By a comfortable margin, George Hill falls into eighth place in our little exercise as we move into the postseason-rotation zone of seven guys. During his previous stint as a Buck, George Hill was voted the 5th most important Buck by our readership the last time he was featured in this annual poll ahead of the 2019–20 season, beating out Wesley Matthews and Pat Connaughton.
What’s changed for him since then? For one, Hill is now 35 instead of 33, though age didn’t seem to be an issue last year between Oklahoma City and Philadelphia. He also only played 30 regular-season games owing to a thumb injury, so his legs should be decently fresh.