Is Zizic what you expected?

[liam]

Yes. He'll have a role on this team going forward. He's raw but we that from just watching his highlights.

Yes.

He is huge.

He has good hands.

He is big.

He rebounds.

I think the rest of the complaints about him are due to his super long EU season and getting used to NBA rules.

Good point about the rules. 3 seconds and goal tending... Summer league also has weird spacing and flow to games. Also Zizic is setting some good screens that no one is really using properly. IT will come off those screens right to the basket...

[fubar089]

He simply isn't a NBA caliber player in this moment in time. I have real doubt that he ever reaches that level either.

[danglertx]

I've always said SL is a terrible place to judge bigs because the game is so guard dominated, but my gosh he has looked horrible.

[mr. dee]

I expect a better post presence compared to Amir, Zeller and Kelly combined. I wouldn't judge him with the summer league performance.

[footey]

Looking better tonight. Rebounding, blocked 2 shots in 1st quarter, good defense.

[Dchuck]

Although summer league is not the greatest showcase for big men, Zizic doesn't seem to pass the eye test.  As I mentioned in the initial post, he has very little lift and lacks agility and mobility.  He struggles to turn his hips over on switches and he seems to have heavy feet.  His ability to switch on PnR and dealing with more athletic bigs (Lopez, Thompson etc) is not very promising.

On the bright side, he does have a nose for the ball and he has good fundamentals when it comes to "putting a body" on someone and boxing out, which seems to be rare these days.  I feel like he would be decent if it were the early 90's.

[tarheelsxxiii]

He moves like Amir after he fell off the cliff.

[blink]

Zizic looks slow and plodding.  But hard to know if that is going to be a problem latter if he can rebound and give us some toughness on d...I mean I didn't expect him to be fast, but he looks slower than expected.

[GreenEnvy]

He has looked really bad, not gonna lie.

Hope it's just inexperience and a bad stretch or him.

[kraidstar]

He's looking a lot better tonight thankfully

[TheTruthFot18]

He has looked really bad, not gonna lie.

Hope it's just inexperience and a bad stretch or him.

I heard on the radio he might not be used to the altitude? He moved quick and fluidly in Euro games so all of a sudden he slow?

[Kuberski33]

He'll be fine I think.  He's definitely a project but I like his motor and fundamentally he looks solid.

[Surferdad]

He'll be fine I think.  He's definitely a project but I like his motor and fundamentally he looks solid.

His motor?  He could barely catch his breath.

Zizic is a major project. His upside is Gortat, at best.

[Kuberski33]

He'll be fine I think.  He's definitely a project but I like his motor and fundamentally he looks solid.

His motor?  He could barely catch his breath.

Zizic is a major project. His upside is Gortat, at best.

He competed in the paint all night.  I agree he's a major project, but he's got some skills that could eventually help the team.

[KG Living Legend]

 What do I expect? I expect ten boards per game. That's all I want him to do. If he gets an easy dunk fine, but you get every single rebound when your in the game.