Atlanta Hawks: 4 Young Players to Take a Chance On

Tyrone Wallace

The final pick of the 2016 Draft, Wallace made his way into the NBA-sphere last season after spending nearly two in the G-League. He appeared in 30 games for the Clippers, starting 19 and playing a solid amount of minutes (28.4) a game for a LA team within a few games of the playoffs.

He took advantage of his court time by scoring 9.7 a game on 44% shooting. He also added 2.4 assists and 3.5 rebounds per contest, the latter being fairly impressive, and likely to due his 6-5 frame being above average for the point guard position.

He obviously made enough of an impact during that time to draw interest as a restricted free agent last summer, and he agreed to an offer sheet that would’ve made him a member of the Pelicans, but the Clippers matched the offer.

Thus far through the ’18-’19 season, Wallace hasn’t quite been able to live up to last year’s flashes, and he’s not a big part of the surging Clippers’ rotation. LA has a sneaky good guard trio of Avery Bradley, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Lou Williams, and Wallace’s minutes have plummeted this season behind them.

Astonishingly, Wallace has seen his minutes fall from 28.4 to 9.3 a game. His numbers have obviously fallen too, but his per 36 minutes have been fairly similar to last years, if not better.

He’s on a very team-friendly deal, and the Clippers have little incentive to move him with a year still left on his deal. They are however in the driver’s seat for a playoff spot, and if they are looking to bolster their wing depth with someone like Kent Bazemore or Dewayne Dedmon to help down low, Tyrone Wallace could make his way into a Hawks uni.