![]() ![]() If you think Lonzo Ball was the only Los Angeles Lakers rookie to make a splash last season, Josh Hart (and a player who will surely come up in the power-forwards edition of this series) would like a word.ĭespite missing some time due to to a broken hand late in the season, Hart put up an impressive rookie campaign. And as he continues to acclimate to playing off the ball from Bledsoe, his nightly impact should only continue to improve. He averaged 13.0 points, 3.2 assists and 1.3 three-pointers per contest on healthy 48.5/38.5/88.2 shooting splits.īrogdon is a tough defender, a good spot-up shooter and has the distribution skills you would expect from a lead guard. But when he was available, Brogdon was his usual solid self. That’s part of what makes Brogdon so unique anyway though, the fact he has the ability to thrive either on or off the ball.Ģ017-18 was an injury-plagued campaign for the Virginia product, who missed 34 regular-season contests throughout the course of the year, most of them due to a partially torn quad tendon injury. MALCOLM BROGDON, MILWAUKEE BUCKSĭue to the Milwaukee Bucks’ mid-season addition of Eric Bledsoe, and All-NBA forward Giannis Antetokounmpo commanding such a huge role as a primary playmaker, we moved Malcolm Brogdon from the point guard rankings to the shooting guards. Just don’t be surprised if Doncic ends up making this ranking look bad once 2018-19 kicks into full swing. That said, it’s still always smart to be cautious when dealing with rookies. Then again, with the added spacing the NBA offers, and a monstrous pick-and-roll partner like DeAndre Jordan, Doncic’s special play-making abilities should really get a chance to shine Year-1 in Dallas, especially under a head coach as creative as Rick Carlisle, and playing next to another exciting young guard in Dennis Smith Jr. He did dominate against grown men in Europe, but the NBA is, obviously, a different beast entirely. Nevertheless, for now, we choose to be conservative with our prediction on Doncic’s rookie season. We’ll see how well that trade ages in the years to come. And even then, the Atlanta Hawks, who held the pick originally, traded him to the Dallas Mavericks for the rights to Trae Young and a protected 2019 first-rounder. There’s more we could include in the list, too, but you get the gist of it.Īlthough many believed Doncic to be the safest bet in the 2018 draft, seeing as how he has years of evidence to prove he can be a difference-maker on the wing against top competition, the former Real Madrid guard still somehow fell to the No. ![]() Already, the young Slovenian ball-handler has a list of accolades to his name so vast that many overseas-based stars can only dream of one day matching them: Over the past few years, Luka Doncic became the most decorated teenager in European basketball history. This week, we touch on the Top-30 shooting guards. Last week, HoopsHype projected the Top-30 point guards in the NBA for the 2018-19 season. ![]() 30 all may as well be interchangeable – and could even be considered replaceable by multiple guys who just missed the cut. Our list only ranks the Top 30, but spots No. Some can be trusted with primary playmaking duties others like to be set up on platters by their more creative backcourt partners.Īnother important distinction regarding the shooting guard spot is that even though it’s quite top-heavy, it’s also a pretty deep position. ![]() Some of them take pride in their defense others have merely improved in that facet only so far as they’re no longer making Shaqtin-A-Fool on a weekly basis. Some of the Association’s best 2-guards loathe dribbling, preferring to spot-up and drain threes instead others are poor outside shooters, but use their ball-handling chops and breathtaking athleticism to get to the basket and finish effortlessly among the trees. At the moment, the shooting guard position is marked with wide-ranging skill sets, and is as diverse as any spot the league has to offer. ![]()
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