Taurean Prince looked like a steal for the Brooklyn Nets during the preseason. He was electric, especially from three.
The wing has had his moments in the regular season. He went off against the Rockets, going 6-for-10 from three on November 1. Prince followed the performance against Houston up with a 5-for-8 night against the Detroit Pistons.
But, it seems, when it rains, it pours with Prince — and vice versa. Outside of those two games, in which Prince shot 61.1% from 3-point range, the wing is shooting 32.8% from deep.
What makes this more of an issue is how many threes Prince takes. The Nets average 36.5 3-pointers per game. Prince is taking 6.5 of those himself, trailing only Kyrie Irving for the team lead.
Furthermore, he’s one of the players Brooklyn is relying on to score with Irving and Caris LeVert sidelined. Even when Irving returns, Prince is expected to be an important part of the offense.
Now, this doesn’t mean he needs to stop shooting 3-pointers. But Prince has to make an adjustment on some level. Players go through cold stretches, but he’s underperformed more often than not throughout Brooklyn’s 13 games. At some point, Prince needs to reassess things.