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NBA Free Agency 2017 Player Profile: Nick Young

By Ti Windisch

Mar 17, 2017; Los Angeles, CA, USA; Los Angeles Lakers guard Nick Young (0) celebrates in the first quarter against the Milwaukee Bucks at the Staples Center. Mandatory Credit: Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports
Mar 17, 2017; Los Angeles, CA, USA; Los Angeles Lakers guard Nick Young (0) celebrates in the first quarter against the Milwaukee Bucks at the Staples Center. Mandatory Credit: Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports /
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March 5, 2017; Los Angeles, CA, USA; Los Angeles Lakers guard Nick Young (0) shoots against New Orleans Pelicans guard Jrue Holiday (11) during the second half at Staples Center. Mandatory Credit: Gary A. Vasquez-USA TODAY Sports
March 5, 2017; Los Angeles, CA, USA; Los Angeles Lakers guard Nick Young (0) shoots against New Orleans Pelicans guard Jrue Holiday (11) during the second half at Staples Center. Mandatory Credit: Gary A. Vasquez-USA TODAY Sports /

Strengths

Nick Young is, first and foremost, a shooter. Sometimes his shots don’t work out, like when he shot 32.5 percent from deep in 2015-16. Sometimes they look like they’re going to work out, but they don’t.

Still, this past season Swaggy was making a good number of his shots. Young took a whopping seven threes per game, and connected on 40.4 percent of them. Even in a tanking-shortened season, he made 170 threes, a career-best mark.

The Lakers, who were horrible just about all of the time after the first few weeks of the 2016-17 NBA season, did get ever-so-slightly better with Young on the floor, although they got outscored both with and without him.

Plus, there’s a certain shall we say swag that surrounds Young. Some might label him a distraction, but Swaggy P would provide some truly entertaining moments should he end up with the Bucks.

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