIS is your exhibit of “highly athletic”?

There is one Jazz player at the end of the bench who that could be said of. Or there was, we just let him go and kept the least athletic dude on the team.
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Yeah I was genuinely surprised. If somehow shooting threes can be described as “athletic play”, I guess Lillard and Curry are the two most athletic guys in the league.
 
Miye is our knock-off version of Mathisse Thybulle. He doesn't have quite the same length and defensive instincts guarding on the ball, but he is athletic and he digs in on defense.

His problem is more on the offensive side, where his ability to handle, change directions and use subtle timing are limited. He's pretty much a straight-line driver type who plays at one speed. His shooting has also been pretty streaky.
 
Catchall said:
Miye is our knock-off version of Mathisse Thybulle. He doesn't have quite the same length and defensive instincts guarding on the ball, but he is athletic and he digs in on defense.

His problem is more on the offensive side, where his ability to handle, change directions and use subtle timing are limited. He's pretty much a straight-line driver type who plays at one speed. His shooting has also been pretty streaky.
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Nah they different. I think Oni is your traditional lock down 3 and D type. Hopefully he has some ball handling to go with it.

Mathise is a big time disruptor... but can’t shoot really.
 
Saint Cy of JFC said:
To me he has all the levels of athleticism. Open floor speed, agility, explosive off 1 foot, can slide his feet, appears very fluid. The only thing about him is that he isnt overly explosive in traffic. I think he is most likely the 2nd most athletic player on the roster next to Mitchell (depending on how you rate Udoka, but that's a real apples/oranges athleticism compared to perimeter players).
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You gotta be kidding me.
 
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