Nassir Little

DaTRUTHk11 · Post #301 » by **DaTRUTHk11** » Sun Feb 3, 2019 6:55 pm

he's been bad, much worse than even the lowest expectations from prior to start of the season. I honestly don't see this kid as an NBA player. Looks a like poor man's version of diallo, who has been a major bust so far. Add this to the fact that all karolina draft picks have been huge busts relative to expectations coming into the high school...

Stillwater · Post #302 » by **Stillwater** » Sun Feb 3, 2019 7:08 pm

Little has not been used usually to his strengths but he is improving in Roys system and adapting in ltd minutes quite well. He is being more aggressive defensively and around the basket showing his elite athleticism and toughness. He is not a jump shooter but mostly a straight line driver and scraps for possessions plays hard and has been a good soldier considering the majority of this draft class if in his shoes would be trying to do everything themselves to improve their draft stock.
I think he's a sleeper to be one of the best players from this draft more than he is trending the other direction provided the team drafting him isn't dumb enough to try to use him at the 3. He needs to play at the 4.

clyde21 · Post #303 » by **clyde21** » Mon Feb 4, 2019 5:37 pm

Kevin Knox played 32 mins per game, while Little is playing 19.

again, Roy should never get another 1AD prospect.

mattg · Post #304 » by **mattg** » Mon Feb 4, 2019 9:15 pm

Isn’t he basically Al-Farouq Aminu as a prospect more or less?

shakes0 · Post #305 » by **shakes0** » Tue Feb 5, 2019 12:26 am

mattg wrote:Isn’t he basically Al-Farouq Aminu as a prospect more or less?

I would say he has a ceiling of Montrezl Harrell.

anthony00 · Post #306 » by **anthony00** » Tue Feb 5, 2019 12:32 am

he isn't bad he just is rotting on the bench

baldur · Post #307 » by **baldur** » Tue Feb 5, 2019 6:47 am

is he declaring for the 2019 draft, though?

clyde21 · Post #308 » by **clyde21** » Tue Feb 5, 2019 6:59 am

baldur wrote:is he declaring for the 2019 draft, though?

lol of course...u think he's gonna come back to NC to play 18 mins a game again?

baldur · Post #309 » by **baldur** » Tue Feb 5, 2019 7:21 am

clyde21 wrote:
baldur wrote:is he declaring for the 2019 draft, though?

lol of course...u think he's gonna come back to NC to play 18 mins a game again?

fair enough. dont see him in some mock drafts.

pad300 · Post #310 » by **pad300** » Tue Feb 5, 2019 5:22 pm

The problem with Nassir as a 4, is at the NBA level, he's undersized. There are a lot of undersized PF candidates on the roadside to the NBA. In this class alone, at the 4, this puts him behind a lot of guys - something like 7th or 8th, and quite possibly out of the first round.

Guy's he's definitely behind as a PF:
Zion Williamson
Sekou Doumbouya
Grant Williams
Jalen McDaniels
Brandon Clarke

Guys he might be behind:
Killian Tillie
P.J. Washington
Hachimura
Holman\
Shittu

Not to mention the possibilities of foreign players - Samanic for example.

clyde21 · Post #311 » by **clyde21** » Tue Feb 5, 2019 5:43 pm

Nas isn't a 4. he's a prototype 3 who can slide to the 4 in small 'run n gun' lineups.

NBA Fan 1234 · Post #312 » by **NBA Fan 1234** » Tue Feb 5, 2019 5:56 pm

clyde21 wrote:Nas isn't a 4. he's a prototype 3 who can slide to the 4 in small 'run n gun' lineups.

Also, pretty sure his length is actually + for a 4. When he gets back to his weight from last year, he should be able to defend some 2s (but not through screens).

pad300 · Post #313 » by **pad300** » Tue Feb 5, 2019 5:57 pm

clyde21 wrote:Nas isn't a 4. he's a prototype 3 who can slide to the 4 in small 'run n gun' lineups.

Agreed, to my mind he's a 3. But there are folks (eg Stillwater, even your own comparison - Knox is at least a 3.5 ) up thread arguing that he should be considered as a 4 - but that's bad for him, IMO.

clyde21 · Post #314 » by **clyde21** » Tue Feb 5, 2019 6:01 pm

Nas supposedly has a legit 7-1 wingspan so defensively he should be able to guard the majority of 2-4s at the next level at at least a competent level.

Knox is 6'9 but actually 'only' has a 6-11 wingspan.

I think Nas will go a lot higher than people realize when it's all said and done. teams LOVE his prototype and I think will bet on what he can potentially turn into at the next level.

eminence · Post #315 » by **eminence** » Tue Feb 5, 2019 6:19 pm

Offensively I think he's a 4 for sure, doesn't have much handle and isn't a shooter, just seems like he'd really struggle at the 3 in a lot of scenarios. Defensively he should be fine on most forwards/wings.

RipCity71252 · Post #316 » by **RipCity71252** » Tue Feb 5, 2019 6:55 pm

Kelly Oubre type prospect.

Similar college seasons and strengths and weaknesses. Tools are a little different, but both feel like they'll take a while to become positive players (if they ever do) but bring enough pedigree, size and potential shooting to get plenty of opportunities to figure it out.

clyde21 · Post #317 » by **clyde21** » Tue Feb 5, 2019 10:27 pm

i don't see the Oubre-Little comparison at all.

RipCity71252 · Post #318 » by **RipCity71252** » Tue Feb 5, 2019 10:51 pm

clyde21 wrote:i don't see the Oubre-Little comparison at all.

Care to elaborate?

Oubre is quicker, Nassir is stronger, but both had very similar statistical seasons in college and strengths and weaknesses coming out.

DX's Strengths for Oubre:

- Phyiscal Tools
- Defensive Potential
- Shooting Stroke
- Upside

Weaknesses

- Creating Offense
- Feel for the Game
- Consistency

clyde21 · Post #319 » by **clyde21** » Tue Feb 5, 2019 10:57 pm

RipCity71252 wrote:
clyde21 wrote:i don't see the Oubre-Little comparison at all.

Care to elaborate?

Oubre is quicker, Nassir is stronger, but both had very similar statistical seasons in college and strengths and weaknesses coming out.

DX's Strengths for Oubre:

- Phyiscal Tools
- Defensive Potential
- Shooting Stroke
- Upside

Weaknesses

- Creating Offense
- Feel for the Game
- Consistency

i mean, what makes them similar outside of having similar stats as freshmen? Oubre doesn't have the two-way potential of Little, doesn't have the core strength, switchability 2-4, or ability to finish at the rim like Nas. Oubre's also more of an off-ball guy while Little needs touches on-ball to leverage his strengths.

RipCity71252 · Post #320 » by **RipCity71252** » Tue Feb 5, 2019 11:05 pm

clyde21 wrote:
RipCity71252 wrote:
clyde21 wrote:i don't see the Oubre-Little comparison at all.

Care to elaborate?

Oubre is quicker, Nassir is stronger, but both had very similar statistical seasons in college and strengths and weaknesses coming out.

DX's Strengths for Oubre:

- Phyiscal Tools
- Defensive Potential
- Shooting Stroke
- Upside

Weaknesses

- Creating Offense
- Feel for the Game
- Consistency

i mean, what makes them similar outside of having similar stats as freshmen? Oubre doesn't have the two-way potential of Little, doesn't have the core strength, switchability 2-4, or ability to finish at the rim like Nas. Oubre's also more of an off-ball guy while Little needs touches on-ball to leverage his strengths.

Obviously the aren't identical, but they do share some of the same concerns imo of being swing forwards w/ feel and IQ concerns that are deficient in enough areas that may lead them to being guys that aren't valuable enough at either position to be starters on a good team.

Who's your comparison for him?