James Singleton can't dribble for shit. This is, frankly, a bit of a shame. It turns an otherwise decent player into an end-of-the-bench tweener forward.
There are many such tweener forwards in the game today. A lot of them are bereft of ball skills. Ryan Bowen, for example, is one such player, and players of his ilk get into the NBA in spite of their skill-free nature because of their "hustle", "effort", and "capitalising on the fact that most NBA players don't try as hard as we do". Singleton is something of a hustle player, too, but he is seperated from the Ryan Bowen types of the world, by one simple fact: he has some skill.
As mentioned, ballhandling isn't of these skills. But Singleton has a decent jumpshot, out to and including NBA three point range. The shot is a line drive, and he possesses only a set shot, but it's a useful one. In addition to this, Singelton has good rebounding smarts, and while he isn't a great defensive player (as evidenced by his foul rates), he has the right idea, and can block the occasional shot.
The ballhandling hole in his game prevents him from being a regular backup small forward in this league, but it is purely circumstances that keeps him on the edge (or on the outside) of the NBA. Lesser players than he have guaranteed contracts, and Singleton repeatedly loses out because of this. It's just not good enough, really.
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