Sounds awfully familiar...

[Katatonic]

Why is Tucker so valuable? He is the quintessential role player.

Tucker doesn’t get many touches with the ball — he is one of nine players since 1983-84 to finish the regular season with a usage rate of less than 10 percent, despite playing at least 30 minutes a night, and the first player to do so since the original no-stat all-star Shane Battier (2008-09). When he does get the ball he averages a league-low 0.7 seconds of possession time among players logging at least 30 minutes per game this season. Instead, his job is to hit open threes and be the team’s shutdown defender, two abilities helping guide Houston’s fortunes in this series.

Defensively, Tucker is the guy Coach Mike D’Antoni goes to when a star opponent needed defending. During the regular season Tucker’s most frequent assignments were Paul George, LeBron James, Luka Doncic, Kevin Durant, Paul Millsap, Kawhi Leonard and Giannis Antetokounmpo — five all-stars and this year’s likely rookie of the year.

“He’s the key that makes it all work,” D’Antoni told Alykhan Bijani of The Athletic back in April. “You can put him on a big and then he can switch to a guard and he’s fine. You can put him on a guard and then switch to a big and he’s fine. We can put him in any equation and, you know, with what he’s doing, the opposing team has not gained an advantage. With PJ, there is no advantage.”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/spor...te-warriors-pj-tucker/?utm_term=.1e9e4a76709a

 

[NU Houston]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/spor...te-warriors-pj-tucker/?utm_term=.1e9e4a76709a

Go Rockets! They're going to keep me up late tonight.

I must ask, however, why you posted this and how it's relevant to Northwestern basketball.

 

[EagerFan]

I’d guess it’s because he sounds like Sanjay.

 

[NU Houston]

I’d guess it’s because he sounds like Sanjay.

The Rockets' GM (Morey) is a NU alum, so no doubt the decision to sign P.J. Tucker was influenced by his seeing NU's success with Sanjay.