5 Goals for Nemanja Bjelica in Timberwolves 2017-18 season

3. Play More Minutes

In Sacramento, coach [Tom Thibodeau] gave me an opportunity for lots of minutes on the road trip, and I used this to try to get better.”

Bjelica spoke of his increase of minutes following the four-game road trip that saw him grab on average 26 minutes on the court.

He even managed to average 34 minutes between both games against Sacramento Kings and Utah Jazz, as detailed in Nemanja’s 2016-17 Dunking with Wolves Season Review.

A field goal totaling 47.1 signified Bjelica’s vast improvement, unfortunately, halted by the aforementioned injury versus the Celtics.

There is no false correlation between the increase in minutes and productivity from Bjelica.

When he is given a role to play – with more time on the court – he can excel.

Although the above video of Bjelica’s 12 points coincided with a defeat to the Spurs, the Serbian proved himself capable of performing when up against the bigger franchises.

Though his three rebounds were poultry in comparison to the matches surrounding the game in question, taking a leaf out of KAT’s rebounding book could work wonders.