curtleyambrose
Years ago
Bogut's form and Beijing potential
Bogut's numbers have been up in the last week or so including scoring a career high of 29 a few games back. As far as beijing is concerned this may seem on the surface to be a good thing, however does anyone remember how Bogut played in the last world champs (especially against USA) where he was overhandling the ball and trying too hard, obviously thinking he was the number 1 and 2 option on offence. Rupert Sapwell told me that at the 2004 olympic trials bogut went off at the coaching staff for not calling more plays for him. To be honest the best thing for Bogut to do is play the way he normally plays for Milwaukee and try not to be the teams leading scorer, just score when he can. He reminds me of watching Shane heal play for the boomers when youd cover your eyes when he forced up all those crazy shots (many of which went in), however when heal was the leading option (throughout his whole basketball career) the team didn't do well. I hope someone pulls bogut aside before beijing and tells him to be more team-oriented.
