Agreed for sure.... and I think a key is, he knows his role (at the moment) is to come in, play defense, & block shots..... anything else we get from him is extra.
At this point, the most important thing Bamgboye needs is confidence. He looked terrified in the second half of the Nevada game when he was on the court. You could see it in his face and eyes. That will change as he gets more playing time/experience. Evidently, the coaching staff must have addressed that with him after the Nevada game, because he flat out got in the Miami player's face after that one block today and the refs T'd him up for it. If that helps grow his confidence, then that T was worth it.
Kat was saying today when I was expressing wtf about babbling at that player- commentators even said TV Teddy gad warned them all about court murmurs, ugh.. that we don't know what the player he came down on had been saying to him previous to that T. Gotta learn to take what others say out there with a grain of salt and you can pissthemoff more by saying nothing and instead, just flat out playing harder. Kat's saying what he said she doesn't think just came out of nowhere, not to say it was acceptable, but something was going on and felt reactionary. But I'm saying that getting another player's goat getting them to in turn get themselves T'ed up, is ALSO a tactic.
If Luke can play a tougher game, he'll be in for a pretty good year. The pieces are there.
We have a very solid group of freshmen. Better than I expected. Very impressed with all three and apparently Odom is too.
I was actually thinking it was worth at the time as well.
LUKE BAMG BOY YE! CLAP CLAP CLAPCLAPCLAP!
Same amount of syllables as Larry Sanders. Fits like a glove!