Why a Top 10 NBA Draft Pick Was Traded in 3 Years 

Short answer: the Knicks ruined his development by never letting him do anything but stand behind the 3 point line, and Thibs would pull him out of the game immediately for even the slightest of mistakes while letting Randle do whatever he wanted with no repercussions.

As a Pacers fan I'm happy we got him. With a great point guard he can thrive.

His NBA career is about to fully begin. He never had a chance on the Knicks. They did not care to play him. However, on the pacers, he's on a team with someone he already has chemistry with and who is also one of the best PGs in the league.

As a Knicks fan I'm sad to see him go and I believe we will regret it

Thibs is notorious for not developing rookies.

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Toppin is inserted in the line up with Quickley who is not a pass first point guard and prefers to score the ball. Plus with Burks who see's the rim everytime he touches the ball. All these plus how short of a leash Thibs has for him really stunted his growth.

How the hell can not taking enough threes be a real critique as a big man 😂😂

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He on the starting power foward for the pacers he gonna do good things there

Watching him and Killian Hayes get picked ahead Haliburton was painful.

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Growing a whole 5 inches in college is insane

He has great potential in todays nba 4 man

Most excited I’ve ever been watching my Flyers play. Sucks we got our shot at a natty ruined by COVID. Best team and player we ever had.

The Knicks drafted him but don't have any plan for his future there, glad that he's in a system where he can thrive especially with an elite PG in Haliburton

Obi bout to have a career year

Obi Toppin upside is going to good definitely gave up on him too soon

I've worked out with him and I can tell you he has No lateral movement at all, I'm a 6'6" guard with blown knees and back and he could not stay in front of me and he is a very bad at trailing like if he is looking to block me from behind I slow up and he will foul me by running me over or a shot fake puts him in air and completely ends his defense. He has a problem with frustration and once he gets down on himself he trys to get going but makes mistakes that only make it worse and it takes him completely out of the game. Athletic as hell but gets ahead of himself defending the pick and roll and is late on help weak side defense more than a n he is on time. 80% of his problems are in his head but that's harder to overcome than any injury and his side to side movement he looks like is is off balance and top heavy so once his body starts going one way hard he has a very hard time recovering to go the other way if he is met with a cross over and he trips over his own feet when he over corrects. Work on his 3 and run to the corners and pull off a PJ Tucker type career. He has up side but can it be unlocked?

Life as different on campus that year

He did better in NY with less minutes. I thought giving him starters minutes would increase his points per game to around 17 but he went from 7 points to almost 10 while grabbing less rebounds somehow. Toppins is a cherry picker that runs the floor always to get ahead for a lob but doesn’t rebound. I wish him luck but maybe Thibodeau was right to trade him

Obi "Far from the Madding Crowd" Toppin

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Toppin is older than Doncic

Thibs isn't the greatest with young players that's for sure.

Gonna be sitting on the bench again here if he doesn't start expending some energy on defense. Pretty bad so far.

Knicks need to fire Thibs immediately, he got them as far as they can go. He doesn’t hold any of his players accountable, he doesn’t even try to develop any young players unless they’re booming out of the gate. NY lacks an identity and culture from within. A mess of a franchise that makes simple decisions complicated, example being IQ still isn’t extended.

Nobody wanted him to start, stop kidding yourself

As a Knicks fan, I know why we let him go, but interested to see what you say in the video.

Pat Bev Ricky Rubio lou will and Jamal crawford all deserve some more respect. Ppl cant last 5 years in the league.

Pacers front office thinks the 2020 class are damn Pokémon Haliburton, Toppin, Nesmith, Smith... Edwards???

Knicks got a new toppin so they just need one

Early-bloomer, over-rarated (even at the collegiate level), and never developed his game since coming into the league. All flash (and not even much) and no substance

I think bad teams who tank every year shouldn't be awarded for bad play they ruin young players and turn them in to journey men

Because the Knicks suck at drafting and then when we see the player we should’ve picked do better than the one we did pick we end up giving up on their development

because the knicks suck at development and as a knicks fan i hate that he’s gone

They drafted this guy over Maxey 😂😂😂

Because Thibs is a deek 😥

Iam upset 😡 KNICKS traded OB

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And all of the sudden hes doing decent on the pacers... in my opinion it was multiple things players who clog the paint forcing obi to shoot 3s when thats not his best shot

Obi Toppin was trash from the beginning. Never understood the hype. Probably because he went to New York

Dude was so stiff!

I gotta some love for the kid but in my opinion he was the wrong pick for the knicks we should have got vasell from the spurs but wishing nothing but the best

Thibs is overrated. I hope that this will be his last year as head coach of Knicks. I wish Obi good luck.

He was never going to be anything anyhow

Elfrid Peyton was better then oni toppin think about that

Nah he is not that good honestly, no iso scoring , no offensive rebounds( not that much defensive either) , not a good defender, weak shooter (25% from 3 on 2.7 attempts an night ) , can only score on clean looks to the basket. He may be a good fit next to tyrese but so would any slasher / shooter in the league . Wish he was better but he us just not.

I think his career will follow the same trajectory as Larry Nance Jr.

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