As we all know, the NBA regular season is coming.
At the same time, there is also a wave of layoffs, after a period of investigation, the teams have recently been laid off, some of the players who have been laid off are only unknown small roles, but some are once high-priority positions that have been pinned high hopes, according to incomplete statistics, at least 7 of the top ten picks in the past 7 years have been cut by the team in these two days.
Unfortunately, Christ Dunn was one of them.
According to ESPN, the Grizzlies will cut guard Chris Dunn, who is the fifth pick of the 2016 draft, and this offseason, he was traded by the Hawks to the Celtics, and then by the Celtics to continue to trade to the Grizzlies.
What needs to be said is that Dunn's contract this season is actually 5 million a year left, but as long as he has a little transaction value, the Grizzlies will not directly cut him - the so-called survival of the fittest, in the end, Dunn was cut for only one reason, dish.
In this year's preseason, Dunn only played his first game against the Bucks for the Grizzlies, playing 17 minutes, making 0 shots, 0 points, 0 rebounds and 0 assists. In the next five games, Dunn didn't even get a minute to play — probably at the time, the Grizzlies already had the idea of cutting him.
Back last season, Dunn played only four games for the Hawks, averaging 1.3 points, 1.5 rebounds and 0.5 assists in 11.3 minutes per game.
During the playoffs, the Hawks made it all the way to the East Finals, and Dunn only got five playing opportunities during garbage time, averaging 1.2 points, 1.0 rebounds and 1.0 assists per game - completely a marginal player.
Unfortunately, Dunn is indeed water.
Time back to the 2016 draft, Dunn was selected by the Timberwolves with the fifth pick, Dunn was 1 meter 91 tall, arm span 2 meters 07, static talent, athletic ability has a certain advantage, at that time, Dunn was considered the answer to the Timberwolves' future number one position, in the vote of the same rookie, Dunn was considered to be the strongest contender for the best rookie.
However, in his rookie season, Dunn was disappointed, averaging only 3.8 points, 2.1 rebounds and 2.4 assists per game, shooting only 37.7%/28.8%/61.0% from three fields, and shooting as low as 43.2% from the field — even for a rookie, that efficiency is not enough.
In the second year season, Dunn was sent to the Bulls in a trade, considering that the Timberwolves did not pay attention to it, many fans are optimistic about Dunn directly "taking off", from the data point of view, Dunn did get more opportunities, the Bulls three years, his average data per game are:
—— In the 2017-18 season, 13.4 points, 4.3 rebounds and 6.0 assists
In the 2018-19 season, 11.3 points, 4.1 rebounds and 6.0 assists
In the 2019-20 season, 7.3 points, 3.6 rebounds and 3.4 assists
Due to his unique talent advantage, Dunn's defense is not bad, the Bulls have been able to average 1.8 steals per game in three years, even in the 2019-20 season, he averaged only 24.9 minutes per game, and his steals still reached 2.0.
But Dunn's offense has always been a big problem, he's not an efficient scorer, shooting particularly poorly, shooting just 30.6 percent from a career three-point range and only 49.2 percent from a career period.
In addition, Dunn's offense is also very "anti-anthochal", taking the 2018-19 season as the last season dunn was reused, and his shot distribution was:
- 5 feet from the basket, 83-of-169 shooting, shooting 49.1%
— 5-9 feet from the basket, 32-of-76 shooting, shooting 42.1 percent.
— 10-14 feet from the basket, 35-of-79 shooting, shooting 44.3 percent.
— 15-19 feet from the basket, 25-of-70 shooting, shooting 35.7 percent.
— 20-24 feet from the basket, 17-of-46 shooting, shooting 37.0% from the field.
You can see that Dunn is not only the end of the basket and the bad three-pointers, he is also keen to shoot a lot of middle range, the shooting rate is still very dismal, for a point guard, this style of play is obviously difficult to accept.
This is also the main reason why Dunn has been abandoned many times, but this does not mean that Dunn is not saved, after all, Dunn's defense is indeed not bad, and he still has a chance to continue to survive in the NBA under the improvement of the offense. What needs to be said is that because he is an older rookie, Dunn is now 27 years old, and the scratch lottery is basically non-existent, depending on whether there is a team willing to try.