NBA TRADE TALK: TDL over

[SleepingHero]

The last couple of years they have not really looked that different.  Its been three seasons since he has had a truly dominate year.

I realize he shoots a really high volume, but his offensive output is in Timmy's ballpark and not even close to Steph and Lillard (based on scoring per game and advanced on/off impact like EPM and Lebron).  He is you classic 6th man (he is not even starting for Sacto) just like THJ, and I am not interested in paying 23 mil for that.

Lets ignore this year because it's still going on, but THJ is injured so it's not a fair comparison of the two.

Buddy in the last 3 years has ranked 4th, 2nd, and 2nd, in 3pt field goals made. He's made 831 threes in that time. Steph Curry has made 702. James Harden 798. 

Now Steph was injured for one of those years with a broken wrist, so he'd undoubtedly be first. But still, Buddy has made the most amount of threes in the entire league the last 3 years. If you add this year Buddy still is ahead of Steph by about 100 threes.

Comparing him to THJ's best 3 years of his career under Carlisle, THJ has made 573 threes the last 3 years. They're not in the same stratosphere of shooting.

In both of THJ's best shooting seasons where he made 204, and 207 threes respectively (39.8%, 39.1%), Buddy still exceeds him by an average of 71 threes total each year (271, 282, [39.4%, 39.1%]). Extrapolating the results and how much space Luka created for Seth, I think putting the 2nd best 3pt shooter in the entire league next to Luka will only be a good thing, defense be damned.