one big game tomorrow and everyone's tune changes. Brad and Danny believe, so there's that. It seems like he needs to be more of the focal point on offense, either shooting or facilitating others. Let's see if he can get hot.
I agree. I worry about that with him. He needs a lot of touches on offense to properly utilize his passing ability and to get good consistent scoring from him since he regularly has patches of passive play in terms of taking shots that are there for him.
I doubt Olynyk will ever be the best big man on a top team so I worry about him getting enough touches to ever truly take advantage of his skill-level as a passer and high post facilitator at the highest level.
I agree with this. Kelly is a guy who will need a lot of touches to be an effective player. I say next year is the time to start making him more of a focal point of the offense.
I'm afraid that Danny has a better appreciation for KO than Brad does. His practically getting benched the last game wasn't a good sign IMO: the argument about getting into the playoffs was the valuable experience it gives our young guys, and here's one of our young guy not getting enough minutes in any game so far--and being practically benched for one of the games.
I also don't think KO's been as effectively coached as he should have been. From comments he's made in the last couple of months he still thinks of taking too many shots as being "selfish", and he just really doesn't seem to have a good take on his game, his strengths, and what he should be concentrating on. I get the idea that all the bigs get told to box out. KO's one of the few who does so, and then he gets dinged for not reeling in the board himself.
I'd like to see him neither flitting about worldwide as much as he did last summer, nor spending his offseason dutifully in Boston when he isn't. I'd like to see him in one of the toughest offseason camps, with a focus on big men, really practicing with and learning how to play down low with the best of his peers.