First Boban Marjanovic, now Skal Labissiere, it looks like the Rockets bigs just can’t handle extreme length. Take note, Western Conference playoff teams! All you need to do to gain advantage against Houston is find some really tall dude and give him lots of skills and offensive moves and then go to town!
Easier said than done. Labissiere, though still raw, has an almost unmatched combination of length, leaping ability, and skill. Not many players can replicate him when he’s having one of his good games. If the Warriors want someone like him to bolster their iffy center situation, their best bet is to either make JaVale McGee start shooting jumpers (he probably wants to anyway) or abduct Labissiere, cut his hair into a duck-tail, put a McGee jersey on him, and put him on the court and see if anyone notices the difference. “Wow, who knew that McGee had such a smooth stroke all the way out there?”
If Labissiere’s on, he can damage opposing teams in every way, from the perimeter to the paint. Usually, he’s off, and he looks overmatched while he fouls every three minutes, but you guys don’t get to see those games. Only Kings fans really know the truth about Labissiere, everyone else can just enjoy these (and other) highlights and wonder why he didn’t get 30 minutes per game from the start.