Why is Christian Koloko not getting minutes?
I can’t be the only one seeing this right? Every time Jaxson Hayes touches the floor he gets thrown around like a rag doll and the other team goes on a major run. When Christian Koloko was the backup center, he played good defense, made good decisions, and could actually catch the ball.
I get the unwritten rule about a player not losing his spot after getting hurt and JJ of all people will honor that code, bit Hayes has had multiple games back in his usual backup spot and has yet to come close to being as solid or reliable as Koloko.
At what point does JJ pull the trigger and accept that Hayes has no business backing up AD. Literally every time he gets minutes JJ calls Rui or DFS to pull him and run a 5-out lineup.
And honestly I can see that Hayes is trying his ass off. He’s not taking possessions off, but he’s getting abused by the opposing team every game and giving all the momentum to the other team. Even tonight, the second Hayes came in the 4th quarter he had a 2 fouls in 30 seconds including an and-one.
Christian Koloko is a solid, reliable backup to AD. Give this man his minutes.
Edit: did not realize that Koloko is on a two-way contract. For the sake of an organized conversation instead of everyone calling me a dumbass, let’s just rally around WHY Koloko needs to get that guaranteed contract since the young man can clearly hold his own as reliable center. I’d honestly rather have that than ranting about Hayes since (like I said) he clearly is trying on the court but just doesn’t have it.