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Message: [QUOTE="Fat tire 13, post: 2804841, member: 6171"] No one is saying he is Bol Bol, or even 5% as good. I see a guy who was blessed with 7'2" height but had zero natural basketball talent. He literally started at square one. But he has worked, and has improved. I remember seeing his first couple games where he seemed completely lost. Now we have a guy is capable of the following - Play 40 minutes at center (last year when we were beat up) - Can stand up at the FT line late, and not scare everyone (after shooting like 5% early last year) - Challenge guys down low, and not afraid of contact - Rebound decently well - Show occasional signs of offensive ability (this was last year, but have to think it is possible again) All those are new skills. It is not a Rakeem Christmas trajectory, but I think still commendable. And we will need him to continue to improve if we are going to do anything great this year [/QUOTE]