Friday, December 13, 2019

2. Davis Bertans panic

No healthy 3-point shooter inspires more wide-eyed, hair-on-fire panic among defenders than the 2019-20 version of Bertans. Dude is shooting with guys almost literally crawling up his jersey.
He will jack from 30 feet. He is a laughable 25-of-61 on tightly guarded 3s, per NBA.com. He has hit 46.7% of both catch-and-shoot and pull-up looks, and he already has made almost as many of the latter (14) as he did in the prior three seasons combined with San Antonio (20). He might start shooting lefty just for fun.
[Who the hell is Davis Bertans, you ask? I have no fucking idea but...When I watched highlights of the Miami-Washington game I saw guys shooting and hitting threes from distances I thought only Steph Curry did. I assume Davis Bertans was one of them.  As I wrote post-game, I cannot believe DC's record is so bad. They looked awesome that game.]