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Originally Posted by Mescalito345
His back injury last season was a bone bruise to the lower back. It's completely healed now, so not an issue.
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That's what LA said.
But I watched some scouting breakdowns of him from this season and he's noticeably less explosive than he was even as a rookie.
You hope it's an effort thing that comes from playing for a bad team, but if could also be injury related.
I wasn't all that surprised by guys pushing him around - that happens to those high-cut, levery sort of bigs. The 'rim-runners' get shoved around from time to time. You live with that.
But those guys also tend to show really good burst and he just kinda hasn't this year and parts of last. One thing that really stood out to me was that when he collects and tries to jump again, there's just nothing there. That second leap is a good sign of raw athleticism and I haven't really seen it from him since the injuries.