In his first year with the Houston Rockets, P.J. Tucker finished the 2017-2018 campaign averaging a split of 6.1 PPG/5.6 RPG/39.0 FG%. He also shot 37.1% from behind the arc. His low FG% was due to his shot distribution being highly concentrated from the 3 pt line. 70.3% of his shots were 3 pt FG attempts!
Despite the low FG%, P.J. Tucker was a breath of fresh air for this team when D’Antoni realized mid-season last year that Tucker was the team’s better option at PF going forward vs. Ryan Anderson. Tucker is by far the team’s most versatile defender and displayed this early on his career with other teams he played for by defending the opposing team’s best player.