Shields started the first three games for New Orleans in Vegas, playing almost 27 minutes per game. He very much looked the part in that setting, totaling 30 points on 10-of-16 from the field (3-of-5 from deep) and 7-of-9 from the free-throw line with 15 boards, 10 assists and four steals. In his 80 minutes of action, he was plus-11. New Orleans went 2-1 in those games, knocking off Toronto 90-77 and Miami 110-84 before losing to Detroit 105-97.
Shields was efficient offensively, knocking down open jumpers when the ball found him on the perimeter, getting to the rim and drawing some contact and covering some tough buckets inside. He did a little of everything as well, contributing in multiple ways.
Small sample size warning here, but if you stretch his numbers out to per-36 averages, Shields put up 13.5 points, 6.8 rebounds, 4.5 assists and 1.8 steals, which are solid numbers for a complementary starting wing. His biggest issue was turnovers as he coughed up the ball eight times in 80 minutes.
On July 8, Shields signed a deal with EuroLeague club Baskonia, and he sat out the rest of the games in Vegas (losses to Miami and New York).
