He's averaging 9.2ppg, 5.4rpg and a very low 2 bpg this season.We know those poor numbers can be blamed by Injuries .. So the question really is do you see AK47 returning to all star form anytime soon ?andHow the hell are the Jazz winning with out him ?? (I can answer that but il let u guys)
They have other stepping it up- he's plating a role right now. It suck ass for my fantasy team- Thought I WAS getting a potentia; quad double threat but instead got a very ordinary guy indeed.
AK-47 will not return to All Star form the rest of this season or anytime soon more like it. Last year he had a great year and he was all hyped up at the beginning of the year but he is probabaly the biggest disappointment in the Nba at the moment. The Jazz can win w/o him because they still have players like Deron Williams, Carlos Boozer, and Mehmet Okur who are all having very good seasons.
The Jazz need AK-47 in order to go places in the playoffs. He's still playing pretty solid D, he's just slumping with his stats.
Paul Millsap has stepped up and take AK's place as the guy who blocks shots and plays hustle ball. AK won't go back to old form this year, unless he gets traded, because the Jazz system just doesn't work for him. for years the Jazz guards would get blown up on the perimiter and the opposing guards would just go into the paint, so AK always had an oppertunity to get a lot of blocks. this year the guards are keeping guys on the outside, or fouling them, so there just isn't any blocks for AK. AK has also feed off of blocks for years, he'd get a block, grab the ball and get an easy two, which would motivate him. this year he just seems unmotivated. Also, with Boozer being healthy, until recently, there has been fewer touches for him because; one, the Jazz have been getting better shots, and two, because of the better shots there have been fewer offensive rebounds, and what offensive rebounds there have been have been grabbed by far superior rebounders named Carlos Boozer, and Paul Millsap.
