NBA Comparison: Travis Knight/Mehmet Okur

Strengths: Late blooming Dutch center with developing skill set … Five years in NCAA, became adept in many areas … Shows a good feel for the game … Best attribute is his high level touch and shooting ability … A good passer, showing good vision and ability to find cutters from the high post … Shows very good shooting ability, knocking down 1.4 threes per game in his senior season … Improved each season in college and showed progress even in his senior season in both productivity and efficiency … Shot well over 80% from FT over the past two years … Good form on shot should allow him to extend it from college to NBA three … Showed solid improvement as a rim protector and post defender with 1.7 blocks per game as a senior … Good knock down shooter from catch and shoot … Shows some ability to attack the basket off the dribble … Shows a nifty turnaround hook shot … Massive 9’4 wingspan allows him to rim protect …

Weaknesses: Already 24 years of age, limiting his potential … Lacks much in the way of leaping ability, as illustrated by his 27 inch max vertical … Lack of verticality will make it tougher for him to create offense in the paint … Struggles to defend in space … Game probably more suited to 1980s than 2020s … Not a great athlete, lacking much explosiveness … Late development suggests that his success may have been more due to playing against younger competition … Has a developing “post” game but still has a ways to go and is better as a face up guy … Lack of great quickness impacts his ability to run the floor and defend …

Notes: Measured: 7′ 0.00” barefoot, 244.4 lbs, 7′ 2.50” wingspan, 9′ 4.00” standing reach, 24 standing vert, 27 max vert at the 2024 NBA Draft Combine … Hails from Amsterdam, Netherlands …

Aran Smith 6/27/24