“I think his upside creates a high ceiling for us,” Diebler said. “He gets to go at his pace and run his own race. One thing I love about A’mare, he’s tough. He’s physical, he’s smart, he’s skilled, and he just has a joy about him when he plays. Listen, he’s going to be a really good player here, and he’s going to do some really good things this year. But to your point, it’s a little different feel — but hey, he may evolve into a that type of productive player (this year), and he may not, but he’s going to have a pathway to really go out there and be aggressive. And I think it helps playing with other good players. It helps him being on the floor with veterans as well, where maybe he doesn’t have to carry that burden like we had Juni (Mobley) do at times last year, which was really hard for a freshman to do.”
