Can this intriguing talent stick around long-term? Or will Joe Cronin opt to move on?
During a lottery-bound season loaded with depressing storylines for the 21-61 Portland Trail Blazers , one of the few exciting hoops narratives emerge from the Pacific Northwest was the emergence of young point guard Dalano Banton , who suddenly looks like a legitimate NBA player on his third team after being an afterthought on the Toronto Raptors and Boston Celtics previously in his career.
Across 30 contests with Portland , the 6'9" Nebraska product posted intriguing averages of 16.7 points on .408/.311/.780 shooting splits, 4.8 rebounds, 3.6 assists, 0.9 steals and 0.6 blocks per 29.2 minutes a night. Sure, they didn't win a lot of games, but that's more of a roster construction issue than a Banton problem., it's not clear just yet whether or not the Blazers will actually want to pick up their $2.
“You’ve got to be open to what the situation is,” Banton allowed. “You’ve got to know the situation and you’ve got to take full advantage of it. I knew what I had here and I was able to do that.” “I can’t express how thankful I am towards the whole organization, just accepting me with open arms from day one,” Banton remarked of his tenure with the Trail Blazers. “Coming in, putting me in a position to be aggressive. Making sure I had everything I needed. I feel like I never missed a beat when I came here. Obviously, trying to get into the flow of things takes some time. But just treating me as if I’d been here since the beginning of the year, I felt accepted.
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