Chicago Bulls Waiver Wire: Langston Galloway
The Sacramento Kings just traded of the best players in the NBA, DeMarcus Cousins, to the New Orleans Pelicans. Part of that deal is going to involve the Kings waiving players, including some of the players acquired in the trade that sent Cousins to the Pels. Langston Galloway is one of those players, might he be a good fit in Chicago?
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Fact: The Bulls are terrible at the point guard position. They’re running a combination of Jerian Grant, Rajon Rondo, and Michael Carter-Williams. Gulp.
There are reasons to be up on Grant, but I’m not into any of them. Rondo is a bad contract and less than a month ago, it looked like his next stop was China. Carter-Williams was acquired in exchange for Tony Snell. That should really tell you all you need to know and explain the Chicago situation.
In full disclosure, I’ve been a fan of Galloway since his rookie season. He has a great name. I’m pretty sure he’s the only Langston – first name or last – to play in the league. He flashed some skills as a rookie, but always had limited upside.
It’s year three, and Galloway is still in the league. Soon, he could be on waivers. It doesn’t look like he’ll be waived right now, but there are so many moving pieces in Sac-town that it’s worth a look.
This is the worst season to date for Galloway, he got a great look with the New York Knicks in his first season, playing just 45 games but starting 41 of them. He played 32.4 minutes per game in that season. Since then, his playing time has dropped off. He played all 82 games with the Knicks in 2015-16, starting only seven, and he has played 55 games so far this season with zero starts.
He’s down to 20.4 minutes, a career low. However, he’s having his best season of 3-point shooting at 37.7 percent. The encouraging thing about that statistic is that he’s not only shooting his best percentage, but also putting up 4.9 attempts from deep each game. That’s a full attempt per game more than when he was starting as a rookie in New York. The increased shooting percentage from deep is exactly the kind of thing the Bulls could use.
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A statistic that we like to throw around is that Chicago is the worst team in the entire league at 3-point shooting. Adding a point guard who can put up solid, though not incredible numbers from deep would add a great dimension to the backcourt that could definitely use the help from long-range.
As a waiver acquisition, the Bulls would be low on risk, high on upside. He can’t be worse than their current backcourt rotation.