5 Goals for Nemanja Bjelica in Timberwolves 2017-18 season
2. Be Consistent
The problem is not solely Bjelica. Not by any stretch of the imagination.
Being consistent is something Wiggins, LaVine, Rubio struggled with last season.
In fact, pretty much every single Timberwolves player in 2016-17 aside from Karl-Anthony Towns was inconsistent.
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For every 3-pointer LaVine drained, on occasion he would miss three more.
For every Wiggins eurostep finish or drive-and-dunk, was a mid-range air-ball.
The difference with Bjelica is he did not have games to overshadow these flaws.
There was no 37-point game with seven threes – courtesy of LaVine – or even the 47 points Wiggins notched-up versus the Los Angeles Lakers.
Bjelica was overly inconsistent, something he must strive to better this time around.
"Excellence is being able to perform at a high level over and over again. You can hit a half-court shot once. That’s just the luck of the draw. If you consistently do it… that’s excellence."
This quote epitomizes Bjelica.
He was failing to break double figures in points over and over again, never bettering himself to make this a regular occurrence.
If his 3-ball game is not working, Nemanja should work the paint – pick up easy buckets inside from offensive rebounds – or grab some from mid-range.
This idea proved itself up against the New York Knicks back in December 2016, where the Serbian grabbed 17 points – shared between two and three-point makes.
How do you get to be consistent though?
Minutes.