Brown's comments last night - undersized Bobcats

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After hearing Brown talk about the Bobcats being undersized and trying to address the situation....I'm again confused on why we picked Alexis Ajinca.

I'm sure this was talked about in the boards after draft night...But now, more than ever, is apparent that we are struggling against teams that are bigger than us.

Any thoughts why we picked Alexis? Do you think they regret picking him? I still don't see the logic in this pick.

I haven't seen enough of him...But if he is going to contribute to our team, I doubt it will be this season.

[ammofan]

We picked AA because Larry thinks he would have been a lottery pick if he came out next year

[SWedd523]

I see the logic in picking Lex. He most likely won't be great this year, but he's one of those guys with unlimited potential that can develop into an amazing athlete

Will he realize his potential? Who knows. If he does, our PF problem is pretty much answered

[amour217]

Here's a snapshot of some of the 2008-2009 bobcats during practice:

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Maybe because Ajinca is big?

I DUNNO!

[coordinator0]

Given the Bobcats current PF situation, I believe that Ajinca should play more. I don't think that he will learn much sitting on the bench, especially when the 'cats are getting blown out. What would it hurt to give him some garbage time? I hate it when coaches don't play players because they don't think that they are ready.

[dnbman]

Here's a snapshot of some of the 2008-2009 bobcats during practice:

Armour, get serious. Aside from Sean May, those guys are way too thick to be Bobcats.

[dnbman]

Given the Bobcats current PF situation, I believe that Ajinca should play more. I don't think that he will learn much sitting on the bench, especially when the 'cats are getting blown out. What would it hurt to give him some garbage time? I hate it when coaches don't play players because they don't think that they are ready.

There's a fine line there. If a guy is pretty much ready, I typically agree. However Ajinca has some pretty significant things to learn before he can play more than the last couple of minutes of the game. You don't want to destroy the guy's confidence because he gets destroyed in garbage time. That being said, I think Brown can play him a little bit more than he has.

Also, last night, we still could have made an attack with two minutes left. I think we got to within 12-15 at some point around that time where we could have made a couple of buckets and got it to a manageable score for the closing minute, especially if they stopped shooting lights out.

I think by January, we'll start seeing more Ajinca.

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There's a fine line there. If a guy is pretty much ready, I typically agree. However Ajinca has some pretty significant things to learn before he can play more than the last couple of minutes of the game. You don't want to destroy the guy's confidence because he gets destroyed in garbage time. That being said, I think Brown can play him a little bit more than he has.

Also, last night, we still could have made an attack with two minutes left. I think we got to within 12-15 at some point around that time where we could have made a couple of buckets and got it to a manageable score for the closing minute, especially if they stopped shooting lights out.

I think by January, we'll start seeing more Ajinca.

I hope I see him play more... the point of my post is that I was left confused by Brown's comments. If the need was so imperative for him to have a big man in the 4 then why draft a project that will take at least a season to develop. I guess then he is seeing more of the long term potential for the Bobcats..If this is true, I hope Brown will stick around long enough to see it develop.

[docend24]

I tend to believe that Ajinça playing only a bit in garbage time is a good sign. I think he should get more minutes. that he should be send to the court sooner in 4th qurters than in pure garbage time (if we are loosing by double digits).

The thing he is not playing more lead me to thinking that
1)they are working with him thinking he can improve pretty fast -> i.e. he could be better
2)he is working on his english closing the gap produced by somewhat language barier -> i.e. he could be better once he is not limited by this

And i think he was solid in his limited minute.

I understood the pick, I'm still on his bandwagon, he can be anything between Primož Gangsta Brezec and Kevin Garnett. I think he is alredy better than Brezec.

For those of you who haven't seen then yet search youtube and watch his videos from workouts. Good stuff.