Phoenix Suns Should Bring Back Mirza Teletovic
Teletovic’s 2015-16 Season
A 6’9″ power forward in his third NBA season, Teletovic is a 30-year-old Bosnian stretch-4 who plays with the ultimate green light. It’s almost ironic that there’s a large contingent of Suns fans who still miss Gerald Green, since Teletovic is basically the same thing (minus the dunks).
“Mirza’s just Mirza, we love him,” Watson said. “He’s gonna come and he might take some crazy shots. You can’t really get mad at him because he hits the crazy shots, but we have to control that. But we love who he is, we love what he does.”
On the season, Teletovic is averaging 11.4 points and 2.2 made three-pointers per game, shooting 41.9 percent from the floor and 39.3 percent from three-point range — ALL of which are career highs. Considering he was fighting for his life just a year ago due to blood clots in his lungs, Teletovic’s comeback season has been remarkable.
Mirza Teletovic breaks the Suns franchise single-season record for 3s off the bench with 153. The old mark was 150 by Danny Ainge in '92-93
— Robert Baum (@Thebaumerphx) March 24, 2016
In his third season, Teletovic has drastically boosted his value from the one-year, $5.5 million contract he received from the Suns last summer. He’s six three-pointers away from setting an NBA record for most made threes off the bench in a single season, he’s shooting nearly 40 percent from long range and he’s proven he was able to come back strong after last year’s health scare.
He hasn’t exactly been on Devin Booker‘s level as a beacon of hope in a lost season, but he has supplied a depressed fan base with plenty of enjoyable moments, even if most of them stem from the sheer amusement of watching him let it fly any time he touches the ball with an inch of space.
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