Question: Can Ky Bowman play a role on a contender?
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Question: Can Ky Bowman play a role on a contender?
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Current Depth Chart
PG. Stephen Curry / Jordan Poole / Ky Bowman
SG. Klay Thompson / Damion Lee / Mychal Mulder
PF. Draymond Green / Eric Paschall / Kevon Looney
This is an approximate guess by me. Your depth chart might look different.
Ky Bowman
He tore up the G-League for months before getting a chance with the ghost town of the injured Warriors.
He excited fans with his energy and speed, and his surprising hops which led him to try dunking on everyone any time he got into the paint and gave him the (questionable) nickname Sky Bowman. He has three point range, but an erratic jumper. At 6’ 2” he is undersized and players did bully him with size and power.
The stats have to be taken with many grains of salt due to small sample size and chaotic team situation, but ESPN RPM rates him #79 out of 93 point guards, with Offensive RPM -1.74 and Defensive RPM +0.17 (#23 of 93).
Cleaning The Glass stats are very negative on him: Bottom of the league at scoring, assisting and coughing up the ball. Great at steals, average at rebounding for a PG, and fouls too much.
And advanced stats like BPM consider Bowman to be almost neutral on defense, but a disaster on offense. That’s what a 30.8% 3P% and 41.7% FG% will do.
So, are we going to see Ky Bowman playing any kind of serious role next season? Possibly as a backup point guard, jumping over Poole? Or back to the G-League?
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Question: Can Ky Bowman play a role on a contender?
I like Bowman, if his three point shot is closer to what it was in the beginning of the season than in the end, he's definitely an NBA player.
I really like Bowman. He's fast, gutsy, and tenacious. Watching him throw lobs to Chriss or just slam it himself is great.
But he is not at an NBA level as of this season. His full court press and transition defense are fine; his half-court defense is lacking. Opponents go around him or shoot over him and he fouls badly. On the other end, his jumper is not good enough from anywhere.
I'd be happy to see him at the end of the bench in spot minutes and garbage time, but I think he'll get run off the floor by good teams so I don't see much beyond that.