HE had his doubters at the start of the season but Hawks guard Angus Glover is only interested in meeting his own standards as the Hawks campaign hits the home stretch.
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A 5-18 record with five games remaining isn't all that flattering for the club, but playing in all 23 games is an achievement in itself for the 21-year-old who's endured a well-documented lack of luck on the injury front.
It's understandably something he's not keen to rehash, but he admits featuring in all 28 games this season was a goal he set himself on the comeback trail from his third knee reco.
"It feels good to have played every game this year," Glover said.
"It was one of my goals to play the whole season. I'm not there yet but hopefully I can finish off these last five and keep playing well.
"I feel like I'm past all [the injuries] now, I don't look back at that. It's helped make me who I am but, at the same time, I need to not worry about that when I'm on the court.
"The most important thing for me is on the court, trying to keep my man in front of me, do those little things and be aggressive when I can. If I think about anything else it's just going to take away from my game."
He's done more than just take the floor, making he most of his first career start against Brisbane last week with 18 points and five boards in a career-high 27 minutes.
It comes in a youthful roster that he feels has really come on over the latter half of the season, something not reflected in an 5-18 win-loss ledger.
"It was one of those things, getting the nod to start in the two spot I knew I had to come out aggressively," he said.
"I think I did that and I got some good shots to go down. Flinny always says when we're out there we need to take our opportunity but I think it's just us playing naturally now.
"Having not played in the NBL for a few years, I was always going to be a bit frantic when I came back but I feel like I've found my rhythm now.
"Having a new squad it can take some time to know each others' roles but I think we've worked that out now. As much as the record doesn't show it, I think we've really improved a lot since the start of the year.
"It's just one those things where we've got to keep building on every performance. I feel like we're doing that, minus the results."
The Hawks could well face their biggest test of the season against league-leaders Sydney on Friday night, with the Kings no doubt bent on revenge after being shown up on their last visit to Wollongong.
"They're a quality side and they're sitting on top of the ladder for a reason," Glover said.
"We don't need any [extra] motivation to go out and try and put on a 40-minute performance and get another win. We got them last time and I think we can get them again.
"I still think they're vulnerable, their last couple of games have been a bit shaky. Hopefully we can put a 40-minute performance in. If we do that I'm sure we'll be there at the end of the game."
Glover took time out from that prep to join Dragons centre Euan Aitken and Wolves striker Thomas James to launch the Illawarra Codes Combined Charity Golf Day at Wollongong Golf Club on February 3.
The day will see players and staff from all three clubs combine to raise funds for Bushfire relief efforts on the South Coast.