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2808231, Slow, but an elite shooter and a son of a bitch. I'm in.
Posted by Frank Longo, Wed Jun-26-24 02:23 PM
The pitch is simple: he's a top 3 shooter in the draft and he's an absolute asshole on the court. You want a strong guy who'll talk shit and dive for balls and annoy the piss out of everyone? This is him. And a lot of teams need that guy. If he sticks, he's got a few obvious things that'd make him a bench asset.

I think he's too slow to be as effective defensively in the NBA as he more or less was at UConn, and he's also a little small positionally... but in the early second, I'd take him in a heartbeat, and if I'm a win now team that could use bench shooting, then why not? I'd even consider late first. Maybe he can't stick, but there are very very few players in this draft who can shoot who also actively fight on defense. (Imagine if Boston took him at 30, he'd be an immediate fan favorite, lol.)