Jett Howard (Michigan – 6’8” – Guardia)
Son of Juwan, his coach at the Wolverines, with an oversized physical structure for the guard role that allows him to take advantage of defenders when he approaches the basket but does not penalize him excessively in defense even if he has ample room for improvement in this area.
Good shooting percentage (37% from 3pts) and excellent offensive movements, he should feel the transition to pro less than others since his father uses a system assimilated in the 25 years spent in the NBA as a player first and then an assistant.
Kobe Bufkin (Michigan – 6’4” – Guard)
Arrived in the NCAA on tiptoe, after an anonymous first year Kobe has made a quantum leap in both numbers and credibility. The normal physique hides an unexpected athleticism that allows him to create a shot and go into penetration arriving at the shot with either hand or close with a concrete jump shot, as attested by 48% from the field.
The 4.5 rebounds on average show how he is capable of reading the game and being found in the right place at the right time even if he will be limited defensively by his centimeters upstairs. For his development as a player it would have been preferable to spend another year at Michigan but after Hunter Dickinson asked to join the transfer portal, he risked remaining as leader of a very weak team.
Kris Murray (Iowa – 6’8” – Ala)
Is it true that his twin Keegan is stronger? The numbers say yes and coach McCaffery when he had them both on the roster he bet on his brother, but being lower than those who have played 76 games as a starter in the NBA does not mean being scarce.
Kris has better playmaking, shoots quite well from mid-range and beyond the arc especially given his height (33.5% from 3pts) and has good movement off the ball but is less athletic and tends to take shots without looking for contact with the defender.
Maxwell Lewis (Pepperdine – 6’7” – Ala)
It’s not easy to shine when you play in a modest team that finished the season 9-22 but Lewis didn’t go unnoticed by scouts and remained in their notebooks despite finishing the season in a waning phase.
Good scorer, has never had problems taking responsibility in key moments of matches, tends to make shots spectacular after contact with the defender; he will probably work to speed up his shooting mechanics because he tends to lower the ball before starting the movement and he can’t concede those tenths in the NBA. He has to work a lot on the defensive aspect by building some muscle because at the moment he is a bit too light for the role that awaits him.
Derek Lively II (Duke – 7’1” – Centro) e Dariq Whitehead (Duke – 6’7” – Ala)
The same reasoning applies to both Dukies: the choice to declare for the draft after a season in which the n.1 and n.2 of the last ESPN100 ranking, therefore players on whom there were high expectations, played little and still produced less, it resembles the bet of those who are afraid of not doing better in the future and prefer to try to monetize the undoubted talent before a mediocre second year can overshadow it.
If imagining Lively marking an NBA center makes you smile, Whitehead can defensively manage many small forwards but above all he has a decent 3pt shot (42% in the season) on which to build a future.
2023-06-04 07:31:27
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