Enter the 2017-18 season, perhaps the biggest question concerning the Portland Trail Blazers was replacing Allen Crabbe's 44.4% shooting from three-point range -- the second-best mark in the NBA last season. Following Crabbe's trade to Brooklyn in the summer, third-year guard Pat Connaughton has risen to the occasion in replacing Crabbe in the Blazer rotation.
Highlighted by a career-high 24 points on 9-of-14 shooting and 4-of-7 shooting from deep, Portland hasn't missed a beat with Connaughton in his new role. The 24-year-old out of Notre Dame is averaging 7.6 points per game on 44.1% shooting from the field and 42.