Washington coach defends Israeli rookie after his weak performance against Charlotte: "Yannis also had a hard time at first"
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A night he wants to forget
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Precisely after a great performance against Indiana, Danny Abdia provided one night (Tuesday-Wednesday) one of his weakest games in the NBA when he and his teammates in Washington surrendered 114: 104 to Charlotte.
In 32 minutes, Abdia finished with only 3 points including 1 of 10 from the field and 1 of 7 from the three, and in addition again came out with 6 offenses.
Whoever tried to pick him up after the game was his coach Steve Brooks.
"Such days are very common with the Rockies. When you look at the history of the league, you realize that Rocky's life is not always easy," he said.
"It was not an easy game, and it is not an easy league. Games in this league are the best, most competitive, most athletic players. It is a league of 450 very ambitious players who come into the fight every night, and you have to adapt. Danny is slowly making progress."
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Brooks went on to talk about the difficulty of Yannis Antocompo at the beginning of his journey in the best league in the world to reinforce his words.
"I'm not saying Danny has a chance to be an MVP one day, but Yannis also had a not-so-easy rookie season. Anyone who follows the league understands how hard it is to be a rookie. "Second he jumped to 12, then 17, and now he is the best player in the world."
