J. Kyle Mann
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The fears problem is,
Yeah.
I mean, my worries with him kind of started, I worried about some of these faster bigs, like jumping, getting to the ball quicker than him.
I think for him, it's going to be a question of just learning how to like wager in a smart way.
Whenever he's like in, you know, in space with a really fast player, like learning how to stay down and let his length just be his strength.
Cause the more he like goes for things.
Um, I mean, Brooke Lopez mastered that.
There's a lot of guys who have, he's a smart kid.
I could see him doing that, but, uh, but yeah.
Um,
He's, I mean, he's even bigger than Aiton, right?
I mean, I think he's, he's longer than Aiton.
I'm pretty positive.
I was going to say the Gonzalez thing.
I was going to second that.
Everything that I've heard from them is a lot of enthusiasm.
Yeah, they're really, really loving him.
I think they saw his upside as higher than consensus, and he is a maniac.
He kind of reminds me of that pesky, annoying, high-motored guy that OKC would take.
And there's been some, I mean, we've talked about it before that like OKC and Boston have some overlap in their personnel preferences that you've kind of been able to see.