Fans tend to forget how young he is and yes, he got in a scuffle before the season started. What 23 year old do you know that doesn't display unfortunate judgement at times? But in a mature way, he apologized. When the season started and I realized he was going to be out for a long time, I was so depressed. But then I thought how depressed it must have made him and my heart went out to him.
His first year as a rookie, his team won the C. and he played in alot of those games. His first year as a non rookie in the NBA, when KG went down during the playoffs, he started for us with an amazing grace, talent and confidence for a 2nd year player without much play time. We may not have won the C. but he played admirably well. And he is certainly not to blame for the loss of the C., as there were many other factors for that loss, not the least being the shock of losing KG and the whole rotation being different than planned.
Now it is a fact that it takes time to get your legs back. Gosh, everyone knows that. And considering how well he is playing now, just coming back, I am impressed and feel that he will, as Bakhu said, continue to get better and better the longer he plays.
The only thing I worry about is his getting enough mintues to really play and learn his game in the NBA. I believe he is talented enough to start in the NBA, as he did last season, and the reason he wasn't snatched up by others was because Celtics said they would match any offer up to, I think, 5 or 6 mill.
GO BIG BABY!!!!!!
