He’s also 6’10. I don’t play basketball, but a 6’10 player who moves like a 6’3 player (Speed wise) seems pretty damn unstoppable. What the hell happened???
Mental & physical injuries
His back is fucked bro
Can’t shoot, confidence issues, back issues
It’s those last two more than anything. For years he was a consistent 15-17 ppg scorer on good TS% despite having no 3 pt range (or any range) and being a terrible FT shooter.
That sort of player, who also runs the offense and is a strong defender, can absolutely have an impact despite a lack of shooting. And he proved it. But injuries and the rest have taken a toll, and certainly teams have also adapted.
ben never ran the offense. he was always useless in the half court
It’s somewhat of a mental health thing.
Severe case of the yips
social anxiety
He got worse bc of mental health and back issues
Most likely a mental block. At this point it’s looking unlikely that he plays at his true potential again
people expected him to learn to take jump shots but he just never did
if he wont ever shoot outside of layups and dunks that really limits how good he can be
That was alright for a while, the real problems started when he refused to drive for layups or even passing on open dunks (like the famous play in the playoffs against trae young)
if he wont ever shoot outside of layups
Or even those >.>
Shoots with the wrong hand
You used to be able to sleep in a crib…that’s much more difficult for you to do so now.
Sometimes people change and we’re not the same as we used to be.
ROY* (Spida)
Big, agile, athletic, natural playmaker and everything made it so that he never had to develop either a jumoshot or the ability to self regulate. Then back injuries and his team trying to scapegoat him messed him up rlly bad. He’s been OK recently I think
There’s more to being a pro athlete than physicality. Who knew
cant shoot, nonstop injuries and mental issues.