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[QUOTE="Upstate, post: 243945, member: 48"]
Maybe I haven't had a huge sample size, but I have seen enough to know that he does get lazy when it comes to running down the court for D, or in any moments of transition. In offensive sets he plays much differently, and can read rebounds very well and will go up for put-backs, but that's really only 40% of a basketball game. Maybe the games I saw weren't his best, but when he is frustrated, he surely tends to force shots, either 1 on 1, 1 on 2, in an attempt to shake out of his poor play, thus becoming a black hole. Maybe I didn't catch games where he displayed his passing, but I didn't see anything that would make me think he's a "good" passer...I guess I could be completely wrong. 
 
The game that really sticks out is the B1G championship game. Time after time he would force shots pretty early in the shot clock because he couldn't shoot over MSU's Nix, and was always looking for a call. I'm not saying he is a bad player, but he can be taken out of his game if he gets frustrated, and if he is as good of a passer as you are saying, that'd be a really big blow to OSU's offense. He really had some nice post moves moving away from the bucket last night which can negate some size; Fab would've been a great guy to guard him -- length on the straight up/away from the basket post moves, and the quickness to step in front when Sully bulls towards the hoop.  All that said, he's really gotten his perimeter game going this year, too...thankfully the Zone can neutralize him moving away from the basket by allowing SU's center to stay inside for boards.
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