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Travis Leslie by the Numbers

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Measurements at Draft

Height
6'4.25"
Weight
205 lb
Standing Reach (Same as Gordon Hayward, half an inch smaller than Burks)
8'7"
No-Step Vert
33"
Max Vert
40.5"
Bench Press
10 reps
Lane Agility
11 secs
3/4 court sprint
3.13 sec



https://www.nba.com/dleague/playerfile/travis_leslie/career_stats.html

This year in the D League is he averaged

28 Games
27.6 mpg
51.5 FG%
36.5 3PT%
74.2 FT%

16.1 ppg (.7 3's/game)
7.4 rpg (2.7 offensive rebounds per game)
2.1 apg
1.8 spg
2.36 topg


A little analysis:

Good size and length-explosive leaper/dunker. Good all-around finisher. Jumper form is okay. Defensively gambled a lot in college.

A very good rebounder as a wing.

Good athlete laterally-measured about the same as Burks.

He has become an average 3 pt shooter.

I am interested to see what kind of defense he can play.
 
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1280 just interviewed him.

Then they interviewed Hayward. I couldn't tell a difference.

I hate the communications curiculm that has brought us to the point that I can predict every question and each canned response.

But I did learn that his Mom in Atlanta was excited for his call-up.
 
mellow said:
I read that he goes outside his area to rebound, which makes it more impressive.

Apparently he plays much bigger than his 6-4 frame.
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Maybe they are getting him just to rebound the last 2 minutes of close games. Something we obviously can't do.
 
Sounds like a dime a dozen type wing player.

He'd have to make his mark defensively, or find range somewhere, like what DeMarre has been doing. Certainly not a bad tryout.
 
Cyrone Torbin said:
There is no point of having a Ronnie Brewer if you don't have a Dwill and a Sloan system though.

Hopefully he turns into Tony Allen.
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He is already a better 3 point shooter than Tony Allen. But other than that yes, I hope he can play D like Allen for us.
 
I was just thinking about Leslie and Sundiata Gaines. Is there a chance that Corbin puts Leslie in the game vs the Heat with the game on the line?

Abbreviated game log: (4th quarter)

11:23 (M60-55U) subs in for injured Dwill
2:04 (M82-85J) replaced by Price
5.9 (M95-94J) seconds left, subs in for Korver!
1.1 solidifies his NBA career

I would argue that Sloan believed that Price or any other combo of ball-handlers would have lost, so he gambled on his only hope against all odds. It was a long shot, but it was the only shot, and it worked.

Other interesting info: He had one practice before that game and received 10 min in the 4th of a tight game! On the final play 3 Jazz players touched the ball in less than 5 seconds. The inbounds was the old picket fence. He had one practice and a 20-sec timeout to figure out what to do.

Perhaps Sloan deserves as much credit for some of the diamonds in the rough as KOC did.

I hope I am wrong and Corbin can continue the Jazz tradition of finding great players that nobody else wanted.
 
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