He's a back to back All American and last year's national player of the year and Wooden award winner. But somehow according to some people, he isn't good enough to play here and we should part ways. SMH.
It's not that he is not good enough.
Oscar is great at what he does (rebound). And he's a decent enough scorer inside.
But he has defensive limitations, and not just the ball-screen up top. He's also not good at help defense on drives, nor rim protection. And with Cal's defenses, rim protection is vital.
I think with Oscar, he is good enough that we would not have a "bad" team.
He raises the floor.
But also with Oscar, I think
he lowers the ceiling because of his defense.
I think the way I would most likely consider him to return, would be if he spent all summer on 2 things. 1) pick his spot, corner, wing, top of key, and
become a decent (35%) 3pt shooter out there (like Patterson did). And 2) work on his lateral footwork on defending perimeter guys, so we could
play him at the 4/PF. And then, at least on DEF, we have a rim protector other than him in the paint.
Make it 3 things. 3) be willing to
play a smaller role, play 25-30mpg, be the 3rd or 4th option on offense.