5. Ryan Arcidiacono
Ryan Arcidiacono is having as big of a breakout season as anyone in the NBA. Coming into this season, nobody really knew if Arcidiacono could even be a solid rotation player in the league, let alone a starting point guard, but he keeps proving people wrong as he seemingly gets better every game.
So far in the 2018-19 season, Arcidiacono is averaging a solid 8.2 points, 4.2 assists and 2.7 rebounds per game while shooting an efficient 47.2 percent from the field and 45.5 percent from 3-point range.
After starting point guard Kris Dunn went down with a knee injury, it didn’t take long for Arcidiacono to leapfrog Cameron Payne and become the interim starting point guard. After doing that, Arch never looked back.
For players that average 28 or more minutes per game, Ryan Arcidiacono leads the league in assist to turnover ratio at 4.89. That’s phenomenal for anyone, but it’s especially crazy for Arcidiacono considering he was on a two-way contract just one season ago.
"It feels like there are 5 Ryan Arcidiaconos out there." - Stacey King
— Chicago Bulls (@chicagobulls) November 29, 2018
Another great game from @RyArch15, as he put up 22 points (including 5 triples), 5 rebounds, 5 steals and 4 assists in tonight's game: pic.twitter.com/Jj6cBjWiEc
It’ll be interesting to see how Fred Hoiberg manages the point guard rotation when Kris Dunn returns from his knee injury. I would assume that Dunn will take over the starting role and Arcidiacono will come off the bench, but nothing’s guaranteed on a team that’s 5-17.
Arch has definitely given Hoiberg something to think about.