The Sixth Man Revolution: Meet the Two Bench Players Redefining NBA Stardom Overnight
According to our in-house, all-in-one metric DRIP (which projects a player’s contribution to a team’s plus/minus per 100 possessions), their best offensive player this year has, of course, been All-NBA hopeful Cade Cunningham.
But right after him on that list is Malik Beasley with an offensive DRIP (O-DRIP) of 0.1 (79th percentile). On the season, Beasley is averaging 16.2 points (third on the team) on 42.1% shooting from downtown (first). However, those numbers alone undersell the immense value Beasley is providing.
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