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stitches said:
WTF season from Dante offensively. I'm absolutely flabbergasted. I don't think there's ever been a scouting report more wrong about a prospect. He's the complete opposite to what he was in U18 competitions. 10 FTA/game in the U18 FIBA WC. 10 per game!!! That's Harden/Westbrook level aggression. What the hell happened to him? Did he get molested under a basketball rim or something? So frustrating...
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I don't know the accuracy of that FTA stat you posted, but the last time he played prior to the draft was the U19 where he averaged 7 FTAs a game. Not bad, but definitely not good for a top 5 pick in the draft playing HS ball. He had 5 of the 9 games of less than 5 FTAs. Great HS players go to the line a ton.
 
seattlejazzfan said:
I don't know the accuracy of that FTA stat you posted, but the last time he played prior to the draft was the U19 where he averaged 7 FTAs a game. Not bad, but definitely not good for a top 5 pick in the draft playing HS ball. He had 5 of the 9 games of less than 5 FTAs. Great HS players go to the line a ton.
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It's possible that it was per40 stat and I'm mistaken that it's per game, but even 7 is pretty damn good. As an example, there is only one PG in the league above 7FTA/game right now.

Edit: just checked it, indeed it was per40 stat(9.6 per 40), but I think my point stands, just as a comparison - at the same tournament Marcus Smart had 7 FTA per 40, Payton had 2 FTA per 40.
 
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stitches said:
It's possible that it was per40 stat and I'm mistaken that it's per game, but even 7 is pretty damn good. As an example, there is only one PG in the league above 7FTA/game right now.
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Right, but my point is that great HS players, the type that get drafted in the lottery always shoot a ton of FTs. 7 is high in the NBA like you say, but not that high for a 6'6" NBA lottery pick in HS.
 
seattlejazzfan said:
Right, but my point is that great HS players, the type that get drafted in the lottery always shoot a ton of FTs. 7 is high in the NBA like you say, but not that high for a 6'6" NBA lottery pick in HS.
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I added more info in my last post - even for U19 competitions 7 is extremely high. Marcus Smart and Elfrid Payton were much lower than him at the exact same competition.
Dante: 9.6 FTA/40
Marcus Smart: 7 FTA/40
Elfrid Payton : 2FTA per 40.
Tyler Ennis: 7.3 FTA/40
Dario Saric: 8.8 FTA/40

I can't bother checking any more of the prospects that were on that tourney, but if I had to guess Dante is probably the one who went most to the FT line.
 
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