Do not give me the old, "matchups" answer. It is Denver and I thought Boki looked nice.......kinda strange? any ideas?
I was baffled too. When he played in the 1st, we scored, what, 29 points? Rudy has always been big on keep combinations on the court that work well together. Apparently, Bostjan's 1-3 scared Rudy?!
This is pure conjecture, but I wonder if he strained his hernia repair when he went up strong for that dunk and drew a hard foul. You could tell he was hurting, and then he missed both free throws.
It seemed like Rudy gave the spare minutes to Moochie and Hawkins,,,,Probably rightfully so ,,beacuse they will have a bigger role in our rotation than Boki,,this year... Rudy is definately giving more minutes to the vets and he seems to treat Hawkins like a vet rather than a rookie...BACK TO BOKI,,,I warched him closely on defense, he does a good job, he seems to have really long arms....
He looked real good. He is young, so he needs some time to be a star, but you could tell why everyone was so high on him. There was some points of the game where he was covering Cat. Can you imagine any other 7 footer besides KG even trying to attempt that?
I don't think Boki has as good of defense as Hawk but his defense has not looked like a liability in the time he has played like some suggested.
I don't know either and I really hope that if he is not well yet that they put him on the IR for a while in order to get him healthy. Ask the Magic there is nothing worse than damaged goods, not only that but you can also see flashes that this guy will be awesome he is very good at understanding what he needs to do and he is fluid I can't wait until we see him healthy. Overall I have to say that I was hoping that we woule look better but I'll take a w on the road any day of the week, if we have to win ugly so be it.
Hawkins plays very solid defense, and that was obvious from last night, but he had 30 minutes last night. 30! Boki had 12. If he is injured, they should tell someone. Hawkins, imo, is good enough defensively to play at the 2. Mobley played all but 47 minutes last night. Mobley should get only around 35. Hawkins shoudl have picked up those extra 12 minutes at the 2 and Boki should have picked up the extra 12 mintues at SF with Hawkins moving to the 2.
I do not whether Boki is injured or strained the hernia stitches. When I was 21, I was diagnosed with congenital double hernias. It took a loooooong time (MONTHS even at age 21) to walk without feeling the stitches. That is the principal reason why I wonder if he strained the stitches.
The one thing that has impressed me about Boki is his defense. This was the one knock on him and I feel like he has done an adequate job. I really wish he could play a few more minutes.
