Archie Goodwin is back! Last we saw of him, he was putting up some decent-ish numbers on a bad Suns team. I’m choosing to ignore his Pelicans stint this year, in case you were wondering. That didn’t happen. So yeah, he had that streak in the middle of last season where he kept scoring 20 and the Suns kept losing anyway. That streak revealed Goodwin’s true nature; a guy who likes to have the ball in his hands and then shoot the ball towards the rim. Sometimes he got assists (he got 12 in a game once, WHAT), most of the time he just chucked and turned it over.
The Nets have just signed him to one of those “two-year” deals where he gets to play for the rest of this season and then they just waive him before any guarantees set in next season. Or, they maybe get to keep him on the cheap. I don’t that’s how these deals usually work, though. He’s been playing decently enough, and maybe that combined with the Nets winning a few games will work in his favor.
I’m just happy to see him and his headband again. The black on black on black look he pulled off tonight was stunning.