Draft Profile: Buddy Hield

Will the Naismith Award frontrunner hear his name called in the lottery on draft night?

Strengths:

•  Lights-out 3-point shooter
•  Excels creating own shot, one of nation’s top scorers
•  High basketball IQ
•  Physical guard
•  Good rebounder for his size
•  Plays passing lanes well
•  Has improved each year at Oklahoma
•  Gets to the free throw line
•  Fits the prototype of a modern shooting guard
•  Should be solid starter in the NBA

Weaknesses:

• Not an elite athlete
• Playmaking skills, can be turnover prone
• Slightly undersized
• Already 22 years old

Red Flags:

• N/A

Video (via DraftExpress):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VNr7u-tfyX8