Not being able to work out not relevant to his draft stock?
Posted on: November 8, 2018 at 13:04:44 CT
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Think that is very unlikely. Not being able to work out doesn't mean he won't get drafted, but there is no way this injury doesn't affect his draft status negatively. Sounds like he got borderline reviews and he got feedback that said he had things to work on. A serious knee injury and time away from the game doesn't fix those things. Now you add health questions(he apparently already had iffy knees) and there is no way IMO that as many NBA teams will have as high of interest without seeing it.
The things he is great at won't be an issue with this injury (shooting, passing, etc.). His problem areas (playing with contact, finishing inside, defending quicker players with size) are things I'm sure he was told he needed to improve on. No way to show he can do those things now and teams won't just assume he magically can. Yes, someone will take him somewhere without seeing him play, but no way short of a very weak class will he improve on where he was slotted last time (when he opted to come back and try to improve his position) without being able to show it on the court. And unfortunately he's pretty unlikely to be able to do that in time for next year's draft. Doesn't mean he won't go anyway
Edited by Tiger Max at 13:08:13 on 11/08/18