Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/heatchecknba/ Down by 2, the Charlotte Hornets will turn to one of the deadliest 3 point shooters this season that almost no one knows about. Devonte Graham. The play is for him to get a head of steam, fakes right on the handoff, the defender reacts, he cuts left, has an open look for 3 and knocks down the dagger. This was the 9th 3 pointer for Graham in this game, showing everyone that you need to know his name. And I’m gonna introduce him to you. What up everybody, my name is Stefan and this is Heat Check, let’s get into it. Devonte Graham is third in the NBA at the moment in 3 point makes. That sure is a staggering fact considering that this is a guy who we didn’t know about till now. He sure came out of nowhere if you take a look at the enormous jump that he’s made since his rookie year. Last season he played only 46 games for the Hornets and had 4.7 points per game. He spent the other half playing in the G-League. But this year he is the leader in both points and assists for the Hornets while coming off the bench. That’s crazy! So the coach was kinda forced to put him in the starting lineup with numbers like these. And speaking of the coach, James Borego has given Graham the ultimate neon green light for him to shoot whenever he wants. That’s why you can see heat checks like these from waaay downtown. What’s really interesting is the fact that Devonte’s range allows the team to not have to run a ton of stuff for him. The primary way of getting him a look is this high pick and roll that he loves, and every time that the defender goes under, he let’s it fly. Look where he launches from here. This is something that guys like Steph Curry or Damian Lillard are usually doing. But the fact that he isn’t really on the scouting report for teams yet, allows for Devonte to have so much space on the screen and a lot of time for him to gather and go up on the shot. If you give a good shooter this much time and space, he’ll definitely knock it down most of the time. And for now, he exclusively operates in this middle area right here as you can see. With only 1 for 2 and 1 for 3 from the corners. With his 41 and a half percent from 3, Graham has been one of the main reasons that the Hornets are staying afloat in the East. I mean 6-7 for the 7th place in the East is nothing to be proud of, but almost everyone, including yours truly-expected them to be dead last, so this is very positive. It remains to be seen how well can he keep shooting once he gets at the top on opposing scouting reports, and how the Hornets find creative ways to get him open so that he can keep his hot shooting. And we just saw one in this game against the Knicks, which secured the win for Charlotte. The NBA might have it’s new baby faced assassin. Everyone, make sure you keep an eye on Devonte Graham. That’s it for now, follow me on instagram for more stats and scribbles, and if you liked this video subscribe and hit the notification bell so that you don’t miss my future in depth analysis. Talk to you in the next one. Peace out.