A statistical deep-dive on the best season so far for third-year Atlanta Hawks player DeAndre’ Bembry.
When the Atlanta Hawks selected DeAndre’ Bembry out of Saint Joseph’s University with the 21st pick in the 2016 NBA Draft, coach/GM Mike Budenholzer didn’t expect he would play much in his rookie season.
As self-fulfilling prophecies often do, this idea came to fruition as Bembry only played a total of 371 minutes – mostly in the dingiest corners of garbage time on a Hawks team that made the playoffs.
How quickly plans change. Two seasons later, Coach Bud is long gone and the Atlanta Hawks have a complete different front office, roster and coaching staff. Even the arena was renovated and renamed!
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However, Bembry remains as one of the few player holdovers from the previous administration – the others being Taurean Prince and Hawks stalwart Kent Bazemore.
Many were high on Bembry’s combo guard skill set coming out of the draft, but he has had a star-crossed start to his NBA career after being beleaguered by injuries last season and the aforementioned lack of opportunities in his rookie year.
Finally, Bembry is fully healthy and has grown considerably after playing sparingly in his first two seasons. Let’s take a look at some of Bembry’s numbers from his third year in the NBA.