Maybe I’m just a huge dumbass, but I didn’t realize Marvin Bagley’s listed height is six foot eleven. He doesn’t look that tall and he doesn’t play like he’s that tall. Was hair included in that height measurement? Because his hair easily adds two or three inches to the top of his head, and it would be easier for me to reconcile his playstyle and his height if he were actually three inches shorter.
Again, take my words with a grain of salt because I often don’t know what I’m talking about (I’m just really good at making it sound like I know what I’m talking about), but Bagley’s methods of scoring are reminiscent of a tweener SF/PF. He seems like one of those guys who has been so much more athletic than any of his competition that he never really had to develop a jumpshot. He just gets the ball somewhere near the basket and tries to score with it, even if he has to spin around three times, pump fake into another pump fake, and toss up a wild-looking hook shot.
Unlike some other tweener-type busts of recent memory, Bagley has shown that his ways of scoring can be effective in the NBA and that he’s definitely not a bust. He’s not going to be ROTY of the year unless his entourage succeeds in getting Dave Joerger fired and then succeeds in convincing the Kings to hire a coach who will give Bagley 35 MPG and infinite touches, but that’s okay. All the championship rimps that the Kings will have after the Warriors dynasty collapses will be way more impressive than some stupid ROTY of the year trophy.