Kevin is back!

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That wasn’t the most frustrating injury, though, for Huerter, who struggled with a peculiar right knee injury for most of the truncated season, and it affected him in many ways. Huerter had entered his second season hoping to be more aggressive in the paint and around the rim, to finish through contact more and get to the free-throw line, which has been an issue for him (he averaged 0.7 free throws per game as a rookie and 1.1 this season). The pain was similar to tendinitis, but that was ruled out. 

It was enough to take him out of his element and make him look shaky and hesitant for the first several months of the season. His 3-point percentage stayed about the same, going from 38.5% to 38%, but Huerter seemed much less inclined to go to his floater or mid-range shot and just didn’t look like himself at times.

“It did feel like it put me behind, especially, I would say, really the first half of the season… For really only 20 games there was when it felt good,” Huerter said.

“I really think just all year I didn’t feel as explosive as I might have felt my rookie year, didn’t think I was playing around the rim more, wasn’t getting by people the same way, and a lot of that was even when I was healthy enough to play with my knee, I didn’t have the explosiveness or didn’t have the strength in it that I think I’ve had in prior years.” 

Fortunately, the Hawks eventually found out why his knee was hurting (he had some internal inflammation, and certain things he was eating and workouts he was doing would make the issue worse). 

He completely changed his diet, as well as recovery, treatment and workout routine, focusing on those muscles around his knee area. With things finally in check, Huerter surged in January and February. 

Knock on wood, Huerter said, he hasn’t felt knee pain “in a long time.” He’s jumping better than he has before, and he feels healthy.

 

 

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He'll need to improve his defense to be the long term solution.

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We need a very healthy Huerter next season!

 

 

 

 

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I guess it's KH Day on Hawks Twitter!

 

Next step should be coming off screens like Korver! But maybe not as much since he can handle the ball well enough to get his 3 shot off.

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[Carmine]

Often gets lost in the shuffle but will be a great player for us. FO and Lloyd have invested a lot into him.

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[Peoriabird]

Kevin was great in his post mini camp interview.  Sounded very intelligent and knowledgeable about the team and the game of Basketball.  I kinda see why there is a push for him to remain the starter over Reddish because of his super communication skills.

 

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Whoever we have at SG must be able to do this with consistency to fully unlock the offense.