Trade & Free Agency 2026/2027

[Kidnova]

I like to look at his splits (to make the sample size even smaller).  Last season he had 22 games where he got 10 minutes or less.  He was horrible shooting .283 from the field and .303 from three in those games.  

However, in the 33 games where he got more than 10 minutes, he was .449 from the field and .393 from three.  In those 33 games he averaged 3.4 attempts from three per game.

Maybe he's a rhythm guy who needs some flow to be effective.  BTW, Max Christie was similar last season.  In 35 games where he got 30+ minutes his 3% was .430.  In the 37 games he got 20-30 minutes his 3% was .384 and in the five games where he got under 10 minutes his 3% was .278.

I would assume the causation was the other way around.  When he was shooting and playing well he got more minutes and not the other way around.  I hope they dug deep and found gold, but every team in the league had access to the same stats and splits and no one was willing to offer him a min contract.