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105998, A smart role player.
Posted by Frank Longo, Sat Jun-20-15 12:35 AM
If you draft him looking for a 20 mpg guy who can score efficiently, play smart, and create positional mismatches when on the court, he's your guy. Absolutely.

If you draft him looking for an All-Star, or even a guy who is top two on your team in scoring... you probably made a mistake. He's already hit his upside, he's not terribly fast or strong (not sure if he could defend 4s *or* 5s consistently), and he's pretty slow offensively. For him to consistently do what he did in Wisconsin's system against NBA defenders? I just don't see it. He'd have to get a lot faster with his release, he'd have to pack on a good 20 pounds of muscle, and he'd have to develop a grip of really savvy go-to moves that he doesn't really have right now (that spin move that was so deadly against college defenders won't work regularly against NBA competition).

Not strong enough to be peak Brad Miller, but maybe he could be what older Brad Miller was: a smart role player, a pick-and-pop mismatch, and someone who knows his role and plays it very well. In the right system, with the right coach, he should work out.