First he saw his jump shot blocked. He didn't get it off in time. He had brain lock. When a player is in his eighth NBA season and he has won three championship rings while playing with Michael Jordan and Scottie Pippen and being coached by Phil Jackson in Chicago, such an excuse just doesn't cut it. Still, that was just one game.
Tonight's against Utah is another.
It is now that we will begin to find out what Kukoc is made of, whether he is capable of being a big-time contributor to an offense in desperate need of his immediate assistance. Actually, he arrived in town when the circumstances were worse. And look where the Sixers are now.