If Cade Cunningham, Jaden Ivey or Saddiq Bey have each had good times since the start of the season, it’s undeniably Bojan Bogdanovic who is the Pistons best player in this young 2022/23 fiscal year.
Arrived in Michigan at the end of September, the Croatian winger, holder of position 4 alongside the three young people mentioned above and Isaiah Stewart, started on big bases in attack: 23.2 points (53.3% shooting, 51.2% from behind the arc), 3.4 rebounds and 2.4 assists after five games, including a 33-point outing last night in the Pistons’ loss to the Hawks. League-wide, he is quite simply the third most effective player at the start of the season, behind Jayson Tatum and Ja Morant.
A welcome addition, on and off the hardwood floors
Reliable scorer, diabolically constant shooter, Bojan Bogdanovic does not evolve in a new role for him. Contribute in attack, he always did. What is new, however, is to occupy this role in a team in reconstruction, he who has known collective success and the playoffs with the Pacers and Jazz in recent years.
” As soon as I set foot on a floor, it’s to win the match. This is always the case here. I realize that our team is young, but I approach this season in the same way as in my years with the Jazz or the Pacers » so he said. ” I always want to win every game. »
But with a victory in five games, the Pistons are obviously not winning much at the start of the season, and it should not be getting better over the weeks. So, failing to win with veterans as he has been used to in recent seasons, Bojan Bogdanovic, while being the attacking leader on the floor, discovers the role of the veteran with young people.
” I learn a lot from him “confided Cade Cunningham, his main supplier of assists. ” And about him: his game, his preferences, his favorite spots on the pitch. But overall, he’s a guy you learn a lot from, because he shares his knowledge and his experience. He doesn’t keep it to himself, he talks to us a lot and makes sure everyone is on the same page. It’s nice to play with a guy like him. »
While the Pistons are in the painful phase of their reconstruction which consists of “ sink the concrete “for ” build the building “, to use the metaphor of Dwane Casey, the veteran winger asserts himself as the ideal site manager for this young squad of the “Motor City”.
| Bojan Bogdanovic | Percentage | Bounces | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Crew | GM | Minimum | Shots | 3 points | LF | Off | Def | Early | pd | party | Int | bp | CT | Points |
| 2014-15 | BRK | 78 | 24 | 45.3 | 35.5 | 82.1 | 0.6 | 2.1 | 2.7 | 0.9 | 1.3 | 0.4 | 1.0 | 0.1 | 9.0 |
| 2015-16 | BRK | 79 | 27 | 43.3 | 38.2 | 83.3 | 0.5 | 2.8 | 3.2 | 1.3 | 1.5 | 0.4 | 1.5 | 0.1 | 11.2 |
| 2016-17* | All Teams | 81 | 26 | 44.5 | 36.7 | 89.3 | 0.5 | 3.0 | 3.4 | 1.4 | 1.8 | 0.4 | 1.6 | 0.1 | 13.7 |
| 2016-17* | BRK | 55 | 27 | 44.0 | 35.7 | 87.4 | 0.4 | 3.2 | 3.6 | 1.6 | 1.8 | 0.4 | 1.7 | 0.1 | 14.2 |
| 2016-17* | WAS | 26 | 23 | 45.7 | 39.1 | 93.4 | 0.5 | 2.5 | 3.1 | 0.8 | 1.8 | 0.4 | 1.5 | 0.2 | 12.7 |
| 2017-18 | IND | 80 | 31 | 47.4 | 40.2 | 86.8 | 0.4 | 3.0 | 3.4 | 1.5 | 1.6 | 0.7 | 1.3 | 0.1 | 14.3 |
| 2018-19 | IND | 81 | 32 | 49.7 | 42.5 | 80.7 | 0.4 | 3.7 | 4.1 | 2.0 | 1.7 | 0.9 | 1.7 | 0.0 | 18.0 |
| 2019-20 | UTH | 63 | 33 | 44.7 | 41.4 | 90.3 | 0.6 | 3.5 | 4.1 | 2.1 | 1.8 | 0.5 | 2.5 | 0.1 | 20.2 |
| 2020-21 | UTH | 72 | 31 | 43.9 | 39.0 | 87.9 | 0.6 | 3.4 | 3.9 | 1.9 | 1.6 | 0.6 | 1.8 | 0.1 | 17.0 |
| 2021-22 | UTH | 69 | 31 | 45.5 | 38.7 | 85.8 | 0.8 | 3.5 | 4.3 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 0.5 | 1.7 | 0.0 | 18.1 |
| 2022-23 | TED | 3 | 31 | 48.8 | 50.0 | 87.5 | 0.7 | 3.3 | 4.0 | 2.7 | 1.3 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 19.3 |
| Total | 606 | 29 | 45.7 | 39.3 | 86.1 | 0.5 | 3.1 | 3.6 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 0.6 | 1.6 | 0.1 | 15.0 | |
