Well, we're stuck with him until some other 6'9" Forward steps up, who has better Defense than Aminu. Let's see how this dynamic changes once Nurk is back on the court. The whole team seems to play better when Nurk is playing.
Aminu has to make one stupid fast break/dribble drive per game before he realizes he can't create his own shot. It's like clockwork and something you just have to live with.
Aminu can defend and hit the occasional 3. He was not the problem. Our complete absence of competent big men was the problem. Where's MVP-era KG when you need him?
Aminu was a problem. He was a solid third option vs GS last year. Today he had 0 points and 3 rebounds. disaster.
Role payers are inconsistent? Who knew. Terry's leash is too long w/ him but he is well above average for what he is-- a back up swing forward.
Aminu shot competently from three-point range last year. That made him valuable as a small-ball four. He's regressed back to poor shooting and that's sapped his usefulness quite a bit. He's good defensively, but he doesn't provide much on offense which makes the team significantly easier to defend.
Aminu isnt a ball handler and he needs to stop playing like he is one. Every time today when tried to dribble and bring it inside to shoot it, he either lost the ball of his own volition, he got blocked, or he got stripped and it got stolen. Plus he missed the threes he took.
He is NOT good defensively. At best, he's average. He's too stupid to actually be a good defender - his only good defensive plays come from his wing span, not his brain.
Hopefully we can trade him to a team like Washington and get a 1st Round Pick. The dude needs to be gone. Same with Davis, Turner, Harkless, and Meyers.
He's not above average for a backup anything. He's trash. Airballing floaters, bricking 3s, traveling every game, always out of control, while getting scored on all the time. Dude is awful. Put a guy like James Johnson in his place and we win at least 5 more games per season.
Compared to what he is getting paid ... he wasn't the worse of our ballers. Allan Crabbe: Mo: Meyers: E.T.: Would you guys be open to get Nic Batum back for some of the overpaid chump we have? You would trade Nic for E.T. ? or Batum from Crabbe, Mo and or any combination of our scrubs for Nic ? Nic wasn't the most aggressive scorer ... but he could help with passing and rebound.
He had a terrible game today... Not sure that means he sucks though. I'd say he's an average NBA player.
Post all star, Aminu is 37% from 3 and still our best overall defender. Nobody can guard Kevin Durant.
If Nic was actually good enough to help his team get to the playoffs this year I doubt he would have played better than ET did today.
