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Topic subjectBully ball wing. If the shot's consistent, there's upside.
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2808223, Bully ball wing. If the shot's consistent, there's upside.
Posted by Frank Longo, Wed Jun-26-24 02:04 PM
He's got the size, the athleticism, the strength, and he's aggressive downhill and in transition. He's also shown he can be a plus NBA defender.

That said, he won't always have the ball in his hands in the NBA-- and he's just not a great catch-and-shoot guy right now. It's hard for players like him to succeed unless they're a consistent shooting threat-- look at some of the games where he's played against NBA centers, the UConn game with Clingan, the Duke game with Mark Williams. He just couldn't get it going because he'd run into a wall. That'll happen more in the NBA without some pull-up stuff, the threat of the catch-and-shoot 3, etc.

Still, in this draft, I'd get falling in love with the upside. He's just an older player and might be Just A Guy at this stage. Late first/early second feels right.