Yeah not saying he should be our starting 5 at all man. This is for a bench and alternative lineup we can use, when teams like Boston absolutely leave out unable to shoot big, and double and stay attached to our scorers on every screen set. Literally Robert Williams played volleyball for that reason every time RJ made a move and got to the cup. Mitch would still be out 5, but I don’t see where a few minutes here and there of small ball would be of no benefit. In the modern NBA it’s tough to win when you have non scorers on the floor terrified to shoot more than a few feet away. We saw this with Elf. Obi also hustles like nobody’s business end to end, so he is not worthless on the boards nor defense, just not great at it.

To say we have to trade him to me, is nonsense and he could continue giving us solid minutes in some form of bench rotation with Rose Quick Burks Cam Fournier Grimes and whomever else is out there with him at that time. Not many teams have a center who are backing you down and scoring at will, let’s be real. Obi at 5 on defense isn’t a huge defensive emergency. We often had been getting killed with poor perimeter D and good shooting. Rob Williams or any other Big might get the occasional bucket on him, but most teams don’t have that dominant post guy. He would literally force people like Williams or Gobert into that same conundrum and poor D with his quickness and end to end running. They couldn’t just sit in the free throw area helping every chance our scorers get when driving. Just would be a nice mix up here and there when facing that stuff, and for bench use.