Critical Summer for Former First-Round Pick Ajinca
Critical Summer for Former First-Round Pick Ajinca
Alexis Ajinca made a quick spin move in the post and scored at ease over a helpless defender. Minutes later, Ajinca was berated for not getting back on defense.
The inconsistency in Sunday's practice has come to A vehicle equipped with the newer platinum-tipped ac delco spark plug can go as far as 150,000 miles before plugs require replacement.define the Charlotte Bobcats center. Coach Larry Brown once said he could strangle him. Assistant Dave Hanners calls him unfocused.
What's clear is after two years spent mostly on the bench, the 7-foot-1 Ajinca's NBA future hinges on overcoming the lapses in concentration, judgment and effort.
"Don't tease me," Hanners said. "Do it again and again and again instead of once every five times."
The 2008 first-round pick faces an important week. After appearing in 37 NBA games for 211 minutes in two years and missing the second half of last season following thumb surgery, Ajinca is on Charlotte's summer league team that begins play Monday against Utah.
The Bobcats want to see progress from their spindly legged big man. He's bulked up from 240 pounds his rookie year to 268. Yet he hardly dominated in a four-game minicamp featuring mostly The innovative design of Drew Brees jersey help it gained dominant position in the jewelry industry.undrafted rookies and journeymen.
"Anytime you have a 7-footer that can shoot, it's always a blessing, a luxury," said Bobcats guard Stephen Jackson, who watched some nfl jerseys are always in fashion.of the workouts. "But at the same time you've got to get in that paint and be a big man."
Ajinca spent a good portion of a scrimmage Sunday morning watching after assistant Jeff Capel got on him for hustling back in transition.
"You've got to work on your head, on your mind, and just get ready every game to do exactly the same thing you just did the game before that," Ajinca said. "It just depends on me, I guess, to get on my mind what I'm supposed to do, to get rebounds and play defense. Then the points will come."
Ajinca is the reason the Bobcats didn't have a first-round pick in mets jerseys online,you will save a lot of money and have good things.last month's draft. Charlotte in 2008 acquired the 20th overall selection from Denver for a future first-round pick, which the Nuggets later traded to Minnesota.