Joe Johnson's Minutes Need To Be Managed Better
Posted: Tue May 12, 2009 11:16 pm
Hawks captain and All-Star Joe Johnson played more minutes during the regular season than any other player in the NBA.
He didn’t realize what kind of toll that volume of work can take on the body until Tuesday morning, when he woke up and realized that it was all over.
So don’t expect him to head back to the gym immediately for offseason workouts, which he did in his first two seasons when the Hawks didn’t make the postseason.
“I’ve got to get off my feet a little bit and let my body heal up,” Johnson said Tuesday as the Hawks cleared out their lockers the day after their season ended in Game 4 of the Eastern Conference semifinals. “I’ll get back at it here pretty soon. But right now, I know I could use the rest.”
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Part of this is due to the lack of depth we have on the bench. Sund will need to find ways to improve now that we have so many free agents. I hope he enjoys a blank canvas.