“I want him to turn the corner on a couple of these plays and not shy away from contact and play through the contact. “I want him to be aggressive without forcing the issue,” Garnett said. Through the Hornets’ initial four summer league games, McGowens hoisted a combined 47 attempts, taking no fewer than 11 shots in any of his appearances.Īsserting himself more is among the next steps in the 29-year-old’s development. Stats aren’t always a great indicator during summer league, but McGowens is definitely using the action to sharpen his offensive repertoire. So, I feel like I’ve been doing a great job this summer working on my craft and working on my body.” Work on my body, work on my game, just watching a lot of film, trying to correct things - the little things - to be able to give me an opportunity to get on the floor and play at the highest level. “Second offseason, I feel like it’s been going really good,” McGowens said. It’s a springboard for McGowens’ continued growth.

The largest scoring outputs of his young career came in the last three games and he ended the season sinking at least one 3-pointer in eight straight games, representing the longest streak of his career, and also had multiple assists in seven consecutive games - another career best. He finished extremely strong, posting a career-high 22 points in the finale in Cleveland in April. Highlighted by his original two-way contract getting converted into a four-year, $7.5 million standard NBA deal deal in March, McGowens’ rookie season was solid. He’s laying the foundation to be another one of the team’s solid second-round finds, which has become the norm these past five years. McGowens is among the Hornets’ most coachable players, a title he’s held since he arrived in Charlotte more than a year ago after his rights were acquired from Minnesota in a draft-day trade. “And then you see them a few years down the line, and they are excelling, and they are having some prosperity, and it’s just fun to have a feeling to be like, ’I had a fingerprint in his development or his growth.’” Charlotte Hornets guard Bryce McGowens (7) dunks against the San Antonio Spurs during the fourth quarter at Golden 1 Center on July 3, 2023.

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