Nader is a fearless gunner the issue seems to be his gun is a dribble drive to hoop from top of key.
TP. I think if Nader learns to share the ball better and the second unit has offensive trouble he still might carve out an Evan Turner/Gerald Green role.
That said, I'm hoping we won't have so much offensive trouble on the second unit. Marcus Morris might be a good option; his efficiency last year wasn't great, but he was playing against first units - he might feast against 2d units in iso or on spot-ups. We are all hoping for good things from Tatum. Add one of the big three and Marcus, and the second units might hum.
If Nader keeps scoring he can force his way into the rotation, but I think he's got an uphill climb and will be sitting most nights unless there's an injury.
FWIW, Nader was a decent 3 point shooter in the D League where he won D League Rookie of the Year and made the All D-League 2nd Team. He averged just shy of 4 apg there.
Obviously this is just the D-League but he had a pretty complete game there.
Here are some other stats from some of our past D-League rookies:
Terry Rozier
19.4 PTS., 8 AST. 6.4 REB, 1.9 STL, 2.7 TO, 33 MIN, 39% FG, 34% 3PT, 78% FT
RJ Hunter
18.1 PTS, 3.3 AST, 2.6 REB, 1.0 STL, 2.0 TO, 31 MIN, 39% FG, 32% 3PT, 7% FT
Jordan Mickey
17.4 PTS, 1.3 AST, 10.3 REB, 4.4 BLK, 2.1 TO, 53% FG, 35% 3PT, 74% FT
James Young
21.5 PTS, 2.0 AST, 4.8 REB, 1.5 STL, 2.6 TO, 33 MIN, 46% FG, 44% 3PT, 76% FT
Phil Pressey only played one D-League game as a rookie, finished wih 34 points, 8 assists, 7 rebounds and 3 steals.
Just saying...if you want to even dream of cracking an NBA roster, then putting up dominant numbers at the D-League level is pretty much a bare minimum prerequisite.
Even dominating at the Summer League means more to me then D-League. Phil Pressey was never capable fo putting up anything close to 33 / 8 / 7 in a summer league game, and James young could never come close to averaging 21 PPG in the Summer League either.