I know he won't keep his starting job when T'wan returns, but his stats look decent for a kid playing meaningful minutes for the first time.
I have not been able to see any of the recent games, what is your guys' impression of him? Is he doing well... or just stumbling across some stats as no one else were there to get them?
I'm really starting to like Blatche. He's had some defensive breakdowns, but he has looked pretty impressive. He runs the floor well, has a nice jumpshot for a big man, he's a great shotblocker, and I think he's showing some potential.
It doesn't seem like Eddie Jordan likes to use him. After Jamison came back he has seen very limited minutes juts like he did before he started a few games. I think he earned a lot more playing time while we were injury ridden. But since it seems that our coach has short term memory loss, it probably won't happen.
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True but Hayes isn't getting many minutes right now either and all his minutes have been at SG and SF lately. Songiala is gong to get the backup PF minutes and some Center and you know EJ loves to play Ruffin (when he comes back) so its not going leave alot of minutes for Blatche at his natural position (PF). Maybe they can try him at SF and maybe a little at SG, hey they did it with Jeffries.
I'd like to see Blatche put in along with Etan when we have to take Brendan out. Etan never puts up big numbers and Blatche seems to add a lot of hustle and defensive intensity to our team when he's put in. He has a few defensive breakdowns, but he's a natural rebounder and blocker.