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My issue with Seva is that he doesn’t look very athletic. For a guy who is 6’ 8”, he kept driving to the basket and getting the ball blocked back down his throat.

Instead of just taking the open 3 he’d prefer to drive right into the trees and pray for a foul against dudes that aren’t as athletic or defensively aware as those in the NBA.

Seva looked like he had OK handles and moved up the the court with the ball with speed, but he doesn’t seem to be athletically suited to do the thing he seems to want to do most - drive and finish.

I thought he looked slow and then suddenly he was near the rim. The finishing could have been better but IMO he moves faster than it looks because he was getting to his spots. 

I am in no way saying he is NBA ready. He needs time to be molded but there is a certain floor awareness to certain players that I love watching and Seva has that awareness .  Where he goes from here is upto him and the team that develops him.