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5.Orlando Magic – Alperen Sengun, F/C, Besiktas
It is complete rebuild mode for the Magic after trading Nikola Vucevic, Aaron Gordon, Khem Birch, and Evan Fournier.
While Sengun probably will not end up being a franchise player, he has the potential to give the Magic some much-needed floor spacing and 3-point shooting that should help the Magic tremendously.
Given that the Magic currently lack either of these things on their current roster, adding someone like Sengun will benefit their current crop of players.
The Basketball Super League, which is where Sengun originates from, is arguably the most competitive in all of Europe right now, with 30 former NBA players currently competing in it.
This includes players such as Kyle O’Quinn, Jan Vesely and Nando De Colo among others.
At just 18 years old, Sengun saw himself being crowned as the Super League’s most valuable player.
Do not let the 19 percent 3-point shooting on just 21 attempts fool you – Sengun will be able to score at all three levels at some point during his NBA career.
If Sengun can shoot 80 percent from the free-throw line, he should be able to score from the mid-range easily and stretch out his range even farther than that at some point.
Plus, when he needs to, Sengun can get down low and score from the post, which has primarily been his offensive game thus far in his professional basketball career (68% shooting from two-point range on 10 shots last season).
The important thing will be for the Magic to make sure that trying to score with his back to the basket becomes a complementary part of Sengun’s game rather than its focal point.
8. Orlando Magic – Jalen Johnson, F, Duke University
The second of two top 10 picks for the Magic, courtesy of the Nikola Vucevic trade with the Chicago Bulls.
General managers are going to question Johnson’s commitment after leaving both IMG Academy and Duke early, but Johnson has special tools.
Johnson’s size, speed and athleticism make him worth a gamble for a franchise desperate for star players.
On the basketball court, it was an up-and-down season in the limited time that Johnson was a member of Mike Krzyzewski’s squad.
According to ShotQuality, Johnson’s points per possessions rank landed him in the 52nd percentile, which is slightly above-average.
Additionally, Johnson had a 28 percent good possession rate versus a 26 percent bad possession rate while dishing out just 3.3 passing points per game, so the lack of playmaking may make teams skeptical about a guy who already struggles to be effective in the halfcourt.
Johnson did most of his damage on the offensive end around the paint, shooting 64 percent on close 2’s (41-for-64), and while he did not take a lot of them, Johnson did shoot 44 percent (8-for-18) from 3-point range.
Johnson’s shooting from every other part of the floor did not bode much for confidence. Twenty-nine percent on long-range 2’s (8-for-27) and a pretty abysmal 63 percent from the free-throw line (24-for-38).
Again though, his sample size at Duke is pretty narrow, so it is hard to tell how accurate these numbers translate to an 82-game season.
Again, what intrigues scouts about Johnson is not necessarily his halfcourt offensive skill but his ability to handle a basketball and push the offense down the floor in transition.
