Min: 12 FG: 0-5 Defense was extremely suspect. He is coming off surgery, but that does not sound good. Remember, he is coming from a league that played little defense and these stories that are reported about him making all of these shots were without a defender in his face. Maybe he will develop, but I do not think we can expect much for a while.
except I actually saw Boki play D on a play or two...something Air-Langhi never did...sure westside..whatever you say.
I cant even recall Langhi every playing period ......... He suffered from what you would call the "Richard Petruska" affect
Boki sucked more than Langhi ever sucked before... But it's one game, he was probably real nervous. The staff will work on him, and now he has his feet wet. Injury could be a factor too. It doesn't really matter, with the emergence of TMo, Boki can be brought along slowly and can heal first.
The funny thing is, if Boki had played great, I'm sure this guy would have been falling out of his chair to point out how it was ONE preseason game against a Spurs scrub and how we shouldn't read too much into it.
You guys are judgemental little beeyatches, how'd you do your first day on the job. Granted he may have problems getting on the court if TMO and more importantly Rice play well and are healthy but to call him a bust at this point is ridiculous. Beeyatches.
If I had 3 months of procedures and training prior to my first day I would expect to fit in on my first day on the job. He has plenty of time to get better, but to label this guy a Peja, or any thing else is crazy at this point, just as its crazy to write him off. But as stated, all of these great shooting exhibitions the coaching staff and press have talked about were done without some one running at him or a hand in the face. That will be the big adjustment, but should come in time.
btw: Emmanual Ginobilli was abused by Cuttino last night. This year could be regarded as the Foreign Wake Up call in a way that teaches us the foreign players can play offense and defense in the NBA, or this could be regarded as the "Foreign Wake Up" call in that it teaches us that foreign players who are not 7 foot tall are not going to shock the league anymore than Peja airballing that shot of his life did. Will the Foreign role in the league be a dime a dozen, spot-up shooter who can't really drive like in their videos, or will the Foreign role include defense. So far, it doesn't include defense.
There is also the matter of Boki playing with new orthotics (shoe inserts). Trust me, I have these, due to having high arches (I'm not sure about Boki's problem: flat feet? high arches?), and especially at first, they affect your ankles, shins, thighs, hips....adjusting to them might also take something out of his game.
