You are taking my comment beyond what I meant to imply. I didn't mean that there are 100% back to the hoop guys (like Chamberlain, Jabbar, etc.) playing that way today. However, I saw plenty of bigs last season receive the ball on the close in wing and back their defender toward the basket before making a hook or other back to the basket post move. Even Brown attempted that for us a number of times (unfortunately his bad hands made him subpar at it. I don't see that as Coulibaly's game.
Having watched the better part of Mali's first two games I saw Coulibaly playing as much or more on the perimeter than inside at the hoop. I will stand by my assessment that he will be best suited to play the role of a complimentary big (4/3 type) paired with a 5/4 or 4/5 type. I expect it to be rare when he is the only big in the game other than When Capel is deliberately going small to pressure the ball full court. Otherwise, I expect him to be getting his minutes paired up with either Brown or Hamilton.
