The most boring game in the league should be that the two "tank" teams are messing with each other, and the two NBA teams are desperately trying to lose the game in order to make themselves one step further away from the signing, and probably only die-hard fans will pay attention to such a game. However, it is in these bleak games that there are often some real new stars, and the Thunder's Trey-Mann is one of the rising rookies.
Today's Thunder 16 points to win the Magic, although they are one step away from the big plan, but the Thunder is also cultivating rookies, the highest score of this game is the bench player Maleton, he shot 9 of 13 shots to get 25 points, 4 rebounds and 6 assists. Another player who played efficiently was Trey Mann, who scored 21 points on 3-of-6 three-pointers on 7-of-12 shooting, which was also the seventh game of his career 20+, Mann can be said to be a solid rookie player, he was selected by the Thunder with the eighteenth pick in the first round of the 21st Draft, which is higher than his predicted pick of 20-30.
However, the Thunder's draft is considered to be "gambling", as a 1.96m point guard, Mann's physical condition is not outstanding, his arm span and height are similar, and there is no explosive physical fitness and excellent interior finishing means, so he is easily limited by big players. In the NBA Scouting Report, It is believed that Man may have a hard time reaching the average defensive level of the league flanks, and the only one that can match the first round of 18 picks is Mann's scoring ability, in his final season in college, Mann averaged 16 points, 5.6 rebounds and 3.5 assists per game, and more than 40% of the three-point shooting rate, his position is to stand on the bench to help the team score.
In fact, the Thunder did their best, Mann started from the bench at the beginning of the season, and even let go of a period of time in the development league, starting in December, Mann got more playing opportunities, averaging about 8 points in 20 minutes per game. After the middle of the season, more accustomed to the rhythm of the NBA, Mann's playing time became more, waiting for the same team's high-ranking rookie Gidey was injured, Mann also got the starting position, and really broke out, in the February and March games, Mann got two single quarter 20+, and all 7 times this season 20+, only 7 games did not score in double figures.
Even with the fragmented playing time of the beginning of the season, Mann averaged 10.3 points, 2.8 rebounds and 1.5 assists in his first NBA season, averaging 22.6 minutes per game, shooting 39%/36%/79% of the three fields. In the 21st rookie has been able to rank in the top ten, if the scoring explosion alone, the Thunder No. 18 show does not lose any rookie, his only problem as a scorer is stability, Mann's high-scoring game needs to have a fiery feel, hit 3-5 three-pointers, his interior finishing ability is very poor, the total of 184 shots 80 throughout the season, is 43.5% lower than the average for guards.
But flaws are not hidden, the Thunder is the most capable of cultivating Manchester's team, although the same position has Alexander, Dort, Gidy and other top guards, the Thunder still squeezed out more than 20 minutes per game to give the rookie the 18th pick. It turns out they were right to be able to adapt to NBA-level confrontation and rotation in the first year, and not to exaggerate that Treman will become a top superstar like the Thunder Three, but he will certainly be a good scorer.