NBA Free Agency 2020: 5 offseason targets for the Philadelphia 76ers
3. Shabazz Napier, PG
Shabazz Napier could be one of the best value signings of the offseason.
The UConn product has bounced around the league throughout his six-year career, never spending more than two seasons on the same team. His career per-game averages of 7.1 points, 2.5 assists and 1.9 rebounds in 17.4 minutes don’t scream impact addition, either.
However, Napier has increasingly come into his own over the past few years. He’s fresh off a season in which he averaged a career-high 10.3 points and 4.7 assists in 24.0 minutes with the Minnesota Timberwolves and Washington Wizards, and he knocked down 35.8 percent of his 3-point attempts during his 20 games with the Wiz.
Napier isn’t a consistent knockdown shooter, as evidenced by his career 34.5 percent mark from deep. However, he has gotten progressively better around the rim, and he shot a career-high 69.0 percent from between 0-3 feet this past season.
Much like Teague, Napier would give the Sixers another sorely needed on-ball threat. Only 21.6 percent of his career 2-point attempts and 64.6 percent of his triples have been assisted, so he’s adept at creating offense both for himself and others.
Napier has yet to earn more than $2.4 million in any of his six seasons, so the Sixers might be able to lure him with a veteran-minimum contract rather than the taxpayer MLE. Either way, he’d be a marked upgrade over the Raul Neto/Trey Burke mishmash that they trotted out last season.