He had not missed a single game last season. 82 games for 82 starts. This year, Saddiq Bey is on another diet with the Pistons. For five games and after his return from an ankle injury, which ended his streak of 152 games played in a row, the winger comes off the bench of Dwane Casey.
” Saddiq did nothing wrong. We hope that the fact that he is with the second five will be a plus for us, like with Killian (Hayes) Last year. It’s a question of adjustment. We have too many similar profiles in the first five », justified the coach earlier in the month, no doubt referring to Bojan Bogdanovic, the team’s leading scorer. This one is now aligned with Marvin Bagley and Isaiah Stewart.
” Saddiq will be a big help for that second five, once they get used to playing with each other, once everyone gets the hang of him being there. It’s not a demotion, I told him it was a promotion. It’s hard to understand for a young player going from starter to substitute, but he can thrive in this role “, continued the coach, who continues despite everything to consider him as a holder.
His young 23-year-old winger is having a complicated start to the season in terms of address. In November, his success percentage dropped to 37%, including 23% from afar, for 14 points scored on average.
Return address
What about his success since he was 6th man? After two very average first outings (8.5 points at 33%), he has been doing much better for three games: 21 points at 46.5% on shots, including 37% from afar, 4 rebounds and 4 assists.
His new status he sees it as ” an opportunity to try and help the team win as much as possible. Whatever role the team asks me to play, I’m ready to do it. I’m the one doing the work. This is the role that (Dwane Casey) needs me to play to help us win, I will try to contribute as much as I can and play hard. »
A classic speech, completed by his desire to chain victories.
“ I’ve always heard this phrase: ‘Winning solves everything’. When you lose, everyone tries to figure out what happened. But when you win, everything makes sense. Ultimately, that’s what we’re trying to do. We try to win, and I like to win. “To see in the long term how much the adjustment will have an impact on the Pistons (7v-20d), who still have only one victory more than the dunces in the East, the Magic (6v-20d).
| Saddiq Bey | Percentage | Bounces | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Crew | GM | Minimum | Shots | 3 points | LF | Off | Def | Early | pd | party | Int | bp | CT | Points |
| 2020-21 | TED | 70 | 27 | 40.4 | 38.0 | 84.4 | 0.6 | 3.9 | 4.5 | 1.4 | 1.6 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 12.2 |
| 2021-22 | TED | 82 | 33 | 39.6 | 34.6 | 82.7 | 1.3 | 4.1 | 5.4 | 2.8 | 1.6 | 0.9 | 1.2 | 0.2 | 16.1 |
| 2022-23 | TED | 23 | 30 | 41.2 | 28.8 | 89.0 | 1.0 | 3.5 | 4.6 | 1.7 | 1.8 | 0.9 | 1.2 | 0.2 | 15.0 |
| Total | 175 | 30 | 40.1 | 35.3 | 84.4 | 1.0 | 3.9 | 4.9 | 2.1 | 1.6 | 0.8 | 1.1 | 0.2 | 14.4 | |
