His teammates describe him as a quiet individual, an “under-the-radar guy” whose demeanor and understated style of play doesn’t lend itself to being at the center of attention. In terms of receiving recognition around the league, it also hasn’t helped that prior to this season, New Orleans starting small forward E’Twaun Moore’s previous trips to the NBA playoffs consisted almost exclusively of mop-up time cameos.
When Moore logged 27 minutes during Game 1 of a first-round sweep over Portland, it nearly doubled his entire NBA postseason experience, which consisted of just 12 games and a grand total of 31 minutes for the ’12 Celtics and the ’15 Bulls.