{"id":36341,"date":"2020-07-29T04:41:00","date_gmt":"2020-07-29T01:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/nba-break-helped-nets-rodions-kurucs-find-his-confidence\/"},"modified":"2020-07-29T04:41:00","modified_gmt":"2020-07-29T01:41:00","slug":"nba-break-helped-nets-rodions-kurucs-find-his-confidence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/nba-break-helped-nets-rodions-kurucs-find-his-confidence\/","title":{"rendered":"#NBA break helped Nets\u2019 Rodions Kurucs find his confidence"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#NBA break helped Nets\u2019 Rodions Kurucs find his confidence<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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July 28, 2020 |<\/span> 9:41pm <\/p>\n

\n The NBA restart gave Rodions Kurucs a chance to reset.<\/p>\n

And he took advantage of it.<\/p>\n

If there was a Net who benefitted from time away \u2014 mentally and physically \u2014 it was Kurucs. He had been up-and-down before the season was suspended in March, but through three scrimmages \u2014 shrugging off a minor hip injury in the last \u2014 he\u2019s in a good headspace going into Friday\u2019s game<\/a> versus Orlando.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m just a huge believer in having confidence, that\u2019s a big part of it. You think these guys are NBA players and they should walk around with confidence. And depending on your situation sometimes that varies,\u201d said interim coach Jacque Vaughn, adding Kurucs\u2019 hip injury wasn\u2019t serious.<\/p>\n

\u201cRodi is playing with an extreme amount of confidence. He can make mistakes, but he\u2019s learning how to move onto the next play. So that\u2019s signs of growth and maturity. It\u2019s allowed him to just use the talents that he has and he\u2019s learning how to use those talents.\u201d<\/p>\n

Kurucs\u2019 confidence drives his roller-coaster performances.<\/p>\n

In the Nets\u2019 final 14 games before the coronavirus shutdown, Kurucs did not play in six games, was inactive in another and averaged just 1.3 points. He was 0-for-11 from deep, and hadn\u2019t made a 3 since Feb. 5. But in the three scrimmages since, he averaged 13.3 points, five boards and 58.3 percent shooting. Confidence? He\u2019s gotten back to being a defensive irritant and has gone 8-for-12 from deep.<\/p>\n

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Rodions Kurucs<\/span>Paul Bereswill<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

And the 6-foot-9, 228-pounder has done it while having to play backup center. He\u2019s run the floor, spotted up from the top of the arc against sagging centers or run by those who come out.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s just huge for the spacing on the court,\u201d Caris LeVert said. \u201cWith Rodi at the 5, it\u2019s a mismatch. He\u2019s got such great speed. And he\u2019s making better decisions as well. We trust him with the ball up top, whether he shoots it or puts it on the ground and makes a play for somebody else. But it just makes the court that much bigger.\u201d<\/p>\n

With Jarrett Allen unlikely to log much more than 30 minutes \u2014 and newcomer Donta Hall not up to speed yet \u2014 Kurucs is likely to spend more time as Allen\u2019s backup.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s done a great job with the transition. We\u2019re asking him for a lot to go from playing a 3-4 to playing the 5,\u201d Allen said. \u201cHe\u2019s done a great job incorporating that.He\u2019s been able to roll and put pressure on the rim. And you\u2019ve seen in these couple games, he\u2019s hitting 2.5 3s a game. He\u2019s been able to do both for us, and that\u2019s been crucial.\u201d<\/p>\n

With two years and just $3.6 million left on his rookie deal, he\u2019s looked like a Net bargain.\n <\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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