Sactown Royalty · Jan 24, 2019
Leave Buddy Hield open at your own peril
Kimani OkearahWithout a doubt one of the best things to come out of this season has been the emergence of Buddy Hield as a legitimate star on offense. Buddy has improved his game each season, but this season it’s finally coming together and he’s leading the team in scoring and on pace to have one of the best shooting seasons in NBA history.
It’s Buddy’s shooting that opens up the rest of his game, and that of his teammates. Wherever Buddy Hield is on the floor, he’s a threat that has to be respected. He’s making a ridiculous 45.5% of this threes on 7.4 attempts a game, and a big reason for that is the work the Kings do to get him open looks.
Buddy Hield has possibly my stat of the year: