Praiseworthy

Someone could think what Navarro is doing in his first season in NBA it is not praiseworthy. In my opinion, that someone is totally wrong, because he does not take into account several things. For example:

• Navarro come from other country, from different culture, with his wife and his two daughters. They need to get used to their new surroundings, to a new language (they do not speak English yet).
  
• He is not used to playing four games in just one week, sometimes two games on two consecutive days, sometimes the second one is located 800 miles far from the first one.
• At 6' 3" and170 lbs., he has not got the prototypical size and athleticism for an NBA shooting guard (6' 6",195 lbs).
  
• He is not used to playing as a substitute, to playing 20 minutes per game.
• Not to mention, the distance of the three-point line; between 22 feet (6.71 m) and 23 feet, 9 inches (7.23 m) from the basket, instead of the classic 20 feet, 6 inches (6.25 meters). Well, maybe this is not a good example (currently, he ranks 2nd in the NBA in Three-Point Field Goals Per 48 Minutes).
  

I believe strongly that what Navarro is doing is excellent. Even after the two last games, where he has scored only two points per game, and he has played only 13 and 12 minutes respectively.

By the way, Navarro currently ranks 4th in the NBA Rookie Ranking - Week 5 and 5th in the Sports Illustrated one. I'm happy and sad at the same time. Happy, because many people like to watch Juan Carlos Navarro playing basketball, independently of his stats. Sad, because after playing seven very good games in a row, Navarro has played two very bad games.