Will Barton was born on January 6, 1991, in his hometown of Baltimore, Maryland, USA. He is an American professional basketball player and a shooting guard.
During his college career at the University of Memphis, he averaged 15.2 points, 6.5 rebounds and 2.9 assists in 32.9 minutes per game.
In the 2012 NBA Draft, he was selected by the Portland Trail Blazers with the 40th overall pick in the first round. In the first stop of his NBA career (2013-14 season), he scored a season-high 20 points and a career-high 11 rebounds. After a mediocre record in the Trail Blazers, he was traded to the Nuggets. In the starting lineup of the Nuggets, no one is better than Button. On the defensive end, Button is also very trustworthy. He averaged 3.4 three-point shots per game, allowing opponents to hit The rate dropped by a full 3 percentage points. In addition to offense and defense, Button’s assists 3.7 (3rd) and rebounds 6.3 (2nd) also ranked in the forefront of the team.
Barton has good athletic ability and a rich arsenal, but is just too thin. With a height of 1.96 meters and a weight of only 79 kilograms, he seems to have no confrontation at all. This is what NBA scouts are most worried about. Despite all these years, Barton still hasn’t hung a lot of meat on his body. Luckily, he’s smart enough to know how to use tempo changes to compensate for lack of strength. As well as his active and hard-working defensive attitude, Button has always had a place in the muscular NBA.