<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">For Chris Wilcox, it was quite a comedown. Within months of helping Maryland win the national championship in April 2002, he was riding the bench as a Clipper rookie last season. I was looking at myself like, is it my game?" he said. "I'm on one of the worst teams in the NBA, and I'm not getting playing time. "It really kind of hurt me, but then I got a gut check and realized, you've just got to keep working." Still third on the depth chart at power forward a few days before last month's season opener, Wilcox got his chance when, less than a week apart, backup Melvin Ely suffered a shoulder injury and starter Elton Brand a broken foot. Suddenly, Wilcox was a starter. He is averaging 12 points and six rebounds after scoring a career-high 19 points on eight-for-12 shooting and taking six rebounds in Tuesday night's 115-103 victory over the Atlanta Hawks. "It was a great feeling," Wilcox said. "Me not getting a lot of playing time last year, going out and getting my career high, getting my feet wet for real, it really helped my confidence level a lot. "From here on out, hopefully I can keep improving." He already has made a quantum leap from the opening weeks of training camp, when Coach Mike Dunleavy described him as "extremely raw." "He's made a big jump as far as his understanding of what we're trying to do and how we're trying to do it," Dunleavy said. "He's made a big improvement in his low-post game; he's able to score in the low-post area…. "He's worked hard, doing individual stuff. He runs the floor really well, and he's done a good job of sealing people off, so he's growing nicely for us." </div> http://www.latimes.com/sports/basketball/n...orts-nba-clippe
I guess this article was spot on,As Wilcox scored 21 points and 9 rebounds in the Clippers 104-98 win @ Golden State tonight.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting King James:</div><div class="quote_post">Had a nasty dunk on K-Mart this week </div> I saw that one. I winced when I saw it. That was nasty. I had to close half of my eyes during the replays.
Good to see him having some success. I loved watching him in college (at Maryland), hes an explosive player. When Elton comes back I hope he can still have some playing time, but if he can't, I'd like to see him go to a team where he can use his talent.
