After scoring seventeen and fifteen points in his first two games with the Clippers, it seemed like destiny that Landry “Shamwow” Shamet would continue to tread the path laid down by J.J. Redick in Los Angeles. But his production suffered in subsequent games, and, after five games of scoring in the single-digits, Shamwow is just now scoring in the double-digits again.
This recent lack of scoring isn’t anomalous when taken in the context of the entirety of Shamet’s season, but when your first two games with your new team are successful, expectations get thrown way out of whack. I’m sitting here expecting Redick-like three-point shooting from now until the end of the season, but Shamet’s not at the point where he can provide that type of scoring punch on a night in and night out basis, even if you give him hella minutes like Doc is doing. However, he can provide many other things nightly:
-A face that looks like an Eastern European grandma
-A haircut that looks like a grandma cut (non-region-specific)
-Donuts (remember, it’s the rookie’s job to get donuts for everybody)
-Three-point attempts (he has yet to have a game without one)
-Excitement for the Clippers’ future
-Being the best Landry in the NBA (but Carl Landry would still be averaging 20/10 right now if he wanted to)