Cavs Searching For A Small Forward
Dec 17, 2014; Toronto, Ontario, CAN; Brooklyn Nets guard Jarrett Jack (0) moves past Toronto Raptors guard Landry Fields (2) in the first quarter at Air Canada Centre. Mandatory Credit: Peter Llewellyn-USA TODAY Sports
Times sure change don’t they? Just four years ago, Landry Fields was name to the NBA All-Rookie First Team, ahead of Paul George, Greg Monroe, Eric Bledsoe, and Derrick Favors, among others. And here’s the thing, he deserved it. Fields had a marvelous rookie season for the Knicks as a second round pick out of Stanford, shooting just under fifty percent from the field and 39% from deep. Fields also averaged 6.4 rebounds per game, a great number for a wing player, especially one who played most of his minutes at shooting guard.
Since then? Things have not gone well. Fields has battled injuries as well as declining production. He hasn’t played in more than sixty-six games in a season since his rookie year and has played in only 107 games over the last three seasons combined. Fields has completely lost his three point shot as well, after shooting 39% as a rookie, he hasn’t shot over 26% from deep since (he did shoot 50% last year, but that was on only two attempts).
There has been rumors of Fields learning a new shooting form due to injuries and even some talk of him switching shooting hands, ala Tristan Thompson. At this point he isn’t worth more than a minimum contract, and the only reasons a team would look at him are his still solid defense and the fact that at twenty-seven years old, he is still young enough to possibly approach the production of his rookie year.
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