After a 2016-17 season mired with poor efficiency from the field amid the pressures of a massive contract signed the previous offseason, Kent Bazemore bounced back in a big way in 2017-18. Bazemore’s value at the NBA level (and the reason he got paid in 2016) has always been as a 3-and-D wing capable of hitting high-30s on his three-point percentage and defending both guard positions on the other end, but when one of those falters, he looks as though he barely belongs on the floor, much less worth his $70 million contract. When it all comes together, however, Bazemore lives up to every dollar of his starter-worthy contract, as he did this past season for the Atlanta Hawks.
Hawks 2017-18 player review: Kent Bazemore
