Kind of what FinalFourCy said but if you're counting on Nixon being our primary guy, we're in trouble. However, if we have Haliburton and one of or both THT & Lindell as more primary options on offense, Nixon can be real nice tertiary piece. The excellent free throw shooting hopefully translates to more efficient three point shooting when he's surrounded by better players/an off season to improve his game.
How good Haliburton is so quickly has kind of eased the pressure on the future of the backcourt in general though.
I’m hoping for something like senior year Naz, although he’ll probably not be quite that efficient with his liking of tough 2P FGs.
We’ll see, but my guess for Nixon, if THT returns and Wigginton leaves, is low 20’s usage, 35% to 40% 3P shooting (bump from taking less bad ones), and hopefully a higher 3PA rate. Although he is from the suburbs, he has some Chicago toughness to him, and I’m not sure we have a better shooter coming off screens/catch-and-shoot.
Hmm, maybe Chris Allen is a better comparison, with a higher usage. Even if Haliburton increases to Babb’s utilization and Lard to 2017-18 level, Nixon will almost need to be close to 25%. Although we’re we have good numbers at all positions, there’s certainly room for a major contributor this spring.