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Originally Posted by round  can i go to the place of a lee theory... GRIN this was the plan all along but they were afraid to play him to early and burn him out from the increased amount of mins. so they waited this long so he won't hit the wall during the playoffs.
Na, my attempt was weak... I'll leave it to others to come up with this sort of thing. |
He missed the summer league (except for 1 game) and the pre-season (except for 1 game) which hurt his integration into the rotation big time just like Flipper said.
He injured his ankle and the fact is that even after they activated him he was not physically anywhere near his capabilities for November and even part of December due to his ankle injury.
January we were on the road so practices were limited.
He has only had 18 DNP's out of 46 games is averaging almost 9 minutes a game so all things considered, including his injury, he has gotten his minutes even though some of us, including me, were at times frustrated with his DNP's.
He now needs to reduce his fouling. Now that AJ is in the regular rotation Flipper seems to be removing AJ when AJ gets his 3rd foul. I expect his minutes to go up as he gets stronger and his defense continues to improve, which includes reducing his foul frequency, which will come as he gets more experience.
