Serge Ibaka - What the hell happened to this guy?

[dubeta]

Wtf? Bosch is 100 times the player ibaka ever was...

Nope


Bosh averaged 12/6 in the playoffs for the Heat, many players can do better

[bdreason]

Wtf? Bosch is 100 times the player ibaka ever was...

I wasn't really comparing their skill sets. Just pointing out that players are going to do what their teams ask them to do, and eventually it's going to change how they play the develop as players.


Player development is finite. If you tell your PF you need him to be able to shoot 3's, then he's going to have to spend the majority of his time practicing 3's, and the rest of his development will suffer. Actual games account for a lot of a players development as well. So if you ask your PF to stretch the court on offense, and guard the perimeter on defense, then his rebounding and rim protection development will suffer.

One thing I like about player development in Europe is that they practice a lot more than they play. In America, actual games are much more frequent (at all levels), and players develop more of their game during live action. Both development paths have their plus's and minus's, but more team practice definitely leads to more refined skills. That's probably the main reason European Bigs typically posses more impressive technical abilities; they practice more.

[Hamtaro CP3KDKG]

Put him on other team he could feast

Cmon only took 5 shots last time and hit 3 of them. Hes playing w Westbrook and Durant and Kanter

[moongaze]

He had a knee injury.

[Hopper15]

Ibaka bites on every pump fake from Aldridge. It's embarrassing.

[CelticBaller]

He's on the wrong side of 30 cut him some slack

[CarlosBoozer]

I believe his age is BS also, dude regressed like crazy