It's hard to imagine that the substitute players who averaged only 9.3 points per game last season have become the stable starting lineup of the team this season, and their average scores have also increased to 18.2 points, and their rebounds have also increased from 4.7 to 7.3. All aspects of data have improved from last season.
What surprises us most is that his outside shooting ability is already the first-line level in the league, with a three-point shooting rate of 44.3%. He can hit 2.6 3-pointers per game, which is 1.5 points higher than last season's output, which means that only 3-pointers per game will score 4.5 points more than last season. Today's game against the Rockets is his masterpiece of excellent outside shooting all season. 12 made 8 three-pointers and 5 free throws.
It can be seen that the three-pointer has become his most threatening offensive weapon, as well as for the team. After Murray's injury, Potter became the most stable offensive weapon for outside teams.
In addition to external projection, his internal threat has also made great progress. Different from other tall insiders, his inside scores mainly focus on chopping, grabbing cakes and dunking. Compared with other inside singles, his scoring method has a higher hit rate. Although he didn't have the ability to attack hard in some stages of attack stagnation, djokic knew these things, and little Potter naturally didn't need to learn these things.
Compared with the excellent performance of the offensive end, he is unable to do so on the defensive end, lacking defensive awareness and the ability to defend the inside line alone. He needs to improve his defensive experience, and he will lose a foul if he is not careful.
This season, Porter's defensive efficiency is 1 12.7, ranking 238 in the league. Fortunately, he is tall, with long arms and wide defensive coverage. Breaking through the inside will still pose a great threat to the opposing defender.
Overall, his performance was excellent, and the light on the offensive end made us ignore his other shortcomings. In the seven games after Murray's injury, Porter averaged 24.7 points and 6.7 rebounds per game and shot as high as 57.7%, which is proof.
In any case, after Murray was injured, he shouldered the heavy responsibility of the team's second offensive firepower and became the best helper around Jokic. At the age of 22, he still has endless talents, which will be gradually realized with the increase of competitions and distributed on the court with the increase of time.