Tai struggled but it's evident that he has some talent. While he lacked confidence and struggled he's also a freshman who started on a decent team with 3 offensive weapons ahead of him on the team. It's been stated before, but we didn't need Tai to force the issue. It would've been nice if he could hit an open shot, but that's been hit on multiple times.
He certainly didn't approach the high expectations that he came with, but it's not like he's a total bust without any hope either. Again, he's a freshman. Maybe that's the excuse that should be used instead of the 'hasn't adjusted to US basketball yet' because there were plenty of freshman on worse teams that didn't start who have been playing US basketball their entire lives. He's a freshman.
And a young Freshman at that.