(10-24-2020, 04:34 PM)Omega_Supreme Wrote: I am not hearing enough chatter from you guys about Aaron Nesmith. He is arguably the best shooter in the draft. He compares favorably to Kris Middleton to me. Can you guys imagine this guy catch and shooting from Luka?As the President of the John Jenkins fanclub let me tell you that Vanderbilt always has some guard with incredible shooting percentages that do not translate to the NBA. I have noticed this a few times. I don´t know what it is with them, but they always seem to have that guard, who shoots like 44% from three, but the best NBA player they ever produced might be Will Perdue.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7uuiGxkbMKk
Garland is the only player from Vanderbilt to average double digit career points (in just his rookie season) and that might already put him in the conversation for greatest Vanderbilt NBA player. He only played five games in college and he shot 54/48/75.
The best NBA 3 pt shooter in the school´s history is actually still John Jenkins at 36.7% and he shot 47/44/86 in college for three years.
That´s why I am nearly completely out on Nesmith.
Yes eventually one of them will break the trend, but I´d rather not bank on it.
We had the same conversation, when it came to Zach Collins and the Mavs 8th pick in 2017. Collins actually has shown glimpses between all his injuries, but the facts remain that he´s 22 yeard old and averaging 6/4. White American trained bigs (PF/C) usually suck in the NBA. You take the European over the White American just based on statistical evidence.
Wade Baldwin was picked 17th pick by the Grizzlies. Shot 42% from three on 200 attempts in college. Shot 36% from the field and 25% from three in the NBA and canned after three seasons.