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Denver Nuggets Summer League standout Brandon Goodwin reminds us he’s still waiting for his next NBA opportunity

By Michael Walton

LAS VEGAS, NV - JULY 10: Brandon Goodwin #0 of the Denver Nuggets handles the ball against China on July 10, 2019 at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas, Nevada. 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 2019 NBAE (Photo by Garrett Ellwood/NBAE via Getty Images)
LAS VEGAS, NV - JULY 10: Brandon Goodwin #0 of the Denver Nuggets handles the ball against China on July 10, 2019 at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas, Nevada. 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 2019 NBAE (Photo by Garrett Ellwood/NBAE via Getty Images) /
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LAS VEGAS, NV – JULY 13: Brandon Goodwin #0 of the Denver Nuggets (Photo by David Dow/NBAE via Getty Images) /

Goodwin can be a solid secondary playmaker at the NBA level

You can look at Brandon Goodwin’s numbers at any level of basketball and see that he is clearly a capable passer. Over the 2019-20 NBA Las Vegas Summer League, he showcased that not only has he improved his ability to hit the open man, but he has also learned not to force passes he simply can’t make at his size.

Goodwin had a larger sample size over the 2018-19 Summer League in which he played 10 games in Vegas and Salt Lake City. But he did play more minutes per game (27.4) this Summer League and made quite a few nice passes.

Over four games Goodwin showed that he can be a legit setup man despite being a score-first guard. He maintained a high usage rate of over 28 percent but finished with an awesome assist rate of 35.4 percent.

Turnovers were still a concern (16 percent TOV rate) but with Goodwin being the primary driver of offense it somewhat understandable. Goodwin would obviously need to be more careful with the ball the NBA level. But any plays run involving Goodwin in the NBA will be looking to get him a shot, the difference is, Goodwin now has the wherewithal to leverage his solid speed and shooting acumen to get teammates open.

The speed Goodwin possesses‒especially in the open court‒is his greatest asset in terms of playmaking and would come in handy with the Denver Nuggets second unit, which figures to feature extremely athletic players such as Jarred Vanderbilt, Michael Porter Jr., and Jerami Grant.

By the end of 2019-20 NBA Summer League, Goodwin had racked up 22 assists and 12 turnovers, by no means the worst assist-to-turnover ratio in the world (1.83 assist to turnover ratio).

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