Jayson Tatum
Mock Draft: Pick 4 – Phoenix Suns
Jayson Tatum has shown to have a quality mid-range game through college – 34.8 percent of his shots were mid-range jumpers, per Hoop-Math. You know what is an outdated skill in the NBA? Relying on a mid-range game.
Whilst teams like the Houston Rockets showed how it can backfire to never use the mid-range game, players like DeMar DeRozan have shown just how easy that is to stop in the playoffs.
Tatum is not an explosive athlete, especially compared to some of his counterparts in the NBA Draft, and this has hindered his offensive game, as Draft Express perfectly described.
"[via Draft Express] Tatum’s skill level, footwork, and ability to change speeds helped him mitigate that, for the most part, at the college level, although even there he settled for more difficult pull-ups and floaters than you would have preferred, shots with a high degree of difficulty and a comparatively low expected value."
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Jayson Tatum has the tools to be a really good-to-great NBA player, but there will definitely be some risk in selecting him.