"Every day, Little wakes up at 6:45 a.m. and makes his way to his first training session. He does two workouts with his strength-and-conditioning coach Randy Hadley (one in the morning and one in the evening) that focus on his “conditioning,” “stretching,” “mobility,” and “strength.” He does two on-court workouts with his skills trainer Darryl Hardin (one in the morning and one in the evening) that focus on his “three-point shooting,” “ball-handling,” “shooting off-the-dribble” and more. He’s working on his craft around the clock. The primary focus of Little’s workouts has been his shooting. This is the aspect of his game he wants to improve the most. During his lone collegiate season, he made just 0.4 threes per game while shooting 26.9 percent from beyond the arc. After working on this every day for over a month, he seems more confident when he’s shooting. During a private workout that HoopsHype attended, he got hot and made 16 threes in a row at one point. If he can shoot like that in front of NBA teams, that will help his draft stock."https://hoopshype.com/2019/05/10/nba-draft-rumors-nassir-little-unc-carolina-zion-barrett-mock/
After high school, Little decided to attend the University of North Carolina. Back in December, Tar Heels head coach Roy Williams told reporters that Little is the best athlete he’s ever coached: “Nassir’s [athleticism] is explosive. It is quicker. His fast twitch muscles are different.”
He can play right away. Let him take his bumps. He’s a better option than Hark/Aminu/Turner to start.
Since high school, Little has studied Kawhi Leonard and Paul George. Both stars drastically improved their shot after entering the NBA. Leonard shot 25.0 percent from three in college, but he’s made 38.3 percent of his deep attempts during his NBA career. George shot 29.7 percent from deep as a rookie, but he’s made 38.8 percent of his threes over the past five seasons. Little hopes to have a similar turnaround, but he also models his game after Leonard and George because they’re so well-rounded. “I watch those guys a lot,” Little said. “With Paul George, I like the way he handles the ball at his size, his craftiness and his ability to score in many different ways. The same can be said for Kawhi Leonard as well. I think Kawhi has improved his ball-handling a lot during his time in the league and he can score in a variety of ways too, whether it’s hitting shots from outside or getting inside. And I really like the way he plays defense. I think they’re both great defensive players.”
Okay, this is from Canzano and I know how “popular” he is around here, but it’s a good quote: “Bol wore a suit with cob webs on it. Little wore red and black. It’s like they both knew, right?”
I dont know why but i cant be excited about him, really dont know why, maybe because i'm dissapointed that we couldn't draft Bazley, and i'm not a fan of the type of player Little is, hopefully he proves me wrong in the future, i just think a shooter who can space the floor for Dame and CJ would be a lot more valuable for our team. We'll see fams
He has the tools, now he has to develop the skills to go with them. Maybe crack the rotation in year 3? That late he was a good gamble.
Kwahi Leonard wasn't a good outside shooter coming into the league as he shot 25% from the three line and look at him now. We have two of the best shooters in McCollum and Lillard that can help him out.
I get what you are saying and I agree about the type of player we need, but regardless of who we picked we needed a two way player at SF. And the wing players in the draft outside the top few, all needed to improve at something. I love what I am hearing about his work ethic.
