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106181, Last season was a mirage.
Posted by Frank Longo, Tue Jun-23-15 01:57 AM
The 45% from 3 is a huge cyse-- he started the season anomalously hot, and then regressed back to the mean. He shot 34% from 3 in the months of 2015. His 3PT shooting was what got him lottery hype for a hot second... then it, too, plummeted.

He looks the part, but he can't really dribble, he can't really shoot, and he can't really pass. So you'd be drafting him for defensive potential, but he didn't really have to defend anyone with remotely his size or strength last season, except for Winslow, who absolutely ate his lunch on both ends. So you're drafting a guy exclusively for his body and if you believe he can replicate the results of the first months of the year consistently over his career. I'm not betting on it. Smells like an 8th/9th guy off the bench. Still, good for him for coming out when he did and capitalizing on the height of his stock. Next year, if his perimeter shot went back under 40% (seems insanely likely), he may not have even been a first round pick.