2014 Draft, Undrafted.
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2014 DRAFT:
1) Joel Embiid
--Scoring minded center who is a top notch finisher off set ups, with decent offensive rebounding. Just OK ability to draw fouls given frequency of at-rim attempts. Good passer for size, but for a set-up type, has to watch for turnovers.
--Absolutely zero range, corroborated by poor free throw numbers.
--Excellent build for a NBA center. Defensive behemoth, with an elite rating that would have ranked second last year in the NCAA on defense. Elite defensive rebounder. Elite defensive playmaker, not just with a ton of blocks but also some ability to get steals. Only problem here is has a super high foul rate which is why he does play beyond 18 minutes per game. Overall elite defensive attributes coupled with top notch at-rim finishing game reminds of Greg Oden.
2) Jusuf Nurkic
--Center with an excellent scoring rate, but does not pass the ball.
--Good two point percentages, and currently beasting on the offensive glass, although carries a fairly average offensive rebounding aggregate. OK foul shooter as far as bigs are concerned, and has an excellent foul drawing framework.
--Good frame for an NBA center. Good rebounder with decent enough defensive rebound rates. Absolute defensive hack who will struggle to last even half of an NBA game with sky high foul rates, but is a very active defensive playmaker, with very good stealing numbers for frame but also good shotblocking rates as well. A center with a legitimate scoring mentality, aggressive offensive rebounding rates, some touch and an active defensive disposition, and ultimately only his hack mentality is really holding him back.
3) Marcus Smart
--Dynamic shooting guard who possesses the top-notch usage rate, ability to utilize the entire floor, and isolation skills (only 35.75% of his shots are assisted) of a lead guard in the NBA.
--Decent finisher, but real advantage lies in his excellent foul-drawing ability. Takes too many mid-range and three point jumpers off the dribble for his percentages (35% 2's, 29% 3's), but good free throw percentage gives hope. His slashing ability is the better option in the NBA. Has passing ability for a SG, but has to beware of turnovers.
--Defensive monster. Insane stealer but also an excellent shotblocker for his size. Top notch rebounder. Decent frame. Two-way star potential. Has the potential to be a Dwyane Wade type in the NBA.
4) Jabari Parker
--Scoring machine of a power forward. Commands a super high usage rate and aggressively puts himself in spot-up scoring positions, mostly from the perimeter. Puts the blinders on and does not pass the ball with spot-up style.
--Bread and butter is top notch mid-range shooting (53.7%). Also really cashes in on spot-up threes (46.2%), but some sample size concerns and free throw shooting is just OK, but shooting should still be very good in the aggregate, given overall usage. Just an OK finisher at best for size off a mix of set ups and improvisation, but doesn't offensive rebound or draw fouls well given frequency of attempts.
--Just an OK frame as far as a NBA power forward is concerned, and might be a little undersized. Slightly subpar defender. Decent defensive rebounder. Good defensive playmaker off a combination of steals and blocks. Spot-up mid-range scoring machine with some extra range is his billing, and has some defensive attributes, but nothing all that special there. His upside might be limited by his inability to play at the rim well, create or pass, and the overall defense is somewhat in question. A bit like Derrick Williams or Michael Beasley, possibly with better shooting, at this stage.
5) Jordan Adams
--Possible mutual exclusion candidate with his ability to take threes and draw fouls, effectively using the entire floor.
--Very compact, mature scorer. Spot-up shooting guard, does an excellent job of scoring without the ball in his hands. Good finisher and foul drawer at the rim off passes, and appears far better at finishing when set up. Excellent mid-range shooter (45%, 38%) further confirmed by free throw shooting (82%, 84%). However, of note is that his at-rim finishing and mid-range shooting have really regressed this season. Improving spot up three point shooter, but might be fairly average in this aggregate, although mid-range and free throw shooting give hope. Not much of a passer, but does an excellent job of limiting turnovers, not surprising given his style of play.
--Decent defender. Makes a ton of defensive plays with steals. Good frame for a NBA SG. Fair rebounder who has improved significantly here from freshman year. Might be a good tertiary scorer over time in the NBA, but lacks the passing and the ability to create offense for himself to take it up another level, but brings defensive attributes including stealing to the table, so somewhat underrated.
6) Dante Exum
--Shooting guard who showcased excellent scoring chops at both the U-17 and U-19 World Championships. Good ballhandler even for shooting guard standards, but completely overrated as a point guard--just an average passer, at best, even for those standards.
--Excellent ability to draw fouls with very good two-point percentages for a shooting guard (54.3%). An absolute non-shooter though, but that does not stop him from taking threes, which he hits as an abysmal rate (25%), corroborated by very poor foul shooting (63.4%).
--Excellent build, even for a NBA SG, even if slight of frame. Very good rebounder for size. Just a decent defensive playmaker, but not much of a shotblocker. Controls fouls quite well. Overall, an good ballhandling scorer with a major ability to draw fouls, a good build and good rebounding ability, but does not have a point guard mentality at all and really struggles to shoot from anywhere.
7) Noah Vonleh
--Undersized center who is an absolutely scoring machine off isolation and improvisation (only 43.8% of his shots are assisted). Plays primarily at the rim and is an awful finisher for his size, but excellent offensive rebounder for size and is has a stratospheric foul drawing rate. Turnover prone. Doesn't pass. A bundle of activity at the rim with great athletic traits magnified by usage, but unrefined with awful finishing and turnovers.
--Rarely takes jumpers or displays any sort of range, but there is hope given a large sample size of OK free throw percentages, and is shooting 50% on mid-range J's on minimal attempts.
--Just an awful body frame that is two positions down from what is height would suggest. Simply not a forward between the lack of handles and range. Still, an absolute defensive machismo which would have ranked first last year at his current rate. Elite defensive rebounder even with lack of size that would compete with the top of the top of NCAA players. Good defensive playmaker, but better stealer than he is shotblocker. Could stand to control fouls. Overall, an undersized center who is unrefined offensively inside and lacks range currently outside but an incredible hustle player and draws a ton of fouls, and defends extremely hard and clears the defensive boards.
8) Nikola Jokic
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9) Andrew Wiggins
--Scoring-minded small forward who takes half of his shots as preferred set-up shots at the rim. Just a decent finisher and just a decent ability to draw fouls given attempts. Good ballhandler given creation levels, but not a passer.
--Good pull-up jumper. Just an average spot-up three point shooter at this stage, and poor free throw percentages and fewer attempts might mean his long range shot is just OK at best.
--Very good build for a NBA small forward. Good defender. Good rebounder. Decent defensive playmaker. Never fouls. Overall, Wiggins has no severe limitations, although the lack of passing and possible range efficacy are definite upside concerns, but he could be a jack of all trades, master of none type, as his defense looks the strongest above anything.
10) Damien Inglis
--Small forward with poor scoring ability, and an absolute turnover waiting to happen. Has very good passing ability by position, though, but will force passes. Doesn't contest for offensive boards.
--Lacks a robust offensive style, but extremely efficient, shooting two-pointers very well by position, and also having some level of shooting ability (40% from three in a fair number of attempts, plus 73.1% foul shooting).
--Good build for a NBA SF. Top notch rebounder for size and by position, with excellent ability to clear the defensive boards. Just an OK defensive playmaker. In due time, can be a point forward of sorts with an ability to rebound and score from both inside and out, so there is potential, and his issues are correctable.
11) Kyle Anderson
--Best asset offensively is his excellent passing for his position, and really passes the rock like a point guard even under a decent usage rate. Just an OK scorer at best.
--Poor finisher especially for size, and better off set-ups on this end. Reduced at-rim attempts this season but improved foul drawing. Significantly improved mid-range pull up from last year, but it might be just decent in the aggregate so far, corroborated by decent free throw percentage gives hope. Far improved three point shooting, but limited sample, although there is some hope of improving it given average mid-range aggregate.
--Top notch defender. Piles up many steals and blocks. Insane rebounder at the small forward position, especially at the defensive glass. Very good frame for position. Improving offense, even with finishing and long range concerns, might project him to be like an Evan Turner type, relying on defense and PG skills above other qualities.
12) Tyler Ennis
--Low usage caretaker PG. Exquisite court vision and excellent ballhandling ability who really, really limits turnovers despite a heavily isolation-based game.
--Decent scorer. Prefers to get to the basket off the dribble and draws fouls somewhat, but awful finisher. Awful pull-up jumper. Good three point shooter, even off the dribble, and might be a decent shooter given decent free throw percentages, but only that. Really should just be a three point shooter at this stage.
--Very good defender. Very good build for a NBA PG. Elite defensive playmaker who bags an absolute ton of steals. Decent rebounder for size. Never fouls. A surprisingly refined freshman prospect, with very good potential on defense but also a ton of discipline with passing and ballhandling on offense, although on offense might have to rely more on a decent three point shot, given that he lacks dynamics to run the offense for a long period and a reliable game inside the three point line. A bit of a Steve Blake/Mike Conley cross potentially on offense and defense.
13) Clint Capela
--Decent scoring power forward who has ramped up aggressiveness this year. Not much of a passer, but not turnover prone.
--Top notch offensive rebounder. Good two point percentages, but very questionable offensive framework, not drawing fouls well but also showing extremely poor foul shooting. Strictly a catch and finish player on offense, likely.
--Good frame for an NBA PF, but really needs to put on weight. Very good shotblocker with side ability to rack up steals for size. Top notch rebounder, with good defensive rebounder. Surprisingly fairly decent at limiting fouls, given defensive playmaking. Has all the rebounding, frame, defensive playmaking, and foul limiting ingredients to make a mark defensively, but offensively likely limited to just finishing at the rim.
14) Gary Harris
--Shooting guard with a good spot-up scoring game. Limits turnovers given style of game, and has improved his passing to OK levels.
--Poor finisher at the rim off preferred passes, but on top of that doesn't draw fouls given at-rim frequency. Has made a switch to more threes compared to last year, but shooting on that front has regressed. Still overall, a robust shooter (38.9% 2's, 37.7% 3's, 78.7% FTs) but these numbers suggest more good than great. Easily more of a scorer than a shooter.
--Good build for a NBA SG. Fairly good defender with good ability to get steals just decent defensive playmaking ability. Awful rebounding ability. Might be relegated to being a jumpshooting scorer in the NBA with defensive chops, but the inability to rebound, pass that well or finish at the rim hinders his potential significantly.
15) Javon McCrea
--Extremely undersized, scoring-minded PF with a very high usage and an isolation-preferred scoring mentality. Despite a PF-handling base, not selfish.
--Plays primarily an at-rim game. Awful use of the offensive floor because while he's a decent finisher off improvisation with very good offensive rebounding, really struggles to draw fouls given frequency of at-rim shots. Might possibly be a better mid-range jumpshooter off the dribble, but overall subpar shot even though he's featuring it more in his game, corroborated by very poor free throw shooting.
--Very good defender. Excellent defensive playmaker who gets a very good combination of both steals and blocks. Elite rebounder for size, but rather ordinary on the defensive boards. Very poor frame for a NBA, given tweener status. Needs to put his defense to the forefront, because he might lack range for the NBA and do most of his offensive work through o-boards--very reminiscent of Chuck Hayes.
16) KJ McDaniels
--Decent scoring forward who has a decidedly isolation style of game (only 47.8% of his shots are assisted, and 37.78% the year prior) and very good ballhandling ability, but puts the blinders on and won't pass the ball.
--Very good finisher with a knack for offensive rebounding and tipping in shots very accurately, but not the best at drawing fouls given frequency of at-rim attempts. Absolutely horrid pull-up mid-range game (19%, 20%) but questionable three point accuracy (30, 34%), and both jumper forms are corroborated by subpar free throw shooting. Subpar use of the offensive floor.
--Good defender. Insane defensive playmaker with a very high rate for shotblocking for size, but also a few steals. OK rebounder at best for size. A tweener between both forward positions, and his overall ball skills suggest that he operates best as a face-up power forward, in which case he has an awful frame for his size. Even as a face-up PF, he might lack the jumpshooting ability to fulfill that role. A major athlete however who can finish and defend, and hustles in terms of defensive playmaking and offensive rebounding, which can get him a major role as a Alonzo Gee type, but might find it better to shrink his game to his strengths and be more fulfilling as a Jerome Williams type.
17) Jarnell Stokes
--Decent scoring power forward who loves to score off his own devices, with insane offensive rebounding rates, but is turnover prone in doing so. Just a decent finisher for his size. Subpar use of the entire offensive floor but does draw fouls.
--Might lack range (26, 34% mid-range J's) but takes about a third of his shots as off-the-dribble jumpers, which is further corroborated by very poor free throw shooting. Center-like handles.
--Excellent defender. Excellent rebounder. Very good defensive playmaker who accrues a combination of steals and blocks. Might be a tweener, with a subpar frame if he is a NBA center. Appears to be very athletic in doing glue-guy type attributes without the ball in his hands, but might lack a consistent means of scoring, although he can rely on his work on the defensive end.
18) Julius Randle
--Very high usage scoring machine of a power forward with incredible isolation ability (only 32.18% of shots assisted). Preferred perch is at-rim where he is a very good finisher mostly off improvisation and elite offensive rebounding. Moreover, absolutely insane knack for drawing fouls given usage. An absolute force to be reckoned with in the paint. Very turnover prone, and that is the best way to stop him around the basket.
--Also takes over a third of his shots from mid-range but subpar (33.3%), although could round out to be OK given decent free throw percentages (73.3%).
--Elite, top notch defender. Absolute rebounding machine extends to elite defensive rebounding ability. Good frame for a NBA PF. Leverages fouls extremely well. Only quibble is absolutely pathetic defensive playmaking ability, and nonexistent shotblocker. Has three elite attributes--all-around at-rim game, rebounding, and defense--which may make him a very souped up, athletic version of Zach Randolph, but might lack super upside given severe lack of defensive playmaking. His other weaknesses--mid-range game and turnovers are attributes that can improve with time.
19) Kristaps Porzingis
--Decent scoring center, but virtually never passes the ball. Poor offensive framework.
--Poor 2-point shooter for a big (50%) who doesn't draw fouls, but decent offensive rebounder. Takes a few three pointers with OK percentages for size, but awful foul shooter might make it unsustainable.
--Good build for a NBA center, but really needs to add weight. Top notch defensive playmaker with an elite ability to accrue steals by position, but also a good shotblocker. Needs to control fouls, wouldn't last half of an NBA game. Awful rebounder with an absolutely pathetic defensive rebound rate. Lack of weight, rebounding and major foul proneness undercut deflection potential, and all aspects of his offense are weak. Only a deflecting big, but young enough to improve from here.
20) Elfrid Payton
--Dynamic shooting guard who possesses an insane rate of isolation ability (only 12.34% of his shots are assisted) and an above average usage rate. Interesting NBA potential.
--Middling scorer with a decent ability to use the entire floor. Lethal weapon driving to the rim, as in addition to being an insane foul drawer, has become an excellent finisher for his size. Unfortunately, range only extends to the paint. Nonexistent pull-up jumper (21%, 30%) but that doesn't stop him from taking it, and lacks range. Awful free throw shooter. Has passing ability at the SG spot, but is a turnover machine.
--Very good defender. Very good defensive playmaker. Good rebounder. Just an OK body for his position. Extremely underweight. Overall, has very unique two-way strengths with the ability to drive to the rim and finish or draw fouls, with shades of passing ability, on top of the defense. At the very least the defense should hold up, but the offense might be severely affected by the completely nonexistent jumper.
21) James Young
--Incredibly inclined spot-up three point shooting SF, but might need to re-think this idea given early returns (30.8% 3's, corroborated by 66.7% from free throws). Decent scorer. Unselfish.
--Average finisher off the dribble at best for size, but draws fouls fairly well. Little mid-range game.
--Decent build for position. Very poor defender. Awful defensive playmaker. Very poor rebounder for size. Needs a ton of work on both ends of the court, as he has no niche on offense, besides being unselfish, and on defense he has zero instincts so far.
22) Aaron Gordon
--Decent scoring power forward who sets up own shots far more than the typical power forward (47.18% of shots assisted). Very good ballhandler. OK passer for position. Excellent finisher at the rim off set ups and improvisations, but just an average offensive rebounder and not impressive at drawing fouls given frequency of attempts.
--Might not have a jumper. Absolutely broken pull-up jumper corroborated by awful free throw numbers, but that does not stop him from taking them. However, has shot well in very few spot-up threes.
--Top notch defender who would have ranked third last year with his current rating. Excellent rebounder who really clears out the defensive glass. Controls fouls well. Decent build for position, but severely underweight. Nondescript for position in defensive playmaking. Has a great athletic base in really finishing, rebounding and defending extremely well, and skills in handles, but athletic upside on most ends might be limited by just OK to poor ability to make defensive plays or draw fouls. Skills-wise, he can be a PF, but he is underweight, and at SF he lacks the jumper, so tweener issues are on top of that. Does not have the offensive machismo of a Blake Griffin, but a bit like Al Farouq Aminu.
23) Moussa Diagne
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24) P.J. Hairston
--Aggressively scoring spot up long range shooter who might be more streaky than good (27% 3's last year compared to 40% this year), but does hit free throws well. Over three-fifths of his shots come from distance, but draws fouls well given the high frequency of jumpers.
--No mid-range game. Mediocre finisher at the rim. Not a passer, but minimizes turnovers, not surprising given his shooter rep.
--Decent defender with decent rebounding ability, but not much of a defensive playmaker. Good frame for a shooting guard. Has a basic framework of a 3's/D rep, but might lack elite attributes in both of them to really find a footing in that area.
25) Kendrick Perry
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26) Spencer Dinwiddie
--Excellent offensive shooting guard with good isolation skills (34.83% shots assisted) who possesses an incredible ability to utilize the entire floor. Subpar in finishing at the rim off drives, but insane foul drawing ability and capitalizes with excellent free throw shooting. Has developed a better pull-up jumper this season. --Decent three point shooter, but clearly more effective with spot-up threes which he took way more of last year. Has a combination of a good scoring and shooting for the NBA, but the happy medium is probably creating while inside the three point line and spotting up outside of it. Excellent ballhandler, but not really a creator for teammates despite the usage.
--Average defender at best. Underwhelming at making defensive plays. Pathetic rebounder for his size. Excellent frame for his position, looks the part of the NBA SG. Seems to play at his own speed and between the inability to finish and the defense, might lack the athleticism to be fully effective in the NBA, but he can work around that. Reminds somewhat of Jamal Crawford.
27) Davion Berry
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28) Nik Stauskas
--Inclined spot-up, long range shooter who is an excellent at it, and can even hit them off the dribble, corroborated by very good free throw shooting. Really improved his scoring chops in his second year.
--Has more dimensions than just a long range specialist. Does a good job of drawing fouls given frequency of jumpers and considering that he rarely penetrates, with insane foul drawing rates in his sophomore year. Does finish well in rare at-rim ventures. Improved pull-up jumper. Also, can almost play point at a pinch, because he really limits turnovers. Good passer, but not a full-out playmaker.
--Atrocious defender. Absolutely nonexistent defensive playmaker. Pathetic rebounder. OK body for position. Absolutely needs to be hidden on this end. Completely lacks the athleticism on the defensive end, but has really maximized his skills on offense, with foul drawing, pull-ups, good passing and ballhandling to complement a very good long range jumper. Reeks a bit of Kyle Korver on offense, and has to make sure that covers for his lack of defense.
29) Mitch McGary
--Middling-scoring center who is a good finisher at-rim with a mixture of set ups and improvisation in the form of very good offensive rebounding. Absolutely atrocious use of the offensive floor however, really struggles to draw fouls despite playing at the rim so frequently.
--Can hit spot-up mid-range jumpers (39%) but a huge grain of salt, given that he's absolutely pathetic as a foul shooter (44%). Center-like handles.
--Excellent defender, but just an OK frame. Excellent defensive playmaker; not a good shotblocker for size, but super quick hands get a ton of steals. Excellent rebounder. There are really quite a few questions offensively, particularly since he might lack the athleticism to draw fouls and the shooting might be unsustainable given the foul shooting. The defense is very active on many fronts but could suffer with a lack of athleticism and just an OK frame.
30) Adreian Payne
--Decent scoring, slightly undersized center who plays a set-up inclined, inside-outside offensive game. Major tunnel vision, but limited turnovers better this year.
--Very good finisher at the rim off inclined set ups, but doesn't go after offensive rebounds or draw fouls well. Very good mid-range shooter (38, 42, 44% last three seasons) in inclined spot-up situations. Starting experimenting with spot-up threes the past two years with very good results (38, 43%), with OK free throw shooting but very good recent foul numbers, so his ability to shoot is believable.
--Very good defender. Has become a far more invested defensive rebounder the past two years, but the aggregate suggests merely decent rebounding overall. Good defensive playmaker, but this season cut down his rate of shotblocking to poor levels in order to control fouls better, as he was foul prone in the past. A bit of a poor frame as a NBA center. Has definite two-way potential for the NBA, as a spot-up, face-up center with shooting ability on offense and some shotblocking and good defensive ability.
31) Dario Saric
--Forward who might encounter positional issues in the NBA. Has grown more aggressive in personal offense, but very subpar scorer in the aggregate. Very good passer for size, but also forces passes and very turnover prone.
--Very active on the o-boards as a SF. Very questionable shooter, with very subpar three point shot also limited by small-ish sample space, along with slightly subpar free throw percentages. Extremely poor aggregate two-point percentages for his size, and does not draw fouls well at all considering infrequency of three point attempts. Between turnovers, shoddy inside-outside shooting, and very low scoring, might really struggle offensively in the NBA.
--Top notch build if he is to be a NBA small forward. Top notch rebounder also as an SF, with good defensive rebounding. Just an OK defensive playmaker off some combination of steals and blocks, at best, but incredibly foul prone even if slightly improved. Does not have the requisite floor spacing to be a NBA SF, but as a PF his rebounding is just decent and his two point shooting very poor, so a tweener. Mostly a good rebounding passer, but awful for personal offense and foul prone and nondescript on defense. Lacks a NBA niche.
32) Khem Birch
--Low usage, undersized center with a subpar scoring rate who prefers a spot-up inclined style. Absolute zero passing ability and has the general ball skills of a center.
--Offense regressed this season. Both mid-ranger and at-rim finishing plummeted this season. Might have little to no jumper to speak of, with poor free throw percentages and an awful (30%) spot-up inclined aggregate. Just a decent finisher in the aggregate, but poor for his size this year, and seems to finish better off improvisation, via top notch offensive rebounding ability. Does draw fouls fairly well given frequency.
--Money is made with defense. Top ten defender in college, but subpar build for an NBA center who needs to add weight. Absolute monster defensive playmaker, near the top ten in NCAAs in blocking shots. Very good rebounder who is also a pretty good defensive rebounder, but contests offensive boards better. Limits fouls well given defensive playmaking. Has all the principles of defense down--the actual defense, shotblocking, and the ability to limit fouls, but undersized build and lack of general inside-outside offense and ball skills hurt significantly. A one-way player, but that one-way is top notch.
33) Shabazz Napier
--Pure point guard who plays a spot-up scoring style which has helped with his efficiency.
--Middling scorer who displays excellent ability to use the whole floor. Very poor finisher off his own dribble, but has become decent with more set ups and draws fouls very well. Average pull-up jumper at best. Appears to be an average three point shooter, but has taken many off the dribble throughout his college career, and once again appears to be decent off the catch. Good free throw shooter.
--Poor defender and rebounder. Average defensive playmaker. Decent frame. Lacks the finishing ability, ability to create and defense to be a starting NBA PG, and his best bet is to calm himself into a spot-up scoring style with passing to be a decent backup.
34) Vasilje Micic
--Subpar scoring guard. Extremely close to being an NBA point guard--certainly passes like one, but extremely turnover prone so at this point he hedges to something more like a slight combo, but the basic instincts are there.
--Pretty good two-point percentages. OK offensive framework equally sharing some foul drawing and three point attempts, but subpar free throw shooting and even more subpar three point shooting makes his overall jumper extremely questionable for the NBA.
--Just an OK frame for a NBA SG. Extremely underwhelming as a defensive playmaker, with steals but also has zero blocks for his size so far. Awful rebounder not up to snuff with defensive rebounding. Would be far better as a 6'4" PG, which he could be, and shows some base scoring ability inside the two-point line, but questionable athletic markers (relative lack of foul drawing, athletic defensive markers), questions on jumper, and major turnover proneness are issues. With a lot of hard work to refine, has a slightly similar base game to Goran Dragic, though.
35) Guillem Vives
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36) Jake Odum
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37) CleAnthony Early
--Extremely spot-up inclined scoring machine with a high usage rate. Has a roughly even distribution of shot attempts at-rim, mid-range and from deep, but reduced mid-range attempts for more threes this season. Not a passer at all. An absolute black hole, and while limits turnovers with spot-up style, handles are at center levels. Might be far better scoring as an undersized big.
--Finishes very well around the basket off set ups for size, and also draws fouls well given at-rim frequency, but subpar offensive rebounder who virtually didn't bother here this past season. Much improved shooter this season (39.5% spot-up inclined 2's, 37.3% spot-up threes) but could be fairly average on both counts in the aggregate, although a very good foul shooter which lends credence to improved shooting.
--Decent defender, but absolutely awful build if he is two positions down (NBA center). Awful rebounder if he is to be a center. Subpar defensive rebounder. Just a decent defensive playmaker, who if he is to be a big, is a better stealer than shotblocker by position. A real tweener who might find it easier to play his all-around spot-up scoring in a big role, but will really struggle by size, rebounding and lack of defensive attributes on that front.
38) TJ Warren
--Scoring-minded, high-usage power forward who majorly puts the blinders on, but limits turnovers extremely well with style of game. With higher usage this season, grew even more selfish.
--Very polished inside-outside offensive game. Excellent finisher at the rim, this season off more decent-ish offensive rebounding, but just awful at drawing fouls. Very good mid-range jumper as well, but appears to be far better spotting up than off the dribble, but a bit of a grain of salt given suspect free throw percentages. Has experimented with the three ball in small samples with just OK results.
--OK frame at best that might be undersized by several inches, especially given near center-like game. OK defensive playmaker, with fairly quick hands for steals, but not a shotblocker. Flat out awful defender, compounded by absolutely pitiful, near nonexistent defensive rebounding which would rank in the bottom ten of even college PFs. Awful rebounder in general for size. Makes lack of fouling look like sheer laziness. The real lack of defensive attributes for a big (height, rebounding, shotblocking, and general defense) really, really undermines his suspect offense, which while polished, lacks the foul drawing and passing ability to really optimize them. Between lack of foul drawing, rebounding, and shotblocking might just lack the athleticism. Very situational player in for some offense at the aggregate.
39) Zach LaVine
--Somewhat low usage spot-up shooting guard with just decent scoring chops. Unselfish, but doesn't pass the ball at combo guard levels, but does limit turnovers. Plays a very conservative style of offense which with lack of usage and great passing skill might indicate a lack of offensive upside.
--Uses usage to mix up set-up shots at the rim and threes. Good shooter from deep, even off the dribble, and also extremely adept in his rare ventures for mid-range pull ups, but poor free throw shooting might indicate some problems here. Poor finisher off set ups, and really, really struggles to draw fouls given frequency of attempts. Further lack of offensive upside is the double whammy inability to attack the rim and draw fouls.
--Decent build for a NBA SG, but needs to add weight. Very poor defender. Underwhelming defensive playmaker who brings little in way of steals. Awful rebounder for a shooting guard. Very little nose for the ball. On offense, he's an unselfish three point shooter, largely, but there are major questions about ability to create own offense or do much at the rim, and on defense he's lacking everywhere, and it's questionable whether his very niche offense is able to make up for his lack of defense. Needs seasoning.
40) Doug McDermott
--Super high usage scoring machine of a power forward, but does it in a spot-up style that should help translate to the NBA.
--An absolute sharpshooter who goes lights out when spotting up. Elite mid-range (41, 47, 39%) and three point and absolutely insane three point percentages (47, 49%) the past two years, and corroborated with excellent free throw shooting. Has become a top notch finisher at the rim off passes as well, but could do a better job of drawing fouls. Not a passer, but limits turnovers as a spot-up type. and has a very poor use of the entire floor, meaning that he could be taking more threes to further optimize his already great efficiency.
--Awful defender. Probably has the worst defensive playmaking rate of all of college basketball, with completely nonexistent stealing and shotblocking ability. Excellent rebounder especially for size. Decent frame for an NBA power forward. Will need to be hidden on the defensive end. It's easy to see his spot-up elite shooting game translating to the NBA level in a sort of Matt Bonner type role, with some rebounding on top of it, but needs to make sure he's not hemorrhaging as much on defense.
41) Taylor Braun
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42) Isaiah Austin
--Decent scoring center who loves the mid-range jumper, and can create those shots for himself and hit them (39%) while limiting turnovers. Also hits a few threes at an average clip, but both have a few question marks given subpar free throw shooting.
--Does an absolutely awful job of using the whole floor offensively. Just an OK finisher but needs to be set up, and really struggles to draw fouls.
--Good defender with an excellent frame. Good defensive playmaker with a knack for blocking shots. Good rebounder. He might have a base on the defensive end, but soft on offense and lacks the offensive diversity and possible jumpshooting sustenance to really make a dent in that area. Jonathan Bender clone?
43) Jerami Grant
--Very low usage, subpar scoring small forward who is really set back on offense by lack of viable NBA inside or outside game. Really reduced turnovers from freshman year.
--Plays an equal share of at-rim/mid-range basketball. Just an OK finisher at best at-rim, but very good offensive rebounder for size to manufacture a few points, and draws fouls well given frequency. Really held back what appears to be just an OK mid-range jumper, but with further grains of salt due to subpar free throw shooting and a major lack of range.
--Very good build for a NBA SF, and a very good defender. Just OK in accruing defensive plays through a combination of steals and blocks. While a very good rebounder for a SF, just a OK defensive rebounder who has a far greater zest on on the o-boards. More of a meat-and-potatoes defender here, which limits the defensive upside here a bit. Overall will need to rely on defense, but really lacks any NBA viability on offense and lacks great defensive upside, and with lack of range it's questionable whether he can fit the bill as a NBA SF.
44) Aaron Craft
--Caretaker point guard with an incredibly low usage rate, and translated NCAA scoring suggests he will rarely ever score in the NBA. Mostly a passer with low usage but will force passes and accrue turnovers just to avoid shooting.
--Isolation player within minimal usage. Uses usage to mostly slash to the basket off the dribble, but awful finisher although has an ability to draw fouls. His jumper has gone well south after a promising first two seasons, when he shot a 45% aggregate in mid-range pull-ups and 37% from three; last season, he shot 33 and 30, and this season, 23 and 32, and that is a huge red flag. Shrinking his three point attempts each passing year, and with just OK free throw percentage aggregate, might simply now lack the range and jumper efficacy for the NBA.
--Good stocky build for the position. Excellent defender. Very good at making defensive plays, in particular with very quick hands for steals. Nondescript rebounder. Will really, really have to rely on the defense, because there is pretty much nothing to work with on offense. Very niche role player all the way.
45) Kendall Williams
--Cerebral point guard with excellent court vision for his size. Plays a spot-up style of game, and also lacks the scoring ability and the dynamics to handle the offense for a prolonged period of time to be a starting PG in the NBA.
--Middling scorer with an excellent ability to use the floor for offense. Average at best finisher off passes, but draws fouls very well. Poor accuracy in mid-range pullups. Decent three point shot, but takes many of them off the dribble. Middling free throw shooter. Has some touch, but likely is just a slightly above average shooter.
--Good defender, but not a defensive playmaker. Poor rebounder despite size. Top notch frame for his position. Could be a capable backup PG hanging with his defense, but lacks athleticism on offense and should refine his shooting to take advantage of his passing.
46) Klemen Prepelic
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47) Nedim Buza
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48) Sean Kilpatrick
--Spot-up scoring shooting guard who is an inclined three point shooter, but draws fouls well given the high frequency of jumpers.
--Rapidly declining at-rim presence who rarely gets to the rim anymore, with average finishing ability at best. OK mid-ranger at best. Streaky spot-up three point shooter who tends more toward subpar, and is further corroborated by middling free throw percentages. Desires to be a three point shooter, but ultimately does not look to have a specialty in offense. Limits turnovers with spot-up nature, but not a passer.
--Very good defensive player, with a good frame for the position. Poor defensive playmaker. Decent rebounder. However, between the lack of at rim and defensive playmaking metrics, might lack the athleticism to really succeed defensively in the NBA, and needs to fine-tune his three point shot.
49) Glenn Robinson III
--Extremely low-usage spot-up small forward with a subpar scoring rate, and emphasizes efficiency instead of using the entire floor.
--Preferred inside player who finishes at an excellent rate off the pass, but doesn't draw fouls well. Has shown a good mid-range jumper, but doesn't use it much. OK three point shooter in limited attempts, but a poor free throw shooter, and might lack range for the NBA. Limits turnovers, but not a passer.
--Subpar defender. Awful defensive playmaker. Good rebounder for his size. Just an OK frame. It's actually hard to see NBA viability, because he shows little ability to create shots for himself or for others, and his defense doesn't cut it. He'll need to go more towards his jumper and expand his range because of the non-foul drawing finishing might not cut it at the next level, but even that's a question mark at this stage.
50) Thanasis Antetokounmpo
--Undersized, low usage power forward with a subpar scoring rate. Unselfifsh, but turnover machine even with low usage game. Absolutely no handles.
--Splits offense mostly equally between at-rim attacks and threes. No mid range game. Average finisher at best who does just an OK job at drawing fouls given attack frequency. Awful three point shooter who prefers them from the right wings and corners of the court, corroborated by subpar free throw shooting. Might not have a jumper for the NBA.
--Awful defender at the D-League level. Poor rebounder for size. Subpar build for NBA PF position--absolute tweener lacking height and weight. Good defensive playmaker who racks up a combination of steals and blocks, but lacks the nuances of actual defense. Is really limited on four fronts majorly--appears to have zero handles and zero jumper, has tweener status, and his broad-based defense is severely lacking. Even at-rim game is just OK, and is just lacking majorly for the NBA.
51) Alec Brown
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52) Russ Smith
--Undersized scoring shooting guard who utilizes a stratospherically high usage with a mixture of spot-ups and isolations, but woefully inefficient. Decidedly a shooting guard, not even combo point levels of passing with his usage.
--Improved finisher off a mixture of cuts and off-dribble work, as well as an improved knack for drawing fouls, but both areas appear to be quite poor in the aggregate. Awful pull-up jumper (14, 27, 30%) and a very poor three point shot (30, 30, 34%), corroborated with just OK free throw shooting. Finishing is improving the fastest, but still very questionable, and at 160 lbs might really be a damper on that front. Overall, has a subpar use of the offensive floor, and lacks an offensive niche for the NBA, lacking a jumper and being a major tweener.
--Excellent to near top notch defender. Elite defensive playmaker for position with lightning fast hands, but awful rebounder. Extremely awful body frame as an NBA SG (one of the worst by NCAA standards), however. Needs to be crossmatched. Might seriously lack an offensive niche in the NBA, but if he re-focuses on his elite defensive attributes he might find a home in an NBA team where he can play alongside a bigger point guard.
53) Artem Klimenko
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54) Adin Vrabac
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55) Bojan Bogdanovic
--Shooting guard with good scoring chops. Good passer for position, but not a combo guard.
--Inclined three point shooter with a rapidly improving shot, but might be subpar in the aggregate, corroborated by just OK free throw shooting. Decent offensive framework. Doesn't bother with offensive rebounds.
--Excellent build for a NBA shooting guard. Just a decent defensive playmaker at best. Poor rebounder. Has decent role player attributes with the build, passing ability and desire to take threes, but questionable long range accuracy and nondescript defense hamper some of that allure; still, has no major weaknesses.
56) Deonte Burton
--Undersized shooting guard with good scoring chops and heavy isolation ability (only 19.5% of shots are assisted). Excellent ballhandler given responsibility, but just combo guard levels of passing.
--Decent finisher at the rim off the dribble who has improved every year, and has a great knack for drawing fouls. Has also really developed a pet pull-up jumper over the past two years (39%, 44%) corroborated by decent free throw shooting on a large sample. Just an OK three point shooter in the aggregate, but frequency and percentages have regressed over past several years. More of a off-dribble, mid-range in attacker, but has a decent jumpshooting base.
--One of the worst defenders in all of the NCAA. Very awful build for an NBA SG. Very nondescript defensive playmaker. Flat out awful rebounder. Has really nothing to work with as a defender, because not only will he need to be crossmatched, but he also definitely needs to be hidden. Unfortunate given that he has very good ballhandling and scoring chops mid-range in, and can be a sparkplug off the bench.
57) Troy Huff
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58) Devyn Marble
--Spot-up shooting guard who possesses combo SG like passing skills and excellent ballhandling skills to go with an excellent frame for his position, and is his selling point.
--Middling scorer with a subpar use of the entire floor. More or less a good finisher who can draw fouls, but needs to be spoon-fed. Decent mid-range jumper. Subpar three point shooter, but has some potential off spot-ups, but is a subpar free throw shooter so grain of salt.
--Very poor defender. Subpar defensive playmaker and poor rebounder for size. Has some potential as an all-around scorer with passing and ballhandling who doesn't need the ball in his hands on the offensive end, but has to make sure the lack of defense doesn't override it.
59) Nick Johnson
--Decent scoring, undersized SG who has found a major boon in efficiency this season playing a major spot-up role. Passes far less, but also limits turnovers more.
--Very good finisher who is putting up absolutely insane at-rim percentages early on receiving spoon-feeds, and also good at drawing fouls. With a more inclined spot-up sample, has also improved his mid-range shot after two seasons of awful mid-range pullup percentages, but probably just OK in the aggregate. Pretty good three point shooter, and has become a very reliable one the past few seasons. Just a an OK free throw shooter, so not a super reliable shooter, but has a reasonable, decent foundation in his jumper overall. Uses entire offensive floor.
--Poor frame for an NBA SG, just very undersized. Good defender. Just a reasonable defensive playmaker more notable for blocks than steals. Bad rebounder. Definitely needs to be crossmatched, but has the root spot-up skills from all-around, as well as the meat and potatoes defense, to be a match with taller NBA PGs who can pass, so can find a definite niche in the NBA.
60) Lamar Patterson
--Spot-up inclined small forward who is just an OK scorer, but has increased his usage rate exponentially over the past several years. Excellent passer on position, and has even limited turnovers more with greater usage. Good finisher off preferred spoon feeds, and decent job drawing fouls.
--Has developed a good mid-range shot, even a pull-up this season, over the past several years. A decent three point shooter in the aggregate, but has been very streaky seasonally, and slight grain of salt given slightly subpar free throw percentage. Should at least have a decent jumper at the next level.
--Subpar build for an NBA SF, lacking a few inches, but has strength. OK defender at best. Just a reasonable defensive playmaker. Decent rebounder. Good complementary NBA player on offense who can move score off set up shots inside and out fairly well, and in particular pass, but lacks a standout trait defensively and will probably just be OK, which is fine given the offense.
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