NBA guys usually don’t want to do that too often, so we won’t overdo it. “I’m pleased to hear that they actually talked and considered practicing. “I think anytime you can get a little bit of practice in the NBA, it’s a good thing,” Budenholzer said. 27) and, while spending the better part of five days in Orlando, players and staff participated in a couple of team-bonding activities. The team actually held two practices (Dec. While Bucks head coach Mike Budenholzer reminded that the team’s overall health and player availability can change in a moment’s notice, he too acknowledged it was nice to have everyone around and available. 18 how different it was that he had participated in just one practice – the day he signed back on Nov. Khris Middleton compared the depleted Bucks to an AAU team, noting how players were just showing up (or leaving) and the team was basically rolling the ball out to play. But I’d rather have that than the seven or eight.” The locker room man, it’s so much louder now with so many more people. Felt like our layup lines was, I don’t know, it was hard to do layup lines because we didn't have enough people. “It literally went from seven to eight players to like 15. “Now it’s more just going out there and doing things that Bud wants to see to get me out there, getting rotation minutes in games where everybody is playing.” Healthy Bucks try to come togetherįollowing the Bucks’ Christmas Day victory over the Boston Celtics – a game in which every player but Brook Lopez was healthy and available – point guard Jrue Holiday noted just how different the game was for a team that had not had 16 of 17 rostered players available at some point. “It’s different this year because this year I can play regular minutes, too,” he said of the difference between last year and this year. So for Nwora, the work must continue behind the scenes. Rookie Georgios Kalaitzakis had to be released in order for the team to sign veteran Wesley Matthews – and Matthews has already helped the team win games, whereas Kalaitzakis would never have seen the floor. Such is the life for a second-year, second-round draft pick on a championship-caliber team. “They all gotta play and it’s going to take all of ‘em to get through a season and to be as good as we want to be,” he said. Of the 14 rostered players available for head coach Mike Budenholzer, nine can be considered “wings.” Budenholzer will have to figure out who plays, when they do and with whom, but he called them all important to the team. Veteran forward Semi Ojeleye also sat and Thanasis Antetokounmpo only picked up an end-of-game minute against the Magic. Veteran wing Rodney Hood also didn’t play the past two games. He was inactive against Orlando on Tuesday.
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If not, then sh-, I got work to do still.”īut once the team came back to full force on Christmas Day, he did not play against Boston. If I’m playing when guys get back, then these past few games, that was a success. “Success for me is – we’ll see when everybody’s back and if I’m playing,” he said simply. I just think him getting used to – hopefully getting used to playing so many minutes and feeling what it’s like to be out there for what, 36 minutes – giving full effort for 36 minutes is huge.”īut how would Nwora judge his own progress? And when you show that effort, everybody sees it and feeds off of it. "I think for the most part it's the effort that he shows. He’s been alright at getting back in transition and getting blocks at the rim, rebounding, I think defensively keeping his man in front him.
“I think it’s more the intangibles and even things that show up on the stat sheet. “It’s not the scoring,” Jrue Holiday said of what he had seen from Nwora over that stretch. His shooting improved (43% from the field and from the three-point line) and he nearly averaged a double-double with 16.0 points and 9.4 rebounds per game in that stretch.
He then started five straight as the team tried to overcome injury and illness from Dec. Nwora went from playing in the Bucks’ first 15 games to sitting in six of the next 12. He’s had untimely turnovers, some defensive lapses and his shooting hasn’t been as sharp. It doesn’t mean it’s all been great, though. He reached double-figure scoring in 10 games but more than that, he’s challenged players going to the rim, he’s hustled for loose balls and rebounds, and he’s not as quick to shoot when on offense.
With the increased time, he’s averaging more points (8.1), rebounds (4.2) and assists (1.1). He’s played in nearly as many games as he did all last season and he’s averaging nearly 10 more minutes of action when he does. On paper, via the raw data, second-year Milwaukee Bucks wing Jordan Nwora already has taken steps forward from his rookie season. Development can be measured in different ways.
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