I'mWithDan
"Straight Cash Homie"
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Understandable, though I have this nagging feeling that Little could be really good and playing for UNC as a freshman hurts his stock. So if he comes out, he could be a very good two way player at 5 or later.
To this point, he’s basically been a worse shooting Agbaji. For his athletic gifts, 3.2 BlK+STL per 100 is pretty meh. Then maybe even another notch down if you consider his AST numbers too. Per 100, he’s only producing 2.3 assists....for 5.5 combined BLK / STL / AST. Per 100 possessions, that is just not good.
Consider someone like Cam, who needs to certainly improve but has managed to show he can evenly contribute across categories, while maintaining some higher offensive upside. Per 100, Cam is averaging 4.2 AST, 3.8 STL, .8 BLK for an 8.8 BLK/ STL / AST split.
I think Little has potential but he has hurt his NBA stock. Pre-season, most scouts would have thought Little had atleast a small chance to be the #1 pick, given his defensive versatility, shooting potential and 18 month improvement prior to his first college season. If not #1, certainly in the conversation at #2. He was my favorite wing prospect pre-season but he’s just been ok.
The biggest concern to me, stats aside, is that he just looks stiff laterally against college athletes and that is going to be even more of a problem in the NBA. If he can’t defend at a relatively high level, he’s far less attractive as a wing prospect because he just doesn’t have the handle or passing ability of someone like RJ.
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