ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Ask Nathan Jawai about being the first indigenous Australian to be drafted into the NBA and his face lights up with pride.
Jawai also realizes that after a heart scare, weight trouble, three trades and little playing time over two seasons, he faces an important summer that will determine whether he sticks around.
Monday showed just how much work he has to do.
The 6-foot-10 center lumbered up and down the floor in 3 ineffective minutes in his summer league debut for the Charlotte Bobcats. Carrying at least 285 pounds, Jawai must get his pudgy his body closer to the way it looked when he was the rookie of the year in Australia’s NBL in 2008.
