he's not as good as some folks here thought he would be? if so, then hard to blame him isnt it?
but more to the point rollie, i think, wants to develop in this thread, from what little we have seen of mickey, perhaps his biggest problem falls into the gerald green, james young category - good physical skills, poor mental skills.
that is, under CBS almost anyone can get some minutes and produce. phil pressey is a case in point. phil had very limited abilities, but still did something positive for CBS, albeit in tiny doses.
mickey has ability, but like young and green, he seems to be very slow in picking up team defenses. individually his pogo stick blocks are impressive. but he seems a step behind in switches, loses his man of defense, and generally hasnt impressed me with the ability to play within CBS' defensive schemes.
granted, mickey plays only garbage time, which is often chaotic and players are not familiar with one another. nevertheless, i just dont see heady plays coming from mickey. individual plays? yes. team based defense, not so much.
but, this is a tiny sample upon which to assess his bb iq.
on offense, he is what he is. a shorter than average forward who doesnt seem to have great post moves (again, maybe I am missing something here) and does not yet have a good mid or outside shot. the shot charts i saw all showed that mickey shoots from with a few feet of the basket, overwhelmingly so.
i hope he does well for the celtics. but when CBS has trouble finding a place for a player in his schemes, then i wonder if perhaps the player may have trouble understanding the schemes.
but he is the 14th-15th guy on the team. his role right now is to develop into a better player, not contribute to wins and losses, yet.
i would welcome other, more informed opinions on this.
