It's a number of things...
- As I said all last offseason, people were expecting way too much of him - he was/is fairly raw overall and has little to no Big 12 caliber offense yet. Yet is hopefully key there.
- He was able to outsize and manhandle kids in high school, he's now playing against guys his own size and with his same athletic gifts.
- He's had a tough time adjusting to the speed of the game, even in practice.
- He's had some lingering pain issues for about 3 months now.
- He's a net loss right now; his struggles to keep up on defense takes away his biggest asset from high school, and without an offense, there's no role for him right now.
- Coming into the season, the hope was he could be a net positive by the end of the year (maybe 8-10 mins) by adapting quickly on defense and starting to begin the development of creating down low.
He was never going to be an offensive threat this year and people expected way too much from him simply because of his ranking. He's not a typical 5-star in that most that high are there because of their offensive abilities, he was because of his defense and prospects to develop an offense down low. Those haven't happened yet.