Photo: AP/Jason DeCrow Bojan Bogdanović has officially started to get groomed into a bench role. As Brooklyn tries to adjust with Brook Lopez injured yet again, they’ve continued to struggle against good teams. The week started with a 105-89 loss to the first place Toronto Raptors. Toronto shot 51 percent and received 41 points from their bench. Bogdanović struggled in … [Read more...] about Croatians Around the NBA: Week 8
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Croatians Around the NBA: Week 7
By 14 CommentsPhoto: AP/John Minchillo Bojan Bogdanović has been reduced to a bench role for the Brooklyn Nets. After shooting 35 percent in the past eight games, Lionel Hollins felt it was necessary to make a change. Sergey Karasev has replaced him in the starting lineup, although he’s virtually played identical minutes to Alan Anderson. Brooklyn snapped a three-game losing streak in … [Read more...] about Croatians Around the NBA: Week 7
Croatians Around the NBA: Week 6
By 3 CommentsPhoto: AP/Ben Margot It was another successful week for Andrew Bogut and the Golden State Warriors. After picking them to finish as the third seed, many people felt that I overrated them slightly. Somehow I’ve managed to slightly underrate them. The week started with another statement win at home against the New Orleans Pelicans. After a close first quarter, Golden State … [Read more...] about Croatians Around the NBA: Week 6
Croatians Around the NBA: Week 5
By 6 CommentsPhoto: AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack We’ve now reached the third consecutive undefeated week for Andrew Bogut and the Golden State Warriors. They can’t stop winning and continue to play incredible team basketball. It all began against the Orlando Magic last Wednesday, where they won 111-96 in convincing fashion. Bogut filled up the stat sheet with six points, twelve … [Read more...] about Croatians Around the NBA: Week 5
Croatians Around the NBA: Week 2
By 10 CommentsPhoto: AP/Jason LeCrow Bojan Bogdanović stole headlines this week amongst the Croatian players around the NBA. The Croatian international has become more comfortable within playing at the more grueling pace of the NBA. In a well-written piece by Ohm Youngmisuk of ESPN New York, he talked about how the NBA style of play features more screens and cutting to the basket. It’s … [Read more...] about Croatians Around the NBA: Week 2
Andrew Bogut, hurt again
By 6 CommentsPhoto: Presswire ESPN.com is reporting that 7-foot Golden State Warriors center Andrew Bogut could miss the rest of the 2012-13 season due to further rehab and rest needed from April microfracture surgery on his ankle. The Australian-born Croatian, whose parents are from Osijek and Karlovac respectively, has only played four games for the Warriors this season after being … [Read more...] about Andrew Bogut, hurt again