Roy Hibbert is the Next Big Thing

Confession time.  For the past two years, I have been completely down on Roy Hibbert.  I thought he was too slow, too foul prone, and way too poor of a rebounder to ever become a great center.  There were some good things though.  His post-game showed some promise, and he has always been a good shotblocker, but I never saw him as more than simply an above average option at Center, and probably not that for a contending team.

My whole perspective has changed through these first six games of the season though.  Hibbert looks like a completely different player, and for the better.  Over the summer Larry Bird asked his friend Bill Walton to work with him, and Walton must've done something right (credit to Hibbert too for putting the work in).  He's slimmed down, reportedly losing 23 pounds in the offseason, which has given him more mobility and durability on the court.