He’ll be fine… a team like Charlotte wants to win games and make the playoffs very bad now. Office personnel have their jobs riding on it. Bouk is more a long term project, there is reason why playoff teams are littered with veterans bc they are pro pros. Kobe averaged 5 min a game his first 3 games and Jerry West had seen special with him.
Really? Do you live under a rock? These people are just antivaxers. They and Kyrie should just go away. The faster the better.
Bouknight is absolutely not a long term project. He can score at all 3 levels with ease. A long term project means he is a freak athlete with no skill set. He's a freak athlete with damn good skills.
Right now it’s about winning games and not worrying about the Boneyards feelings. If he was ahead of others he would have showed it in practice. He’ll be fine look for him to get some minutes later on in the year and heavy minutes next year. If he was in Orlando he would be starting probably bc they are looking long term and personnel have job security, not so much in Charlotte.
Cody Martin played 32 min tonight with Rozier out (and 24 when Rozier played). Those are the minutes we assumed would be Bouk's after the draft. The organization might have assumed so too, but Martin maybe beat him out. Garbage time preseason points don't matter in the slightest. But either way, Martin is only signed through this season and the Hornets are invested in Bouk for a few years. It will work itself out at some point this season or heading into next. And if it doesn't? If he can't beat out Cody freaking Martin? Then he probably wouldn't have made it on any team even if he got PT. But he still got lottery paid, and some team may still give him a shot as a distressed asset, so the worst case possible scenario is still pretty good for him.
He was a lottery pick, he will get his opportunity. Teams do not easily give up on lottery picks.
I don't think he's been given the opportunity to beat out Cody Martin. It's what the Hornets do -- it's a Spurs thing with Borrego. They just don't play rookies. The fact that Melo Ball didn't start until Game 20 and still ended up being Rookie of the Year is remarkable he wasn't starting Game 1. Like any coaching decision/philosophy, it can be up for debate. Like I said in my other post, I think there is absolutely a time and place to sit rookie players -- NFL QBs for example and "project players." I don't think Bouk is a project and I think he deserves to play 15-20 min today. The Hornets are doing what is best for the Hornets (and at 3-0 it's working) but they are not doing what is best for James. I struggle to see why people but so much faith into the HORNETS and don't want to see James play. People just love to attack me when all I've been saying is I want to see James play and the Hornets were not the best landing spot for him.
It’s been 3 games smh … just be happy he’s around a winning culture. That’ll help him out more than minutes right now.
3 games 3 games !!!! Right now he’s not part of the rotation bc the guys in front of him are better. Take it easy he’s not going anywhere. Borrego is worried more about winning than any rookie minutes.
My point was I rather have him winning games in a franchise that has always had a lousy record of doing it than have him playing and losing. The way you took it is up to you. Enjoy Charlotte basketball bc they are fun to watch even if Bouk isn’t playing right now.
There's plenty of people on the football board who thought the UConn football team would get better by not playing an entire season.
Such a sad life you have
Do you realize him and Kobe are averaging about the same amount of playing time for their first 3 games? I don’t know what’s your obsession for him to have x amount of minutes. He has plenty of games left in his rookie contract. Porter Jr didn’t play his first year and just signed for $200m. Borrego is doing a great job w his rotation although you might be butt hurt that Bouks legacy is not going 100% now.
