The Miami Heat let Jae Crowder walk to Phoenix in Free Agency. Were they right or wrong to do so?
The Crowder Portion Of The Exam
The Miami Heat brought in Jae Crowder, Solomon Hill, and Andre Iguodala last season as apart of the trade that saw them send Justise Winslow to the Memphis Grizzlies. They thought that the key piece of that deal for them was Andre Iguodala.
While Iggy did turn out to be a key piece as well down the stretch, he wasn’t the most valuable of the three players acquired once it was all said and done. A 29.3 percent shooter on 5.9 attempts across 45 games played with the Memphis Grizzlies last season and a 34 percent shooter on 4.2 attempts per game across his career, Jae Crowder went all Super Saiyan from behind the arc last season after he joined Miami.
He went on to shoot 44.5 percent on 6.4 attempts across his short stint in Miami. If that isn’t a Super Saiyan jump in shooting percentage, then I don’t know what is.
Here is the big thing to remember though. He was able to secure the deal he did with Phoenix, based on that shooting ability and hot stretch of shooting he had with the Miami Heat.
The question to ask here is this. Does he continue to shoot at that clip?