The San Antonio Spurs might use some taking pictures and flexibility throughout the board. A sneaky good choose within the second spherical for them could possibly be Arizona senior Pelle Larsson. The 6-foot-6, 210-pound guard has proven he can do absolutely anything requested of him on the court docket. His solely “huge” drawback is that he isn’t a specialist in anybody side of the sport. That shouldn’t cease him from getting drafted although as a number of groups will worth that in a very good function participant.
Whereas Larsson shouldn’t be doubtless a first-rounder — even within the complicated draft this can turn into — he might discover himself serving to a staff instantly together with his passing capability and decision-making. Listed here are his stats via 20 video games this season.
12.8 PPG, 1.1 SPG, 3.5 APG, 4.1 RPG, 1.7 TOPG
54.0 FG%, 45.7 3P%, 82.4 FT%
19.9 PER, 131.3 ORtg, 100.2 DRtg
Pelle Larson Breakdown
Larsson has by no means been the primary and even the second possibility at Arizona over the previous few years, however he at all times makes impactful profitable performs. As said earlier, his choice making is one in all his strengths together with discovering teammates open for photographs, and his athleticism. Whereas he is perhaps Swedish, he has a Swiss military knife model of play. He’ll do no matter you ask of him and he”ll usually achieve success in doing it.
Whereas taking pictures isn’t his predominant calling card, he has been fairly environment friendly from the ground. He doesn’t shoot too many triples (2.3 a sport), however he does common about 15 makes an attempt from the sector per sport and also you noticed his taking pictures averages above. Larsson finds teammates nicely, however shouldn’t be actually a self-creator, which could flip off some groups. Nevertheless, he navigates pick-and-rolls fairly nicely and may get downhill with little or no area.
The Wildcat may not be rocketing up mock draft boards, however he is among the steadier gamers on this draft. And that could possibly be the distinction for a staff that’s keen to be affected person and let Larsson play within the G-League for a bit earlier than a everlasting call-up. His burgeoning shot creation ought to excite some groups as he’s gotten extra snug with taking pictures off the dribble and together with his turnaround jumper this season.
