Fort Minor wrote:I see it in a slightly different way...but basically agree with everything.
Bogut's been more vocal on the court this entire year in general. However, it's only lately that his play has reached the level worthy enough for the team to finally begin to respect him as a true leader. Tied in with what you said of Redd beginning to wear out his welcome, I think the other guys are beginning to jump at the opportunity of following Bogut. And why shouldn't they? I'd much rather follow the smart, unselfish, center that can pass well over the tunneled-vision, head down, black hole of a shooting guard.
I entirely agree with this. I'm not sure if it's been mentioned yet but I don't think it's any great coincidence that guys like Charlie Bell, CV (until the last 2 games) and Simmons have greatly improved their play while Redd has been out and Bogut has been 'the man'. Now I'm not saying he made them start hitting jumpers obviously, but their play has been far better on all levels, not just shooting. I've also taken great interest in the fact that both Bobby and CB seem to be two guys who really make an effort to get the ball into bogut at every oppurtunity, they are very often the guy's making the entry pass. It's just my impression but i think both those guys would strongly rather bogut being the leader than redd, although I could be totally wrong on that, but like them or not they are both 'team' players, and both, particularly Charlie, have celebrated strongly with and for Bogut when he's made good plays.
It's also no coincidence that we've been seeing some things that we haven't seen in a long time, and that is guys laughing and having a good time together, and also getting really excited and celebrating strong plays, dunks etc. For a while there this team seemed really subdued, but it appears that a bit of the passion has come back imo.
