Nowell is so much more effective playing on the wing. When DLo and PatBev were both out for the Phoenix game, Finchy started Nowell at PG...and he was a disaster at both ends of the court. But Finch saw what was happening and turned the PG duties over to Ant (10 assists!) and JMac, and the offense flowed much better. Then when PatBev got in foul trouble last night in the first quarter, for some reason Finchy subbed in Nowell for him rather than JMac, and the offense just didn't look the same. But when JMac came in for Jaden, allowing Nowell to move over to the wing where he is most effective, the offense really started to click.
DLo and PatBev are obviously our two best options at PG, but after that I would turn to JMac and Ant before I would put Nowell in that position again. He's a terrific scorer, but he's just not effective at initiating our offense. I suspect Finch knows that now.
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FNG wrote:Nowell is so much more effective playing on the wing. When DLo and PatBev were both out for the Phoenix game, Finchy started Nowell at PG...and he was a disaster at both ends of the court. But Finch saw what was happening and turned the PG duties over to Ant (10 assists!) and JMac, and the offense flowed much better. Then when PatBev got in foul trouble last night in the first quarter, for some reason Finchy subbed in Nowell for him rather than JMac, and the offense just didn't look the same. But when JMac came in for Jaden, allowing Nowell to move over to the wing where he is most effective, the offense really started to click.
DLo and PatBev are obviously our two best options at PG, but after that I would turn to JMac and Ant before I would put Nowell in that position again. He's a terrific scorer, but he's just not effective at initiating our offense. I suspect Finch knows that now.
The numbers don't match up to your statement though. According to Cleaningtheglass.com Nowell when at PG the Wolves offense is the in 81st percentile of all NBA lineups. So above average offense when Nowell is at PG. When Nowell is at SG with Jmac the offense is still good but the offense drops to the 74th percentile.