DTB’S FUN* FACT** OF THE DAY***: Shabazz Muhammad is shooting nearly 57% on three-pointers in the month of January. For a guy who has always been regarded as a passable shooter and nothing more, this is pretty crazy. He’s doing it on low volume: just thirty attempts, or a little over a two a game, is not very much in a league where even bad three-point shooters will put up four a game just because that’s what the offense asks of them.
This newly-hot shooting from the threezone offsets Shabazz’ poor percentages earlier in the season, where the month of November saw him shoot a sizzling 23% on such attempts. Timberwolves top brass has got to be excited for this development because it means that Shabazz can be pitched as a sharpshooter in trade talks, raising the potential haul they can get for him. I’m still not exactly sure why there are rumors that the Timberwolves want to ship Shabazz out of Minnesota, but I’m going to keep believing them because I am merely a man of simple mind.
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