When it comes to the NBA Draft, there is such a disproportionate amount of attention paid to numbers and various statistics. At times, I will find myself start to fall into that trap, but then a player steps out of their college system, and show a lot more to their game than you could have imagined. Sometimes, the things that teams are really looking for can’t be quantified, or there are teams that feel they can take a player and add the tools they need to be a successful pro. Duke’s Miles Plumlee falls into all of these categories. The numbers he put up rarely wowed anyone, but the team was winning and he was a major part of it. He did a lot of the dirty work, such as setting screens and battling in the post, while more heralded teammates fed off of that and put up numbers that did impress. Again, I was a guilty as anyone in often downplaying or flat out not recognizing what Plumlee did for that team. I was wrong. Third, Fourth, Fifth looks at his film, and you can see how ...
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June 28, 2012
