Age: 21; Height: 6-10; Weight: 255; Wingspan: 6-11.5; Reach: 8-11.5
Season Stats (as of 2/23)
24.6 mpg, 9.5 ppg, 8.3 rpg, 1.5 apg, 1.9 spg, 0.8 bpg, 1.6 tpg, 3.1 fpg, .545 FG, .667 FT, N/A 3P
Strengths
-Prototypical height/weight for a power forward
-Strong, particularly in the upper body
-Good athlete, gets off the ground fast
-Quick and fairly fluid for a big guy
-Runs the floor well
-Great hands
-Decent mid-range shooter
-Makings of a post game
-Finishes well in a variety of ways
-Good ball handler
-Comfortable distributing
-High energy defensive player
-Good help defender, shot blocker
-Creates turnovers
-Excellent rebounder, particularly offensively
-Physical
-Plays very hard on both ends
Weaknesses
-Average length
-A good athlete, but not a special one
-Lacks polish overall on offense
-Not a great free throw shooter
-Just an average shot blocker
-Foul prone
-Short track record of success
-History of conditioning issues
-Had a season ending back injury
-Made rep against younger players in high school
-Old for a Sophomore, 22 on draft night
NBA Comparison
During McGary's NCAA Tournament, they hype on him got somewhat out of hand. However, if he can recover from his back injury I can see him easily developing into a valuable forward like Nick Collison, who rebounds, passes, plays great defense, and can hit an occasional jumper.
Draft Projection
The severity of the back injury is the biggest question mark on his draft standing. If healthy, I could see him going any where in the back half of the first round. However, with such a question hanging over his head it's hard to see him going as high as Jared Sullinger (21) because he is older, not as good, and in a deeper draft than Sullinger.
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