The Wisconsin Herd have gotten off to a fast start to their 2019-20 G League season and two-way player Cameron Reynolds has been instrumental in their offensive revitalization.
We’re five games into their 2019-20 season and I’m not sure the Wisconsin Herd could have put together a better start to the year.
The Herd are fresh off of compiling their most complete performance of the young G League season as they absolutely ran through the Capital City Go-Go in a 132-106 victory on the road to collect their fourth straight victory to ring in quite the blazing start to the Chase Buford era.
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There have been no shortage of reasons why the Herd have begun their campaign with such great success thus far, but it’s certainly helped that the Herd have replicated the tenets that their parent club has prized in building up their championship-contending squad.
Look no further than how they’ve been able to revive their perimeter offense after finishing dead last in the G League in terms of three-point efficiency last season.
Just like the Bucks, the Herd have been prolific in firing away from three-point range as they’re averaging 41 three-point attempts per game, a mark that stands fourth in the league behind the Raptors 905, the Rio Grande Valley Vipers and Maine Red Claws. And the Herd have seen their three-point looks drop at the fifth-highest mark in the league at 39.5 percent throughout their first five games.
The benefits of the Herd overhauling their offense to make it more three-point-centric have resulted in the Herd standing 10th in offensive efficiency a little more than a week into the season. They’re currently shooting the ball from all levels of the floor at a blistering rate, given that they’re tied for first in effective field goal percentage and are second in team true shooting percentage.
Of course, having the personnel that’s suited to building their system in the manner that the Bucks have done under reigning NBA Coach of the Year Mike Budenholzer isn’t lost on anyone and that’s where two-way player Cam Reynolds has been instrumental in that regard.
Reynolds spent his rookie season brandishing his newfound three-point stroke in the G League as a member of the Stockton Kings, which led to him getting a call up to the Minnesota Timberwolves in late February last season. And when the Wolves cut ties with the Tulane alum before the start of free agency this summer, the Bucks swooped in to bring Reynolds aboard and to lead the Herd as a key developing piece this season.
Through five games of the Herd’s season, Reynolds has done exactly that and has essentially picked up where he left off when he was last in the G League before his cup of coffee with the Timberwolves. Reynolds is averaging 19.2 points on .543/.447/.667 shooting splits, along with 4.8 rebounds and 2.0 assists through his five appearances this season.
It’s Reynolds’ three-point prowess that stands particularly noteworthy as he’s leading the Herd with 38 three-point attempts 10 percent into their season and he’s been able to do that while maintaining his ability to knock down threes well beyond the arc. Fourteen of Reynolds’ 17 triples have come from above the break spots and he’s hitting those attempts at a 48.3 percent clip.
That obviously falls in line with the types of threes the Bucks have prioritized launching since the arrival of Budenholzer and the Herd have followed suit by launching the fourth-most three-point attempts from that area of the floor in the G League and hitting them at the fourth-highest mark (39.5 percent).
And Reynolds has obviously led the charge in that regard as the Herd will look to continue their hot shooting start and will keep letting it fly from three-point range as their 2019-20 season moves along.
The 24-year-old has shown flashes of a more diverse offensive game with his leading role with the Herd as he’s been capable of scoring out of the post as well as put the ball down on the floor to take opposing defenders off the dribble in 1-on-1 situations. The same goes for his developing floater game and Reynolds has put down eight of his 11 attempts taken in the paint outside of the restricted area, making for a mark of 72.7 percent.
But as far as being able to translate his skill set on the NBA stage with the Bucks, Reynolds has gotten off to an incredible shooting start and showing us all that the high marks he showed throughout his rookie campaign in the NBA and G League were no fluke.