Everybody is so down on Nick Young. But you've got to take into account he's been playing with the perennial bottom dweller Wizards and then under "coach" Vinny Del Negro.
He's exactly what we need. Young and an actual scorer who can create his own shot. He would also benefit from the actual vet presence here.
Per Synergy Sports, a subscription stats site
Offensive Points per Possession
-Overall
Allen 1.04 - 23rd best
Nick Young 0.97 82nd best
-Isolation
Allen 0.91 26th best
Young 0.93 22nd best
Not much difference on the isolation plays and in every other type of play Ray beats Young handily. For example, despite his great young legs Young is ranked 211th in transition compared to Ray's 118th ranking in the NBA.
Defensively, Synergy analyze who the on-ball defender is as opposed to the +/- team numbers that get tossed around here as gospel. Ray murders Young defensively:
Defensive PPP allowed
Ray Allen 0.75 49th best
Nick Young 0.92 361st
Young has nice young legs, a better than average offensive game, though inferior to Ray's, and defensively sucks.