Just started going through all this in my head while reading the MEM/MIL trade proposal thread.
He's not really as good as people perceive him to be.
Offensively, he has one move, which is trying to dunk over three people. If not that, then it's an ultra-predictable back-to-the-basket turnaround fadeaway that hardly ever goes in.
http://www.82games.com/0506/05MEM10A.HTM
He shoots 26 percent on jumpshots, gets blocked on a
quarter of his close shots and is assisted on 84 percent of his dunks. He has a Roland rating of -9.8, the worst on the team aside from Roberson, who rarely played anything but garbage minutes.
He turns the ball over constantly because he has no handle, doesn't know how to pass, is an average/below average rebounder
and shot blocker for a 4. If that's not the definition of a tweener forward, then I don't know what is.
He's athletic, but he's not an "elite-level" athlete. And he's 24 years old, which means he's not going to improve any more than, say, Dahntay Jones has improved since he's been in the league. Marginal improvement and not much more else.
We all saw Warrick as a great pick at No. 19 last season. As it turns out, there are a few guys after him who will turn out to be better NBA players. Hakim remains a decent "value" selection in retrospect, but he doesn't have the tools to become a starter in this league. Trade him in a package before people figure this out.
He posted a good summer league game tonight with 21 points. He did the same thing in Syracuse when he was playing with guys with similar size and ability. Hopefully, management sees the summer league as an opportunity to showcase him, bulk up his statistics and package him off for a player can really help us.