Caris Levert's injury

I don’t think he’ll be around at 49 (which I think is the 2nd rounder).

There’s a real possibility he may not get drafted.

If he plays a single minute in the NBA, he would have earned all 60 of those seconds. The brutal truth is He has a long road ahead of him.

These things don’t always turn out as the sideline savants predict. Hardaway looked like the most limited of UM’s recent NBA entrants to some; Stauskas was going to be great to others. Both are performing somewhat contrary to many peoples’ expectations. Certainly, overcoming doubts about his sturdiness will be an immediate hurdle for Caris. After that, I find it very hard to judge. Sometimes he has looked awfully good\e out there; sometimes he seemed to shrink from the spotlight a little. He’s still pretty young. . .

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I’m speaking about his injury. He clearly has the talent when he’s healthy to at the very least make a roster.

There’s a small window to prove your worth in the NBA and Caris may miss that because of this foot injury.

Put another 50 games/year on that foot and we’ll see what happens. He’s not going to gain any additional strength without putting on some weight. F = m * A --> increased likelihood of a stress reaction. It would be great if he could stay healthy but it’s a gamble.

That’s a great point bebopson.

Levert doesn’t have the frame to get put on more muscle without putting an enormous amount of stress on his body. Remember, he’s 4 years into a college weight program.

Guys like Durant or even Jamal Crawford (another guy without the frame to get stronger) are good because they are absolutely elite at one or more aspects of the game. That makes up for their slender frames. Levert isn’t even in the ball park of that skill level to make up for his lack of strength.