Matt52 wrote:
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You are right that he was forced to be a 1st or 2nd option for this team..... I think this is where many posters unfairly treat Demar and even Andrea. These guys are not 1st options and may be 2nd options at best. Neither are/were paid as 1st options. We basically set them up to fail.
He put up really good numbers (minus 3 point shooting) in his 2nd year. It's a lot harder being the 1st option and may explain why his numbers regressed in his 3rd year (I believe Bargs was hurt a lot that year).
I would argue Demar could grow into being a VERY good 3rd or maybe even a good 2nd option. Obviously, we'll see if he continues to get better. I'm optimistic about this year coming up because we'll get a very good idea of what he can be this year.
Here's my reasons for giving him one more year to show what he can do:
- Demar shot 28.3 % from behind the 3 point line last year (keep in mind his carreer average was 20.6 before last season)
- shot 83 percent from free throw line (career high, while getting there more than any previous year)
- career high in rebounds to 3.9 (very slight increase - .1)
- career high in assists (2.5) and increase by .5
- career high in ppg (18.1 ppg) an increase of .9
- less personal fouls per game than any year
- Timofey Mozgov poster (2nd in Dunk of the year voting on NBA.com behind Deandre Jordan vs. Brandon Knight)
- Game winning shot for the first time in his career vs Orlando
- Rudy Gay said he's the best shooting PG he's ever played with
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