Hi, howdy, hey; you made it past the headline! I hope it didn’t upset you. Before you become the latest catalyst in the Crescent City’s effort to become the City of Buddily Love, hear me out: Buddy Hield isn’t going to win Rookie of the Year, and the New Orleans Pelicans will be better off for it.
The team added players whose skills overlap with his, and he’s an unpolished player. For everything Summer League showed us about his prospects as an off-the-bounce scoring threat, we also learned that Hield has a long way to go running an offense, even as a secondary playmaker.