PJ Tucker is an extremely limited offensive player. He shoots nothing but wide open corner threes and assisted layups. He never gets to the free throw line (less than 1 FTA per 36), has no handle, nor any post moves. I like PJ Tucker but he has benefited from playing in HOU immensely.
Yeah, since he’s been on Houston, he’s been at about 70% 3PAr and 12% FTr, with nearly 70% of those threes coming from the corner. Those are crazy numbers, but a lot of that is the Rockets’ system. He was around 40/22/70, respectively for those stats, with Phoenix. FWIW, Grants usage last year was Tucker’s career average. And keep in mind Tucker basically first started (outside a handful of minutes in his rookie year) his career at 27 after a long stretch in Europe.
Grant is not going to be a go-to scorer like he was in college when he could bully-ball most guys in the SEC. He won’t even be a secondary option, or third most nights. But he’s got soft hands and a good touch near the basket, and he’ll be able to exploit mismatches/switches by getting to the post and scoring or passing out of help. If he shoots, I also think he’ll be able to put it on the floor respectably enough to attacks close outs. Combine that with his sharp passing and thicc screening, and that’s a useful offensive player, maybe about 14/7/4, on low usage, 60-ish TS% in a couple of years from now.
I like him more on defense. Ceiling maybe halfway between PJ and Dray, with the delta between him and Tucker mainly due to superior BBIQ, instincts, and significantly better rim protection and generally better post D against bigs.
Lest be thought of looking at our guys with SamRayNot level optimism, I’m not really expecting too much of Romeo this year. Just not enough time, with the short offseason and the injury. I think he’s projected to return around late February? His D last year was certainly encouraging, as was his flashes on of craft and finishing around the rim, but there just won’t be enough time for him to work on his game for him to improve much. His shot is obviously concerning, and I’d guess that’ll be the main focus of his rehab, along with getting him in game shape for March.