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10-28-2014, 01:39 AM
http://www.sfgate.com/warriors/article/Bogut-emerging-as-a-key-to-Warriors-season-5851406.php
Kerr described it a little differently: “I feel like Steph and Klay provide a lot of the pop, and I feel like Andrew … provides us with our rhythm.”
Since Bogut has been with the Warriors, he’s been irreplaceable as the team’s defensive anchor. Now, his health is even more important as he takes on a larger offensive load.
“He’s such a good passer from the top of the key or anywhere on the floor,” Thompson said. “He’s just showing what he can do on offense, and we want to play through him as much as possible.”
A center whose past six seasons have been cut short or interrupted by significant injuries, Bogut is fully healthy and has been showing off his skill set this preseason. While playing his usual rim-protecting defense, the 7-footer has also been the team’s major hub on offense.
Kerr has looked to get the good-passing big man the ball at the top of the key, on the elbow where the free-throw line and lane line meets, and on the block. From those spots, Bogut has proved he can find open shooters or score.
“We’ve seen this in pickup games during the past two preseasons, but during the season, he was asked to do only so much,” forward Harrison Barnes said. “This year, Coach has really put on an emphasis on: 'If you see Bogut on the box, he’s not just there as a decoy. Get him the ball and cut.’”
The preseason couldn’t have gone much better for the Warriors, who went 6-2 while playing only twice at Oracle Arena. They led the league in scoring (110.9 points per game), shooting (51.1 percent), assists (26.4) and point differential (plus-11).
Much of that had to do with Bogut, who had 12 points, eight rebounds and eight assists in a 32-minute dress rehearsal Friday. He had one remarkable sequence when he threw down a tip dunk, raced back in transition defense to steal the ball from Denver’s Timofey Mozgov and then rifled a baseball pass to Iguodala for a one-handed dunk.
“I haven’t been part of a team that moves the ball so well in a number of years, so it’s very, very exciting,” Bogut said. “...I’ve been around Princeton (offense) and triangle stuff, so I feel very comfortable playing from the elbow and around the perimeter. I know I’m not a great knockdown shooter from the outside, but I think I can read the game well enough to go into a pick-and-roll or hit guys going backdoor. I love it.”
Dare I say he's one of the best passing bigs in the league??
:rockon: :rockon:
Kerr described it a little differently: “I feel like Steph and Klay provide a lot of the pop, and I feel like Andrew … provides us with our rhythm.”
Since Bogut has been with the Warriors, he’s been irreplaceable as the team’s defensive anchor. Now, his health is even more important as he takes on a larger offensive load.
“He’s such a good passer from the top of the key or anywhere on the floor,” Thompson said. “He’s just showing what he can do on offense, and we want to play through him as much as possible.”
A center whose past six seasons have been cut short or interrupted by significant injuries, Bogut is fully healthy and has been showing off his skill set this preseason. While playing his usual rim-protecting defense, the 7-footer has also been the team’s major hub on offense.
Kerr has looked to get the good-passing big man the ball at the top of the key, on the elbow where the free-throw line and lane line meets, and on the block. From those spots, Bogut has proved he can find open shooters or score.
“We’ve seen this in pickup games during the past two preseasons, but during the season, he was asked to do only so much,” forward Harrison Barnes said. “This year, Coach has really put on an emphasis on: 'If you see Bogut on the box, he’s not just there as a decoy. Get him the ball and cut.’”
The preseason couldn’t have gone much better for the Warriors, who went 6-2 while playing only twice at Oracle Arena. They led the league in scoring (110.9 points per game), shooting (51.1 percent), assists (26.4) and point differential (plus-11).
Much of that had to do with Bogut, who had 12 points, eight rebounds and eight assists in a 32-minute dress rehearsal Friday. He had one remarkable sequence when he threw down a tip dunk, raced back in transition defense to steal the ball from Denver’s Timofey Mozgov and then rifled a baseball pass to Iguodala for a one-handed dunk.
“I haven’t been part of a team that moves the ball so well in a number of years, so it’s very, very exciting,” Bogut said. “...I’ve been around Princeton (offense) and triangle stuff, so I feel very comfortable playing from the elbow and around the perimeter. I know I’m not a great knockdown shooter from the outside, but I think I can read the game well enough to go into a pick-and-roll or hit guys going backdoor. I love it.”
Dare I say he's one of the best passing bigs in the league??
:rockon: :rockon: