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Should the Detroit Pistons exercise their team-option on GR3?

By Ku Khahil

DETROIT, MI - DECEMBER 3: Glenn Robinson III #22 of the Detroit Pistons handles the ball against the Oklahoma City Thunder on December 3, 2018 at Little Caesars Arena in Detroit, Michigan. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and/or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 2018 NBAE (Photo by Chris Schwegler/NBAE via Getty Images)
DETROIT, MI - DECEMBER 3: Glenn Robinson III #22 of the Detroit Pistons handles the ball against the Oklahoma City Thunder on December 3, 2018 at Little Caesars Arena in Detroit, Michigan. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and/or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 2018 NBAE (Photo by Chris Schwegler/NBAE via Getty Images) /
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Glenn Robinson III had a rather disappointing season with the Detroit Pistons. With a team option on his second season, should Detroit give him another shot?

The Detroit Pistons signed Glenn Robinson III to a two-year contract last season worth 8.3 million with a team option on the second year.

It was basically a prove-it season for GR3. If he played well for the Pistons in his first season then Detroit would have a good, cheap rotational piece on their roster. These are the type of players the Pistons need to hit on during the Blake Griffin era, due to Griffin and Andre Drummond large contracts.

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Robinson III gave Pistons fans hope coming into the season. The former Michigan Wolverine already had fans behind him due to his Michigan roots, and many wanted him to start over Stanley Johnson heading into the season.

This didn’t happen to enter this past season, but GR3 got his chance in the starting lineup. Dwane Casey moved Robinson III into the starting lineup on November 5th against the Miami Heat. He would go on to start the next 16 games for the Pistons but didn’t take advantage of the opportunity.

Robinson III averaged 5.5 points per game on 37 percent shooting from the field and 32 percent shooting from three. The main reason Robinson was signed to Detroit was due to the belief he could hit an open corner three.

Robinson III’s previous three seasons he shot respectively 62, 44, and 40 percent from the corner three spots.

This season, however, Robinson III shot nowhere near his previous season percentages. Robinson shot an awful 25 percent from the corners. Just to give some context, Stanley Johnson shot 34 percent from the corners through his first three seasons with Detroit.

Welp.

On the season, Robinson III shot  29 percent from three on 1.3 attempts per game. One of the biggest issues with Robinson III is that everything with his shooting is based off such small samples.

The belief he could be a good corner shooter for Detroit before the season was built off of only 196 three-point attempts over three seasons. The Pistons took a bet that the tiny sample size wasn’t a fluke.

The Pistons learned through another small sample size in his time with Detroit (62 attempts from three) that it may have been just a fluke.

Robinson III gave the Pistons no reason to exercise his team option for this next season, and it’s going to be a tough future for GR3 moving forward. His whole career is built of small sample sizes, and his most recent small sample size was quite horrific.

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If Glenn Robinson III is playing in the NBA next season, it won’t be for the Detroit Pistons.

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