Milwaukee Bucks: Langston Galloway Would Be A Nice Third Point Guard
By Ti Windisch
If the Sacramento Kings do end up releasing Langston Galloway the Milwaukee Bucks would be smart to add him as a third point guard.
The NBA side of the internet broke on Sunday night as the Sacramento Kings sent DeMarcus Cousins (and Omri Casspi) over to the New Orleans Pelicans in exchange for Buddy Hield, Tyreke Evans and a pair of draft picks.
The other piece in the deal heading to the Kings is guard Langston Galloway, a productive if not exemplary combo guard who was in the midst of his best season in terms of three-point shooting while backing up Jrue Holiday and Tim Frazier.
According to Adrian Wojnarowski, who broke the Boogie trade story first via Twitter, the Kings are planning on releasing Galloway once he arrives in Sacramento.
Why they’re letting him go, considering he’s younger than either Ty Lawson or Darren Collison and likely better than Collison already, is a bit of a mystery. Whatever the reason is, the Bucks could benefit from Sacramento tossing Galloway aside.
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The third-year point guard is not without his faults, of course. He’s hitting under 40 percent of his field goals and his two-point shots, both very low numbers for those types of attempts. Galloway is also only averaging 2.1 assists per 36 minutes, which is a career-low for him.
On the flip side, Galloway is nailing 37.7 percent of his three-point shots on an impressive volume of 8.6 attempts per 36 minutes. Three-pointers make up over 60 percent of Galloway’s shot diet, which is partially responsible for his low field goal percentage.
Galloway’s biggest draw might be potential. He came into the NBA as a 23-year-old undrafted rookie and went to work right away, scoring nearly 12 points per game in 41 starts with the New York Knicks. Galloway worked his way to the Association, getting released by the Knicks earlier that season after a Summer League stint with the team.
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He eventually signed with the Westchester Knicks and worked his way to a 10-day contract, which later turned into a deal for the rest of the season. Galloway is far from a proven player, but his work ethic and drive are certainly there in spades.
The Bucks would have to waive a player to claim Galloway if Sacramento does end up letting him go, but either Roy Hibbert or Spencer Hawes could be let go fairly easily. A buyout with Hawes would make a lot of sense, considering that would eliminate the worry of him taking his player option and sticking around next season.
The need for a third point guard has been obvious for the Bucks ever since Matthew Dellavedova got hurt earlier in the season. Malcolm Brogdon became the starter, but no true backup remained.
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Adding a real option behind Delly and Brogdon would help shore up the Bucks depth for the rest of the season, and adding a guard at the expense of a big man would balance the roster a bit.