Could a Two Way become a roster player

[rollie mass]

Just from watching clips there is a huge jump in Tacos conditioning, footwork, his hook shot and aggressive off the ground two hand dunks..
How the heck can a normal ex player judge Taco.
What makes Giannis judgeable is he plays basketball with that size like a guard

Where Taco is killing the G league in his minutes.
What can he become and how long will it take.?.

Zion another unique basketball player.
I guess Rudy Gorbet or Yao Ming might be someday standards, if he  had started younger.
How can you attach a skill level to such a huge player?

[ozgod]

The biggest issue I've seen with Tacko is his lateral quickness. The team has to switch to a zone defense whenever he comes on (which is admittedly at the end of blowouts). He makes Kanter look like Giannis on the perimeter.

That's really the No1 thing he has to work on in the G-league...he's progressing in all the other categories, particularly offensively. Also his conditioning has improved but he's still got a ways to go to be NBA conditioned. I've been watching Red Claws games on NBC Sports Boston and after about 5 minutes up and down the floor he's puffing. He looks skinny but he's actually the heaviest player in the NBA at 311 pounds.

The good news for him is that he's pretty much the same size as Yao Ming, 7-6, 310 pounds. And Yao had a pretty useful career. Yao was pretty mobile and athletic for his size though.

[Somebody]

The biggest issue I've seen with Tacko is his lateral quickness. The team has to switch to a zone defense whenever he comes on (which is admittedly at the end of blowouts). He makes Kanter look like Giannis on the perimeter.

That's really the No1 thing he has to work on in the G-league...he's progressing in all the other categories, particularly offensively. Also his conditioning has improved but he's still got a ways to go to be NBA conditioned. I've been watching Red Claws games on NBC Sports Boston and after about 5 minutes up and down the floor he's puffing. He looks skinny but he's actually the heaviest player in the NBA at 311 pounds.

The good news for him is that he's pretty much the same size as Yao Ming, 7-6, 310 pounds. And Yao had a pretty useful career. Yao was pretty mobile and athletic for his size though.

Yao had a great career lol, he had some All-NBA/All-Star seasons. Don't see the comparison though, Tacko is much longer but can't hold Yao's jockstrap when it comes to skill and basketball IQ.

[DrJasper]

Remember how we clogged the lane against the bucks when we beat them in the 2018 playoffs? Tacko might be the only player that could hinder giannis from dominating the paint on his own. Kinda like he did against zion in March madness, hope we try at least 

[RockinRyA]

Remember how we clogged the lane against the bucks when we beat them in the 2018 playoffs? Tacko might be the only player that could hinder giannis from dominating the paint on his own. Kinda like he did against zion in March madness, hope we try at least 

Given how foul prone Tacko is atm and how the officials coddle Giannis, he might foul out in 2 minutes.

[CFAN38]

The biggest issue I've seen with Tacko is his lateral quickness. The team has to switch to a zone defense whenever he comes on (which is admittedly at the end of blowouts). He makes Kanter look like Giannis on the perimeter.

That's really the No1 thing he has to work on in the G-league...he's progressing in all the other categories, particularly offensively. Also his conditioning has improved but he's still got a ways to go to be NBA conditioned. I've been watching Red Claws games on NBC Sports Boston and after about 5 minutes up and down the floor he's puffing. He looks skinny but he's actually the heaviest player in the NBA at 311 pounds.

The good news for him is that he's pretty much the same size as Yao Ming, 7-6, 310 pounds. And Yao had a pretty useful career. Yao was pretty mobile and athletic for his size though.

I don’t think he sees any meaningful minutes this year but if he continues to develop and can land a roster spot next season then the Tacko 2-3 zone may be a regular thing that BS unleashes in poor shooting teams. I see no issue only using Tacko in a zone. I imagine he would given the current 76ers roster trouble in that role.

[droopdog7]

Tacko would get eaten alive in a real game, never mind the playoffs.  I'm still rather bearish on him long term, but I'm rooting for him.

[hwangjini_1]

Remember how we clogged the lane against the bucks when we beat them in the 2018 playoffs? Tacko might be the only player that could hinder giannis from dominating the paint on his own. Kinda like he did against zion in March madness, hope we try at least 

semi did a good job of doing this with antetokounmpo in games i have seen.