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Josh Robbins

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
800 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

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The Athletic NBA Daily
Wizards Week + Shai keeps getting better | Slam N Jam

He's rebounding at a good rate, not just an above average rate, a good rate for an NBA big per cleaning the glass, our pals cleaning the glass, friend of the show.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Wizards Week + Shai keeps getting better | Slam N Jam

he's been very good by any measure.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Wizards Week + Shai keeps getting better | Slam N Jam

And yet he's still only, I think, 20 years old.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Wizards Week + Shai keeps getting better | Slam N Jam

He's still only 240 pounds, as he would say, on a good day.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Wizards Week + Shai keeps getting better | Slam N Jam

I mean, that's his quote, on a good day, he's 240 pounds.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Wizards Week + Shai keeps getting better | Slam N Jam

And he's protecting the rim at a rate that he didn't last year.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Wizards Week + Shai keeps getting better | Slam N Jam

And he's facing a ton of attempts, which speaks in part to his activity, but really also to the

The Athletic NBA Daily
Wizards Week + Shai keeps getting better | Slam N Jam

the sad state of the Wizards perimeter defense.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Wizards Week + Shai keeps getting better | Slam N Jam

Right.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Wizards Week + Shai keeps getting better | Slam N Jam

But he's stopping shots, not necessarily blocking them, but affecting shots at a rate comparable to reigning NBA defensive player of the year, Evan Mobley, within six feet of the hoop.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Wizards Week + Shai keeps getting better | Slam N Jam

So I know I was serious about the dinner invitation and the Bill Murray stuff and Andy Kaufman stuff, but I'm serious about this.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Wizards Week + Shai keeps getting better | Slam N Jam

He's much improved.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Wizards Week + Shai keeps getting better | Slam N Jam

And that, I think, along with the growth of Keyshawn George, have been the two brightest spots to their season so far.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Wizards Week + Shai keeps getting better | Slam N Jam

No, and I'm going to be, as always on your show or in print or Twitter, whatever, honest.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Wizards Week + Shai keeps getting better | Slam N Jam

they would never disclose certain plans.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Wizards Week + Shai keeps getting better | Slam N Jam

The Wizards are an extraordinarily tight-lipped organization, almost to the degree that the Thunder are, almost to the degree that the Spurs have been.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Wizards Week + Shai keeps getting better | Slam N Jam

Having said that, he did play in Summer League.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Wizards Week + Shai keeps getting better | Slam N Jam

He played, I think, in two games in Summer League, and

The Athletic NBA Daily
Wizards Week + Shai keeps getting better | Slam N Jam

none of what he showed there was anything similar to this.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Wizards Week + Shai keeps getting better | Slam N Jam

Right.