Comments on: Julian Wright: Tough on D http://www.basketball-reference.com/blog/?p=3238 NBA & ABA Basketball Statistics & History Mon, 21 Nov 2011 20:56:04 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.6 By: Rami http://www.basketball-reference.com/blog/?p=3238&cpage=1#comment-11833 Tue, 25 Aug 2009 04:04:03 +0000 http://www.basketball-reference.com/blog/?p=3238#comment-11833 I think he has potential but he still needs to work on it a lot. I guess we'll have to see whether he gets to play more and how he performs.

]]> By: Caleb http://www.basketball-reference.com/blog/?p=3238&cpage=1#comment-11829 Mon, 24 Aug 2009 19:01:08 +0000 http://www.basketball-reference.com/blog/?p=3238#comment-11829 He does have one major flaw defensively - he has a tendency to play help defense too much when he's guarding perimeter shooters, and often gets burned because of that. But I'm sure he'll fix that eventually, and when all his other defensive contributions are so good - its easy to give him some leeway.

I hope he gets a lot of playing time this coming season. Byron Scott often gets frustrated with Julian and buried him on the bench for the first half of last season before the Hornets injury problems forced Scott to give Wright another chance. Wright can often look lost, especially on the offensive end - never sure exactly what he should be doing. He's best when he doesn't have to think before acting - grabbing a board and slamming it home, catching a lob, running the break with CP, etc.

Anyway, he's become a fan favorite with Hornets fans (exciting to watch on the court and seems like an *incredbily* nice good-natured guy off the court) and I'm glad to see these stas. If he gets more PT, keeps up his D and improves his offense (or atleast isn't a liability on that end), he could be very important for the Hornets in the coming seasons.

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