SHOXMVC wrote:Rollbird5 wrote:Hope he gets a shot at the NBA I could see him being like a Tony Allen type player
Or a smaller Bruce Bowen.
Is he really a good enough shooter to pull either one of those roles and get a roster spot?
Bowen was something like a career 40% 3pt shooter and took something like 19% of his shots from behind the 3 point line. He also shot something like 41% from 16' to the 3 point line. He also averaged 17ppg his senior season in college. Then again his 3 point shot was an NBA development as he wasn't a great outside shot in college. He was a 8 time all defensive team player (5 time first team all defense team and a 3 time second team player) in his 14 years.
Tony Allen is a much more offensive minded player but still a multiple time first team all defense. Career 48% from the floor, only had 2 seasons below 47% and has 3 over 51% and might still get that this year. He's a 50% 2 point shooter but really...really...struggles with the 3 ball at just 29% for his career, but he's only taken 330 of them in 11 NBA seasons (30 per year). To Cotton's advantage, Allen has taken about 73% of his career shots from inside 10'
I guess those careers are possible, I just don't know if I see it.
Posted: April 12th, 2015, 2:41 pm