Trail Blazers forward Greg Brown III sees things more clearly now as he nears the end of his rookie season, a development one might understandably attribute to the addition of protective lenses to his uniform.
The 6-8 forward has been wearing goggles ever since suffering a corneal abrasion in his left eye in a loss to the Rockets on March 26, and while they’re not prescription lenses, he has shot 9-of-13 from three since donning the spectacles. So in three games since he joined the ranks of bespectacled big men like Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Hakeem Olajuwon and Buck Williams, Brown III has made more three-pointers (nine) than he made in all of his previous NBA appearances combined (seven).