Naz Long NBA potential
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It is painfully obvious how few people who post on here have actually watched NBA basketball in recent years. You have to be really, really good to make it to the NBA and even then you probably aren't good enough. Nothing wrong with being a good college player and likely euro guy.
The bottom five spots of an NBA roster are no different than the entire top half on the DLeague. If you think he has a shot at playing DLeague, you think he has a stot at the NBA.
Will he ever be an NBA starter? No
Will he ever be an NBA starter? No
Maybe, but it is exclusionary, and even to break in depends on a lot of luck. There are many guys that could play at the level of the bottom roster spot, but not many than do. To get a chance to you need to play at a higher level than the bottom roster spot, just to get noticed.
I'm basing it off what I think is the better bet. Either scenario could happen. Don't get me wrong, I love Naz, but I think ISU's program as a whole is right now in a better position to become a dynasty than Naz has at becoming an NBA player.
Cyclonepride
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No way of knowing at this point. I've seen players improve vastly in their last two years. He will need to add the ability to score off the dribble at will. I would guess that he will be working on that pretty hard over the summer.
The simple fact of the matter is unless you are ready to jump to the NBA game after your sophomore year, you are already at a significant disadvantage because NBA execs begin asking the question "WHY isn't he ready for the NBA?" and that reputation can push an otherwise great player out of the first round completely. If you are going to stay in college until your senior season like Ejim or beyond like Kane, you had better become a player like Ejim or Kane. These two are going to be drafted but there's no guarantee they'll even stick - get ready for possibly taking about their D-league adventures next year.
If Naz Long is going to have any chance at making the NBA, he's going to have to grow exponentially as a player. 3pt specialists are a dime a dozen in the NBA - he'd better learn to play defense, handle the ball, and develop an offensive game besides behind the 3pt arc.
Not saying he can't do it, but he's got a long way to go.
This was the correct answer.
Im impressed with Naz and hs development...but lets not go overboard. Sure going to be nice having him here though.
If his improvement jumps like it did from his freshman year to his sophmore every year I don't see why not
If JJ Reddick with his limited (although great) specialized ability can make a career out of it, I don't see why Naz wouldn't have a shot, as long as he can improve his consistency.
The crazy thing is, from what I can think of, Ejim and Gibson are the only two players in Fred's time here that have spent more than two years with him, right? Pretty much all of our major talents were transfers, JUCO or Diante who got one year with Fred. So outside of Ejim, we haven't seen how players develop when they get a whole career with Fred. And Ejim was a forward. It'll be really interesting to see how these guards that will get their whole careers with Fred will develop over their time here.
6'4" 205 lbs? Seriously, size is not the issue here. The problem with comparing him to Babb and Diante (who are 6'5" and 6'4", btw) is that is not as explosive of an athlete as they are. Babb's role is something that he has been striving for and I think he can get to the point where he is an elite on-ball defender and very good 3 point shooter, with a quick release. That can get him into pro ball on some level with no problems.
Keep in mind, he averaged 7.1 this year in 20 minutes of work and we know he has the confidence to take/make big shots. Let's see what happens in the next 2 years here but I would definitely put him in pro-ball somewhere.
