Originally Posted by
Bricklayer
That might be a mistake.
And mind you, I considered and still do consider, E'Twaun Moore to be a mind-numbingly mediocre NBA talent. I wouldn't pay you a nickel to watch 5 E'Twaun Moores play basketball.
But the thing is this year he above all other Pelicans has been absolutely brilliant in realizing his roleplayer potential, and on offense at least has played things just about perfectly. He's not anymore talented in an overall sense, but he has shown/developed a great roleplayer's sense of how to cut and where to spot up, and he's a major grease guy for the offensive side of the ball.
I mean, this is a guy with a career .529 TS%, and this year he's at an insane .624 TS%. And there's a reason for that -- according to nba.com 77.1% of his shots have been assisted as he runs those backdoor cuts, little dives and flips, and spots up in the corners.
Now defensively, playing him at the 3 has been part of the problem, no doubt. But Moore this season has been one of the primary examples of a guy who gets it, who's figured out how to play in the shadow of the Towers and to use it to overachieve. I don't know quite what happens when Grindfather and Hill get back -- suddenly there will be more little man options than there are little men minutes. But Moore has certainly been a primary guy arguing to keep a large chunk of his time going forward.