Mavs’ Carlisle on Pachulia: ‘He’s Better Than I Thought’

It’s probably time to stop worrying about what — or who — Zaza Pachulia is not. He is not DeAndre Jordan. He is not Tyson Chandler. He is not a man who can jump over the phone book in most NBA cities. He is not particularly pretty to watch play basketball.

So what? Nine games into his tenure with the Dallas Mavericks, who acquired him as a desperation move after their summer center saga went south, Pachulia has given people plenty of reasons to talk about what he is. “He is a lot better than I thought,” Mavs coach Rick Carlisle said recently.

Source: Tim MacMahon of ESPN