The 2018 NBA Manifesto
Yogi Ferrell
PG - 6’0, 180lbs - 25 years old - 2 years of experience
After landing with a bang at the tail end of last season, Ferrell came back this year and did it again. The recipient of 2,282 minutes on the season, a hefty amount for an undrafted sophomore, Ferrell showed that he really can score at the NBA level even as defences learn to adjust to him, and last season’s audition was not a mere flash in the pan.
This is not to say that Ferrell is a stand-out player, or that he should be a 2000+ minute guy. That was more circumstantial than anything. Yet with a heavy diet of catch-and-shoot threes, very efficient pull-up twos and the occasional foray to the rim, Ferrell demonstrated a skilled and disciplined offensive game, which is exactly what a man of his short stature needs to do.
Defensively, it will never be ideal with such a small stature, and while Ferrell is neither selfish nor a ball stopper, he always been a score-first player through his career and does not flash the best passing instincts. He wants to score and he wants to shoot. And that is OK. There is a role for him and players like him when they shoot this well, despite the limitations therein.
The Mavericks have had, and look as though they will continue to have, an excess of small guards. But be it here or somewhere else, Ferrell has shown he is a capable NBA guard, and should land work as a reserve somewhere.
Player Plan: Expiring minimum salary contract. Smith is the prospect with the upside, and the Mavericks needs to start finding youth with size on the wing to put next to him. If they do that, then, with J.J. Barea assumed to still be around, Ferrell would be looking at a minimum salary third string role here. But that would suit both parties, surely.
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PG - 6’0, 180lbs - 25 years old - 2 years of experience
After landing with a bang at the tail end of last season, Ferrell came back this year and did it again. The recipient of 2,282 minutes on the season, a hefty amount for an undrafted sophomore, Ferrell showed that he really can score at the NBA level even as defences learn to adjust to him, and last season’s audition was not a mere flash in the pan.
This is not to say that Ferrell is a stand-out player, or that he should be a 2000+ minute guy. That was more circumstantial than anything. Yet with a heavy diet of catch-and-shoot threes, very efficient pull-up twos and the occasional foray to the rim, Ferrell demonstrated a skilled and disciplined offensive game, which is exactly what a man of his short stature needs to do.
Defensively, it will never be ideal with such a small stature, and while Ferrell is neither selfish nor a ball stopper, he always been a score-first player through his career and does not flash the best passing instincts. He wants to score and he wants to shoot. And that is OK. There is a role for him and players like him when they shoot this well, despite the limitations therein.
The Mavericks have had, and look as though they will continue to have, an excess of small guards. But be it here or somewhere else, Ferrell has shown he is a capable NBA guard, and should land work as a reserve somewhere.
Player Plan: Expiring minimum salary contract. Smith is the prospect with the upside, and the Mavericks needs to start finding youth with size on the wing to put next to him. If they do that, then, with J.J. Barea assumed to still be around, Ferrell would be looking at a minimum salary third string role here. But that would suit both parties, surely.
