nba.com puts out a rookie ranking every monday. it was nice to see Ike finally getting some publicity. he didn't make the top 10 but he did squeak in at a psuedo-10.5 there's also a nice breakdown of all 4 of the Warriors' rookies. http://www.nba.com/rookie_rankings/ http://www.nba.com/rookies/warriors_051226.html
Starting Ike Diogu was a good thing obviously. We just lacked talent at the starting positions. He's still not a stat monster, but he's been doing the little things that don't show up on a stat sheet. Boxing out for others to get the rebound, setting good picks, dishing the ball, and just playing aggressive. I think since he's so short for his position he's got to play aggressive. If he consistently gets 20/10's look out! Does anyone think Murphy should do the tip-off instead?
Now, Diogu is in 9th place. Yeah, placing Diogu in starting line up gave us energy, and we are riding 3 game winning streaks. Also, it's nice to see Diogu getting better noticeably. Hope we can dump the ball to Diogu once in a while and see what he can do with his post up moves...
