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Archie Goodwin: 2014-15 Phoenix Suns Player Grades

By Scott Chasen

Apr 7, 2015; Atlanta, GA, USA; Phoenix Suns head coach Jeff Hornacek talks with guard Archie Goodwin (20) in the third quarter of their game against the Atlanta Hawks at Philips Arena. The Hawks won 96-69. Mandatory Credit: Jason Getz-USA TODAY Sports
Apr 7, 2015; Atlanta, GA, USA; Phoenix Suns head coach Jeff Hornacek talks with guard Archie Goodwin (20) in the third quarter of their game against the Atlanta Hawks at Philips Arena. The Hawks won 96-69. Mandatory Credit: Jason Getz-USA TODAY Sports /
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Nov 21, 2014; Philadelphia, PA, USA; Phoenix Suns guard Archie Goodwin (20) takes a shot during the fourth quarter of the game against the Philadelphia 76ers at the Wells Fargo Center. The Phoenix Suns won the game 122-96. Mandatory Credit: John Geliebter-USA TODAY Sports
Nov 21, 2014; Philadelphia, PA, USA; Phoenix Suns guard Archie Goodwin (20) takes a shot during the fourth quarter of the game against the Philadelphia 76ers at the Wells Fargo Center. The Phoenix Suns won the game 122-96. Mandatory Credit: John Geliebter-USA TODAY Sports /

Strengths

For the Suns, Goodwin provides a few different things, ranging from depth in the backcourt to a slashing ability unlike most players his age, although that’s not saying much considering most players his age are in college or struggling to find minutes.

Since the Goran Dragic and Isaiah Thomas trades, Goodwin managed to give the Suns strong minutes as the third backcourt member, and he was definitely effective on the offensive side of the ball, at least in certain areas.

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For example, on pull-up jumpers, Goodwin shot 50.0 percent from the field, despite his average jump shot attempt coming between 15-and-25 feet away from the hoop.

While it still wasn’t great offense, it was good enough for Goodwin, who also developed a bit as a passer as the season went on. Over the last three months of the season, Goodwin recorded more three, four and five assist games (seven) than he had in the first 11 months of his career (two).

Finally, Goodwin did a good job of avoiding selfish shots. More than 91.5 percent of his three-point makes came off of assists, including 100 percent of his corner threes. Overall, more than 82 percent of his jumpers came off of assists, showing that he wasn’t the type of guy to iso up and throw up a ton of bricks, which for a young guy, is certainly commendable.

After all, take a guy like Andrew Wiggins. While Wiggins is obviously a great player, less than 55 percent of his jump shots came off of assists this year. Considering how many times the offense would go through him, that statistic is quite telling, meaning that he is less of a cog in the offense, and more of the offense all by himself.

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