Is Dalen Terry an NBA level player?

[The Explorer]

Who looks at what their roster issues and says, “what we really need to shore that up is Dalen Terry”?

An AK clone. Need to get Billy King back to running the Nets.

[MGB8]

Too much negativity on Terry. Yeah, he was a project and disappointing for a mid first round pick. He also didn’t show any improvement in metrics between his rookie and sophomore seasons, which is concerning.

However, he still hasn’t turned 22, has NBA athleticism, plays with energy and a positive attitude, already provides NBA level defense against really 1-4, and, from his splits, he seems to play better when he plays more (of course, it could be that he gets more burn when he is playing better, but could also be a “settle in” thing given his role). As others have mentioned, he is a 3 pt shot away from being a valuable rotation player.

He was seemingly drafted as a Troy Brown replacement, and while Troy has a better 3 pt shot, it also started bad (but not as bad as Terry’s) and improved (though Terry’s has yet to), and Terry plays with more energy and better on D already.

Now, the problem with that is that Troy Brown at 24/25 remains a fringe rotation player. Still, Terry could turn out better… or not. The reasonable hope is that he turns into a young Javonte Green type.

There is not a lot of sunk cost in continuing to see if that kind of development can occur with a young guy, especially without 2nd rounders that you might often spend on similar sorts of shots. If the coaches like him enough in terms of lockerroom, coachability, work ethic and personality to keep trying with him - you defer to them on that, IMO.

[cubd8]

If Dalen Terry is a rotational player, and one your key reserves, your team is not very good/deep.

Maybe he'll improve, but, more than likely, he's a bottom of the roster player.

[rosenthall]

If there's a ray of hope for Dalen, it's that Lonzo had a similar career arc to him his first two years in the league. Both were positive contributors in non-shooting areas of the game and desperately needed to improve their shooting to stay in the league. Lonzo did, and he became a really valuable player.

We'll see if Dalen does, but if he can he has all the trappings of a high value add glue guy. I'm higher on him than most, but it's entirely dependent on whether or not develops a shot.

[kodo]

On 3s with no defender he was 22%. Our young bench guys in general were terrible, Drell 20%, Bitim 31%, Phillips 33%.

It's hilarious we're trading Lavine & Caruso off a team like this, and emphasizing moving the ball to the open man and complaining Lavine shoots too much instead of passing. Lavine was 47% on open 3s last season.

[madvillian]

If Dalen Terry is a rotational player, and one your key reserves, your team is not very good/deep.

Maybe he'll improve, but, more than likely, he's a bottom of the roster player.

I think if we do want to try and play faster he'll be useful as a "throw him out there see if he lead some controlled chaos" break in case of emergency type, but that's still just a 10th man type.

If he improves his spot up shooting maybe he can slide into a backup rotation spot.

[GoBlue72391]

On 3s with no defender he was 22%. Our young bench guys in general were terrible, Drell 20%, Bitim 31%, Phillips 33%.

It's hilarious we're trading Lavine & Caruso off a team like this, and emphasizing moving the ball to the open man and complaining Lavine shoots too much instead of passing. Lavine was 47% on open 3s last season.

I don't think you can count Drell, he played a total of 30 minutes with a whopping 6 three-point attempts.

[cubd8]

If Dalen Terry is a rotational player, and one your key reserves, your team is not very good/deep.

Maybe he'll improve, but, more than likely, he's a bottom of the roster player.

I think if we do want to try and play faster he'll be useful as a "throw him out there see if he lead some controlled chaos" break in case of emergency type, but that's still just a 10th man type.

If he improves his spot up shooting maybe he can slide into a backup rotation spot.

Yeah, at this point, he feels more like someone you use if other players are having an off night or you want to try a change of pace to shake things up.

[FriedRise]

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[burlydee]

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Lol. Poor Dalen. Not even a shot out

[sco]

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Lol. Poor Dalen. Not even a shot out

I thought that was him.

[drosestruts]

Dare I say that shot is looking a lot better

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[MGB8]

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Lol. Poor Dalen. Not even a shot out

Him being there, though, is as great thing to see and speaks well of him.

[CROBulls]

Lol. Poor Dalen. Not even a shot out

Fringe NBA players dont get shot outs! But good for him putting effort and trying carve NBA role.

[DuckIII]

On 3s with no defender he was 22%. Our young bench guys in general were terrible, Drell 20%, Bitim 31%, Phillips 33%.

It's hilarious we're trading Lavine & Caruso off a team like this, and emphasizing moving the ball to the open man and complaining Lavine shoots too much instead of passing. Lavine was 47% on open 3s last season.

Its a rebuild.

[Jujuba69]

Dare I say that shot is looking a lot better

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yeah. it looks like he's now 21 year away (born again) from being a good shooter. lets pray.

[TheJordanRule]

Dalen Terry shoots 47 % from 3 in the G league on 4.8 threes attempted per game. He had a 63 % TS in the G league last year, averaged 16 points per game, 5.5 assists per game and almost 2 steals per game in only 26 mpg. He improved his assist to TO ratio a lot since the year before, too. I don't know that he's a rotation player in the NBA, but I also don't know that he's not. Dalen Terry has not played much at the NBA level. He's gonna be 22 by next season, and last I checked that's pretty young. Dalen's a prospect, just like Julian's a prospect, but the board is way more down on Dalen and I honestly don't think it's warranted.

[sco]

Dalen Terry shoots 47 % from 3 in the G league on 4.8 threes attempted per game. He had a 63 % TS in the G league last year, averaged 16 points per game, 5.5 assists per game and almost 2 steals per game in only 26 mpg. He improved his assist to TO ratio a lot since the year before, too. I don't know that he's a rotation player in the NBA, but I also don't know that he's not. Dalen Terry has not played much at the NBA level. He's gonna be 22 by next season, and last I checked that's pretty young. Dalen's a prospect, just like Julian's a prospect, but the board is way more down on Dalen and I honestly don't think it's warranted.

Good points. I've been down on him, but acknowledge that he cut down on his stupid TO's last year and was an impactful defender. And look, if you can defend at a high level and get to league average on 3's, you're a rotation level player in the NBA. I didn't know he made 3's at the G-league level at that level, but wow, that's a far cry from his crappy NBA 3pt shooting (especially for a guy who is left wide open at the arc).

OTOH, I liked what I saw on the NBA court from Phillips, I think he could be a legit back-up 4 with another season of development and strength training.

[GoBlue72391]

I put next to no stock into NBA players draining 3s in an open gym, but hypothetically if he has developed a consistent shot then he's a definite player in this league.

[HomoSapien]

Dare I say that shot is looking a lot better

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yeah. it looks like he's now 21 year away (born again) from being a good shooter. lets pray.

I'm sorry to be that guy... but is that even Terry? It doesn't look like him at all.