He was the great absentee from the Hawks group since the start of the season, and he is finally back. Last night, during the Hawks’ home victory over the Nuggets (117-109), Bogdan Bogdanovic has indeed started his 2022/23 season, having missed his side’s first 22 outings.
An absence during the first month and a half of the exercise which was explained by his convalescence after his right knee operation during the summer, a knee which had bothered him throughout the end of last season.
” It was the first time in my career that I managed an injury of this type. » then explained “Bogi” after the victory against his compatriot Nikola Jokic. ” There were frustrating moments, but at the same time I had experienced no setbacks. I just needed a long time to heal properly. Now here I am back. For good I hope. »
Appreciated by the State Farm Arena audience when he came into play at the end of the first quarter, the former Partizan Belgrade player made a discreet comeback, in the numbers: 5 points (in 9 shots) and 2 rebounds, in 22 minutes off the bench. But the most important thing is finally the comeback itself, eight months after his last match.
” It was a nice moment. Especially since the victory is at the end. I am very excited to finally come back. he concludes. ” When I entered, I was calm, ready to get back into the game. And I didn’t expect this ovation. It was perfect. »
Authors of a good start to the season (13 wins and 10 losses, 4th in the East), the Hawks can now approach the rest of the exercise by counting on their favorite Serb coming off the bench.
| Bogdan Bogdanovic | Percentage | Bounces | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Crew | GM | Minimum | Shots | 3 points | LF | Off | Def | Early | pd | party | Int | bp | CT | Points |
| 2017-18 | BAG | 78 | 28 | 44.6 | 39.2 | 84.0 | 0.4 | 2.5 | 2.9 | 3.3 | 2.2 | 0.9 | 1.6 | 0.2 | 11.8 |
| 2018-19 | BAG | 70 | 28 | 41.8 | 36.0 | 82.7 | 0.6 | 2.9 | 3.5 | 3.8 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 1.7 | 0.2 | 14.1 |
| 2019-20 | BAG | 61 | 29 | 44.0 | 37.2 | 74.1 | 0.4 | 3.0 | 3.4 | 3.4 | 2.2 | 1.1 | 1.7 | 0.3 | 15.2 |
| 2020-21 | ATL | 44 | 30 | 47.3 | 43.8 | 90.9 | 0.5 | 3.2 | 3.6 | 3.3 | 2.3 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 0.3 | 16.4 |
| 2021-22 | ATL | 63 | 29 | 43.1 | 36.8 | 84.3 | 0.5 | 3.5 | 4.0 | 3.1 | 2.1 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 0.2 | 15.1 |
| Total | 316 | 29 | 43.9 | 38.4 | 82.2 | 0.5 | 3.0 | 3.4 | 3.4 | 2.2 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 0.2 | 14.2 | |
