Detroit Pistons - Andre Dummond C Connecticut, Khris Middleton PF, Texas A&M, Kim English SG Missouri
Mat loves one pick, hates one pick, and is still trying to decide on the other. Place your bets. (Insert Price is Right sounds here). Ladies, does he have at least one correct?
Ok, enough with the games. Drummond is the one Mat hates, Middleton is the one he loves, and English is the can't decide.
We'll start with Middleton. Mat remembers the time before Khris went down to injury. When he was an elite player in the Big 12, and had a lot of people betting on a Texas A&M conference championship due to his talents.
Mat's not surprised he dropped all the way down to pick 39, but thinks Middleton is a project with a lot of talent and was a great risk at that spot. If he can get back to being fully healthy, and back to what he was looking like he was going to grow into, this could be a steal of the draft.
Andre Drummond. Where does Mat start? He's big. That's about all he does for Mat. The guy can't rebound, has no offensive game when he has the basketball, and is one of the worst FT shooters in college basketball history (29%).
All Drummond can do is block the occasional shot, and throw down a wide open alley oop. It his time at UConn, Mat saw very little to make him think this guy's game can translate to the pros, let alone make him a lottery pick.
Mat might be wrong on this guy (probably not), but one thing he knows he's got right is that if Drummond is on the floor in the 4th quarter of a close game, Hack-An-Dre should be in full effect until the rules no longer allow it.
Lastly is Kim English. Mat has a soft spot for players from Mizzou as a portion of his brain has ties to the school. However, if Mat were to choose a Tiger to have on his team, it would be Marcus Denmon, not Kimmie English.
English can make some shots, get to the hoop, and play solid defense. But he is his own worst enemy. It took him almost an entire season to get over his shooting woes his junior year, mainly because he was too hard on himself. In college he was a well above average player, and he had problems mentally, can't imagine what might happen if/when he struggles early on in his NBA career.
Grade - C-
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