http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/boxscore;_ylt=...?gid=2006102112 ^ Boxscore. Looks like Hill is starting to shorten the rotation.
We missed 49 shots and got 8 offensive rebounds. Doesn't look like our guys are really buying in to giving their best effort for Bob Hill. Chris Wilcox has been very unimpressive in the preseason so far. I don't want to read into this too much, but last season when he played well there wasn't anyone behind him pushing him for minutes. Reggie and Vlad were traded, and Nick and Danny were both hurt. With Nick and Danny being healthy there is now competition for power forward minutes. These uninspiring performances may force Hill's hand in giving Nick Collison the minutes he deserves. As much as I am an advocate of Collison, I don't want his minutes to come because of Weezy ineffectiveness. I'd rather them play together. Overall, there hasn't been too many encouraging things that I have seen in the preseason other than Fortson being able to make an appearance and be somewhat productive.
Wilcox has taken 17 shots in four PS games, so it's not like he's exerting himself like we know he can. Would like to see him have a game where we look to get him shots at every opportunity when we play the Suns next, but realistically you would expect him to pick that up into double figure shot attempts once the regular season starts.
