For all those who miss Danny Abdia’s activities in the best basketball league in the world – there is not much time left to wait. The Washington Wizards will kick off the second half of the season in the NBA tomorrow night (Wednesday through Thursday, 3 p.m., live on 5 SPORT), when they host the Memphis Grizzlies. Meanwhile, Athletic, a leading media outlet in the United States, has presented the goals that should be in front of the Wizards’ eyes – and one of them directly concerns Rocky from Israel.
Washington went into the All-Star break as one of the hottest teams in the NBA – with eight wins out of the last 11 games, a balance that placed it just two games away from eighth place in the East. However, Fred Katz, the author of the article and a journalist who closely covers the group, claims that Scott Brooks has not yet fixed all the problems, far from it. According to him, one of the ways to maintain success is to involve Danny Abdia more in the attack as well.
“Even though Danny Abdia went down to the bench, he continues to get minutes and sometimes even closes the games on the floor. He is selected in ninth place, not second, and he plays for a team trying to get into the playoffs, not one that tries to improve positions ahead of the draft,” Katz began. “In fact, the transfer of Abdia to the second five could have arranged for him more opportunities to grow, but the Wizards have yet to get on that track.”
Katz later noted that Washington uses Abdia mainly as a slingshot, and mentioned that the Israeli has the lowest usage rate (USAGE) among the rotation players. “Abdia’s opportunities should not be so rare,” the reporter insisted. He went on to note that Abdia occasionally shows his abilities to produce to others, only he does not get to do so consistently. “Eventually the Wizards will have to give him more opportunities.”
“Main reasons Washington chose Abdia lie in the way he feels about the game and his abilities to produce for others and for himself. He also showed he can do some of it, but it’s time to give him more responsibility and see how he handles it,” Katz concluded.
