The Indiana Pacers are down 1-0 tot he Washington Wizards and Roy Hibbert’s teammate have had just about enough of his disappearing act. We’ve seen Hibbert cameo on the Indiana-based Parks and Recreation, but apparently he’s skilled Houdini impersonator as well as he’s managed to escape any sort of talent in the first two rounds of the postseason and his teammates are starting to call him out.
David West, Roy Hibbert and Rasual Butler appeared to have a talk in the weight room. Doors were shut. Guys declined to talk about it.
— Scott Agness (@ScottAgness) May 6, 2014
A beyond furious David West, on Hibbert: "He’s got to be part of the fight. H’s got to be part of this thing for us to go anywhere.”
— Scott Agness (@ScottAgness) May 6, 2014
Hibbert, to his credit, acknowledged that he’s been more of a problem in the postseason than part of the solution.
Hibbert: "I got to come out and be aggressive. I got to be a different Roy Hibbert than I have been."
— Scott Agness (@ScottAgness) May 6, 2014
Still, while it’s cute that Hibbert knows he’s a detriment to the Pacers at the moment, that doesn’t change the fact that he’s been a ghost for them when they need him to be a brick wall on defense. His rebounding is terrible and the Pacers shooting is dying a slow death thanks to second chance buckets not coming.
It’s not surprising that the Wizards have looked so good, as even the lowly Hawks looked explosive against the Pacers and Hibbert’s lack of production for Indiana is something that needs to change but doesn’t look like it will.
[h/t: Bleacher Report]