Oscar Tshiebwe: C/PF, 6'9", 255 Lb's, 7'4" wingspan, Jr., Kentucky.
30.3 mpg - 16.3 ppg - 61.5% fgp - 00.0% 3pp - 72.7% ftp - 15.2 rpg - 0.9 apg - 1.6 blk's - 1.6 stl's
Tshiebwe (pronounced Sheeb-way) is one of my very favorite players to watch in this draft. He's leads all of college in rebounding. He's an absolute monster on the boards. It doesn't matter who he's up against and how tall they are. He's still going to get his boards. He has terrific hands! Get the ball anywhere within his reach, either rebounding, or receiving a pass, and he catches it. . He's built like a tank and is one of the strongest players on the floor in almost every game. He's a very good post player with excellent footwork around the basket.
He's also amazingly agile for a man his size. He runs the floor with the best of them, and defends well on the perimeter. I wouldn't call him a prolific shotblocker, but he's he does defend the basket blocking 1.6 shots a game. He's excellent at fronting his man and preventing the entry pass, and by the same token, he's good at fronting his man and receiving the entry pass. He sets excellent picks and operates well in the pick and roll. Oh, and he's a good passer as well. You could argue that at times he's the best player on the Kentucky team, that's loaded with good players.
This year, Tshiebwe is the heart and soul of the Kentucky team and their offense more often than not starts with him. How all this translates to the NBA is a question I can't completely answer, but I know he can rebound, and that almost always translates. He's developed a 15 foot jumper in the lane this season and hits slightly over 50% of them. He doesn't take many, but it does bode well for the future. He sounds like a lottery pick, or at worse, a bottom of the first round pick. But right now, almost every mock has him going somewhere in the 2nd rd. I have no idea why other than he's a Junior and a little older than some of the other bigs.
I would use a 2nd rd pick on him in a heartbeat. By all accounts he's a great teammate on and off the floor, and a very hard worker. He's the kind of player you love to have on your bench. Someone that will come in and move some players around, and if he bangs into you, you will move! I think he's being underrated, or perhaps over thought. I think he has a place in the NBA, and I think he's going to surprise some people.
30.3 mpg - 16.3 ppg - 61.5% fgp - 00.0% 3pp - 72.7% ftp - 15.2 rpg - 0.9 apg - 1.6 blk's - 1.6 stl's
Tshiebwe (pronounced Sheeb-way) is one of my very favorite players to watch in this draft. He's leads all of college in rebounding. He's an absolute monster on the boards. It doesn't matter who he's up against and how tall they are. He's still going to get his boards. He has terrific hands! Get the ball anywhere within his reach, either rebounding, or receiving a pass, and he catches it. . He's built like a tank and is one of the strongest players on the floor in almost every game. He's a very good post player with excellent footwork around the basket.
He's also amazingly agile for a man his size. He runs the floor with the best of them, and defends well on the perimeter. I wouldn't call him a prolific shotblocker, but he's he does defend the basket blocking 1.6 shots a game. He's excellent at fronting his man and preventing the entry pass, and by the same token, he's good at fronting his man and receiving the entry pass. He sets excellent picks and operates well in the pick and roll. Oh, and he's a good passer as well. You could argue that at times he's the best player on the Kentucky team, that's loaded with good players.
This year, Tshiebwe is the heart and soul of the Kentucky team and their offense more often than not starts with him. How all this translates to the NBA is a question I can't completely answer, but I know he can rebound, and that almost always translates. He's developed a 15 foot jumper in the lane this season and hits slightly over 50% of them. He doesn't take many, but it does bode well for the future. He sounds like a lottery pick, or at worse, a bottom of the first round pick. But right now, almost every mock has him going somewhere in the 2nd rd. I have no idea why other than he's a Junior and a little older than some of the other bigs.
I would use a 2nd rd pick on him in a heartbeat. By all accounts he's a great teammate on and off the floor, and a very hard worker. He's the kind of player you love to have on your bench. Someone that will come in and move some players around, and if he bangs into you, you will move! I think he's being underrated, or perhaps over thought. I think he has a place in the NBA, and I think he's going to surprise some people.
