If Dragan Bender doesn’t watch out, he’s gonna find himself pigeonholed into the “Big White Euro Who Only Shoots Threes” role for the rest of his career. Almost a full 3/4ths of his points are coming from the three-point zone (but is he proud to own it?????) this season, he shoots way more of them than anything inside the arc, which makes sense because his efficiency is way higher out there. Threes are great, but right now they’re the only way he can be effective at all. Better than him being an ineffective scorer in all areas of the court, like he was last year, but not ideal for a 7-footer.
It’s good, though, that I’m now ragging on him for being too good at something rather than for just being sucky. He’s improving! I’d say he’s even been a neutral contributor this year! He certainly (or maybe just theoretically) helps out some of the garbage shooting lineups that the Suns like to trot out there recently. Adding Elfrid Payton was cool, but him combined with Warren and Jackson makes for an insanely bricky starting lineup if they went with the more typical Tyson Chandler as the center.
Also: he only made 4 shots tonight. His three-point exclusivity makes for fewer buckets per point, but even so, that’s pretty low for a whole highlight vid. Sorry! I tried to make up for it by showing him trying to kill Marvin Williams.