Some here are acting as if Korys thumb was barely hanging on to his hand and he some how managed to not miss a game due to some duct tape attaching it to his hand. Im not buying that drama. I credit Kory tremendously for his toughness as a player. Having myself played with a fractured non shooting finger, and a sprained thumb joint, my guess is he has a ligament issue. I dont think a complete break occurred based on his usage of left hand. And he turned it over a few times last which I don't blame on the injury.
The injury to Kory certainly wasn't the only thing:
- The defense was being taken advantage of in the front court.
- Riley went from great to good in most games in the last quarter of the season.
- Never got that consistency from Fatt and Trout offensively.
But I think it was clearly the biggest thing. Teams no longer had to really press up on him and spacing really shrunk offensively. Good offense can turn into good defense, and we lacked the good offense part for weeks while he was adjusting.
