Facing off against the Oklahoma City Thunder on January 4, the Portland Trail Blazers did something they hadn’t done all season. They didn’t play newly acquired shooter Nik Stauskas for a single second. In their next game, against the Houston Rockets, Stauskas sat all 48 minutes out again.
He’s literally gone from hero, dropping 24 on opening night against the Los Angeles Lakers, to zero.
How’d that happen?
It wasn’t all at once. He’s shown flashes of his ability to help throughout the season by hitting clutch shots or making creative passes down low.