Entering his third NBA season, Archie Goodwin finally had a clear path to solid NBA minutes. All he had to do was beat out fringe NBA player
Sonny Weems and precocious teen rookie
Devin Booker and the back-up shooting guard slot was his.
Welp.
Things get worse the farther Goodwin ventures out, where the flat and erratic jumper he entered the league with is still raging it up in 2016. His shooting from deep plummeted down to 23.5% (from 29.3% a season earlier), and altogether he shot only 24% (48/200) on shots outside of 3 feet, a number that seems unfathomable for a shooting guard that is anything less than a defensive ace...Unfortunately, many of those massive holes in his game remain unfilled after his third year in the league, even after he more than doubled his previous career high in minutes played in 2015/16 with 1114.
The ball-handling, court vision, decision-making, defense, and shooting of Goodwin all remained woefully subpar.