NBlue wrote:Just would like to add that in 2017 Evan is shooting about 37% overall and 27% from 3. Additionally, he is averaging just about 3 turnovers per game. Certainly, he played hurt through several of those games in January but that stat line overall would seem representative of a rather inefficient offensive player. Just seems odd to me that Vogel would call him our best offensive player or something along those lines.
I should note that I think Evan is just trying too hard. I would like to see him play within the framework of the offense and be more of a catch and shoot guy than attempt to be a primary option.
He has been hurt most of 2017. With those low numbers he still is shooting close to 35% from 3 and 43% overall.
Additionally it has been said many times that he is currently being told to play the way he is playing. Players don't go out and not play within the the offense and still log minutes.
I get that people don't like the team and wish we had better ball movement ..etc. But I think a lot of this boils down to Orlando not trusting Payton's shot enough and not trusting his up and down productivity. So they put the ball in Evan's hands, because when he is healthy, he is a rather consistent scorer. We simply don't have many of those guys at all so we are forced to expand the role of a guy who is probably best at shooting off screens, nailing open 3s and driving open lanes.