re: SBNation Predicts Top 100 NBA Players in 2017

Hey, i respect his defensive potential and I dearly wish the pels could have gotten him to enforce the paint.

He played in 60 games totally, playing 20mpg. His great fg percentage of 61% led to an inflated PER. He has great mobility and elite size, he's an outstanding rebounder in limited minutes, however he won't be getting guarded by Kris humphries and similar PFs in the future.

There are just so many hurdles he needs to pass to get to that point of being a top 3 player in the entire nba. To list some concerns: The guy shot 37% from the free throw line. I don't think he has the endurance to produce the way he did this year for 36 mpg, something he'd need to do to be a top 3 player. He seems injury prone. His offense is reminiscent of Deandre Jordan's offense. Is he going to be a primary lob receiver or someone you can throw the ball to in clutch time? His offense is more reminiscent of deandre's from what i've seen. He can't move on the perimeter and he's not as fast or quick as dwight howard. Does he have the work ethic and attitude to improve his team and fulfill his potential completely?

At 23, he's going to be better than all the other centers, PFs, SGs, and PGs in the league? Totally unbelievable. These writers need to watch games instead of looking at stats.

I could see top 30. Top 3?