(02-11-2020, 07:31 PM)radioaktiv Wrote: Mudiay has definitely turned it around from last season, but before that he was an atrocious shooter for years. Check out the shooting percentages: https://www.basketball-reference.com/pla...aem01.html
That's why he's on a minimum contract.
First, talent acquisition is a based on projections. Something Donnie gets paid to do.
Second, Mudiay is a career 40% fg and 32.4% three point shooter. Wright is a career 45% fg and 34% three point shooter. Those aren't remarkable different stats esp. not worth paying an extra 7 mill or so per season for (we also gave up draft assets to acquire Wright as someone noted). Moreover, if you factor in Mudiay's age, he is more likely than Wright to expand beyond those numbers. He is also has a better physical profile than Wright at his age.
All off season we heard about how Wright was elite at defense and finishing at the rim. I have yet to see anything that shows that he is.