It’s official, Hornets fans: Nicolas Batum is the worst scorer in the NBA.
We’ve all seen the long stretches when the Frenchman plays smart defense, makes good passes, but completely avoids shooting the basketball. Intuitively we knew his scoring was bad this year, but until I did a little research I didn’t realize just how bad it truly was.
The stats
Batum has averaged just 3.5 points per game this season despite averaging over 22 minutes per contest. If every Charlotte player scored as many points per minute as Nicolas does the Hornets team would average 38 points per game.