re: Report: Jordan Mickey will enter the NBA Draft

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He's a post player, which makes him a back to the basket type 4 in the NBA, simple as that. He has no shot, which is why he can never play the 3.

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He played in the post some maybe even most of the time. That does not make him a post player. He wasn't really hitting hook shots and backing people down. He had a good baseline move that got him dunks, but he was a slasher guy with a 17 footer. That's more 3 than 4 to my mind. He wasn't very good with his back to the basket, and wasn't very good as a passer from there either (the Alabama game comes to mind).

If you are an NBA team, you're going to teach him how to drive and kick and play balls out on ball defense. I don't think you can teach him how to not get knocked around by the bruising NBA fours. You can probably make that guy a great defender, rebounder, and slasher at the 3, however. Just my thought.