Milwaukee, WI. After excelling in preseason in the Milwaukee bucks line up, Earl Boykins could not find any playing time behind guards Michael Redd, Mo Williams and Charlie Bell. Coach krystkowiak came up with a intelligent idea: Playing Earl Boykins at center.
“I thought it was a joke at first, but after coach talk to me it made a lot of sense, I don’t have the usual size for a center but I am much quicker than most of them” Said Earl Boykins
After playing point guard for his entire professional career, Earl has now switched to center. Coach krystkowiak’s idea seemed to pay off since Earl Boykins has average 22.4 points and 12.2 rebound following the switch.
“He can use his speed over any centers in the league, he creates many match up problems therefore many teams have decided to double team him, which helps our other players like Michael Redd find open shots effortless” declared Coach Krystkowiak.
Coach Larry Krystkowiak has been known for taking risk in his coach style, but we never hoped to see a starting Center in the NBA at only 5 feet 5 inches.
With that change in the line up, earl Boykins becomes the shortest player to ever play center in the NBA.
“He is just so fast; I can’t keep up with him down low!!!” Replied Dwight Howard after Earl dropped an embarrassing 38 points 16 rebounds performance on him last week.
The bucks hope that this new found spark helps them reach the post season something they haven’t done since the 2005-2006 campaign.
After seeing Earl’s success, it was reported that additional guards like Dan Dickau and Nate Robison wouldn’t mind attempting to play under the hoop.
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