You are right he was behind 3 top 30 picks in the front court. Wendell Moore was their super sub taking up all the backup 1-3 minutes as well and he was a late first. Basically the minutes available were maybe 5 at the 3 and then Paolo’s minutes on the bench or minutes he’s at the 5. So 12-20 minutes were available
He played 12 MPG, the minimum, but also essentially DNP’s in the postseason.
I think it all comes down to his health. That likely a reason for all the DNPs at the end of the year, and he was limited in his possible PT. If he’s healthy, I think there’s possible upside that he can give starter level minutes. Not saying it’s likely, but possible. The good news is I don’t think we need him to if he can’t
I think we probably have to take his lack of PT over his career pretty seriously. Duke has been very good over that run so it’s possible he could be a decent B1G starter but more likely he’s somewhat worse than that. If he were better he would’ve played more.
I don’t think Juzang has really ever been particularly well-regarded by the NBA (he tried to go pro last year and returned based on feedback).
He makes lots of tough jumpers in college that are probably going to be tougher in the NBA, and doesn’t have the handle, quickness, or strength to get himself good ones.
This is cool, thanks for sharing. Pretty crazy that M and Gonzaga are the same on this list. Also crazy that MSU is only 21-17 over M when M had basically nada for the first decade.
That’s an interesting graphic. I think I would rather have it showing rolling 5-year totals or something that is a better indication of recent performance rather than capturing so much legacy data.
For example - MSU and UNC both had 9 as of 2007. Michigan wasn’t even on the list in that year. Over the next 15 years (something like 4 generations of players passing through these programs) UNC jumped to 30 (+21), MSU rose to 21 (+12), and Michigan appeared with 17. Kentucky in the same span went from 6 to 36 (+30). Indiana went from 5 to falling off the list.
Yes, he does. He’s a steal at that pick. Maybe they know something we don’t about him as a person but I’m not sweating poor shot selection or struggles against grown men who are pros by a 19 year old.
Ty Ty, keels, hardy were all steals at their spots. The first two are locks to be nice pros to me and Hardy’s upside for a 2nd round pick is legit.
Griffin is a steal too. The Hawks got real lucky with that pick. They’re stacked. Atlanta seems to have a lot of guys fall into their laps.
Griffin, Collins, Hunter , Gallinari, Johnson on the wings with Young, Huerter, Cooper ,Bogdan in the back court and Capela , Okongwu up front. Dangerous now with crazy ceiling if they develop the young guys.
