had 17 points and 10 rebounds for the Jazz last night. In 19 minutes.
Oscar Tshiebwe
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He's had a few good games. Wish the Pacers would've found a way to make it work with him.
With the way the nba is- first to 110 compared to college 70 he will put up the numbers when he gets the time
I’m sure Arkansas fans are thrilled.
Oscar is a beast. He deserves PT even if it's backup minutes. He's a generational rebounder.
Oscar was the only player I've ever watched that made me actually count his rebounds. It was hard for me sometimes to watch the game itself because I was concentrating on watching him position himself to get boards. And he's a great dude to boot.
Just wish Cal would have found a way to make it work with him. Man wtf happened to Cal in those last four years?
Something. Oscar could not have been that bad at pick and roll D the whole year. I think that was a coaching issue.
As an aside: I might feel worse for him than any other Cal-era player, in regards to how those seasons went for such a spectacular player and individual. He deserved better.
Reed- The Arkansas Hog mascot
Tres bien , Oscaaaar!
My favorite player under Calipari after JW and AD. Very cool guy, took time to talk both in English and French in the summer when I visited Lexington and the basketball facilities with family. My daughter who was playing basketball at that time in high school was trying to keep with him on rebounding and block shots. He inspired her and broke school records with 29 rebounds and 9 blocks in a game and 19 double double in a season.
I truly think he could be an inspiration for many young players and he could also teach our players how to rebound. Oscar is one of the players that Pope should invite in Rupp arena for honoring.
He found his niche and worked very hard to get very good at it!
My favorite player under Calipari after JW and AD. Very cool guy, took time to talk both in English and French in the summer when I visited Lexington and the basketball facilities with family. My daughter who was playing basketball at that time in high school was trying to keep with him on rebounding and block shots. He inspired her and broke school records with 29 rebounds and 9 blocks in a game and 19 double double in a season.
I truly think he could be an inspiration for many young players and he could also teach our players how to rebound. Oscar is one of the players that Pope should invite in Rupp arena for honoring.
He found his niche and worked very hard to get very good at it!
Put Oscar on this year's team and we def would've made the final four. That dude had almost a supernatural ability to rebound and by all accounts he's a great human being. He deserved to have more on the court success in his two years here. Unfortunately he was coached by Calipari.
I think you could also say the same thing about last year's team. (yeah I know Cal might have found a way to mess it up)
Oscar was one of the greatest players to ever play at UK; the stats bear that out. I hated that he won one ncaa tournament game. I hate that. I’m so happy he’s producing in the league. Love that kid. Good person.
I have no clue why he isnt on a second unit
It was coaching. Cal ran drop coverage. Thats why oscar and ware both just kept getting lobs thrown over their head when teams would run middle ball screen or have the guard full speed downhill just score over them
Towards the end, cal had zero concept of team defense. It was literally five guys each trying to guard their own man.
100%. There was no communication , I mean zero. No rotations to be seen.
The percentage of people that can correctly pronounce his last name is much higher on this board than in the general population.
Certainly making a good impression for the Jazz as the season closes out. A good time for young players to prove themselves at this stage of the season getting opportunities to play. Happy for Big O!
And looked so damn tiny at times on the court. I was like....that's Oscar right? Damn.
Nonetheless, I'm so glad Big O is doing well. Dude freaking deserves it. I hope his mom is able to come watch a game again.
If Oscar Tshiebwe got starters minutes, he would lead the NBA in rebounding.
I can’t believe he can’t get steady minutes on a bad team just rebounding. Hes probably the best rebounder in the league for real or close to it.
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It’s mind blowing how large NBA players are. It’s like a freak show of mutants. I met Greg Oden once, and it was t his height that was so shocking, it was how damn wide he was. The thought of just a regular sized person trying to score a layup on him was comical. It was like being around a different species.
Followed up that performance with an Oscar-like game scoring 10 points, and even more rebounds with 14 against the Thunder.
Tyrese Haliburton said as much.
It's that time of year in the NBA though.
When you see Oscar, Reed, Antonio, and Keion putting up number you know the starters are resting or the team is out of contention.
All the previously mentioned players getting some run and putting up good numbers while Rob is still getting DNP's🤔
Yeah you can’t really get how explosive they are until you see them in person, the speed, size, and everything is ridiculous. They make the hardest things look easy and routine.
I know, but in showing off his talents I can’t believe there isn’t one team who is like “he would be a great 2nd string 15-20MPG big man we could sign really cheap!” He would put up these kinda numbers and help a team rebound everything. Probably be worth a couple baskets a game easy grabbing misses.
They gave Oscar 25 minutes in the final game, his most action yet I think, and he hit 7/8 from the field for 18 points. He also had 12 rebounds, 2 assists, 3 steals and a block. Looks like Oscar will be getting paid to play basketball next year.
Rob was getting DNPs because Minnesota was fighting to stay out of the play in game .
If he can average that per game either off the bench or even starting congratulations goes to Oscar because he’s going to either be sixth man of the year or lock down a starting position.
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