Dalen Terry

Dalen Terry's calling card was never scoring — it was the stuff that shows up on film before it shows up in a box score. At Arizona he made the Pac-12 All-Defensive First Team as a sophomore on a 33-win team, selling out on the ball and pushing pace as a connective playmaker. Chicago drafted him 18th in 2022 hoping that two-way profile would translate, and while his defensive feel and passing flashed, the jumper and the minutes never stabilized across four seasons. The 2026 trade deadline sent him on a whirlwind — dealt to New York, flipped to New Orleans the same day, then waived — before Philadelphia claimed him on a two-way and later handed him a standard deal. For a wing who thrives on effort and length, a role-player market makes sense; the question that has trailed him since college is whether the shot ever makes defenses respect it.