NBA Draft Profiles: Top 5 Point Guards For Philadelphia 76ers
By Owen Nelson
4. Frank Ntilikina
Measurements
Height: 6-5
Weight: 180
Wingspan: 7-0
Stats
Points: 3.2
Assists: 0.6
Rebounds: 1.4
Steals: 0.5
Blocks: 0.0
FG percentage: 47.4
3FG percentage: 41.7
These stats certainly do not jump off the screen but as a skinny 17 year old Frank Ntilikina won’t get much playing time in the pros. However, he did show his sky high potential at the recent under-18 world championship where he averaged 15.2 points and 4.5 assists whilst shooting a brilliant 58.6 percent from three. His showing at this tournament cemented his place in the lottery, scouts won’t get to see much of him play but this small sample size may just be enough to interest a number of point guard thirsty teams.
Building A Mystery
Frank Ntilikina is this years mystery international man, last year it was Dragan Bender, Kristaps Porzingis the year before, and point guard Dante Exum before him. It’s always tough to analyse and scouts foreign players as there is never enough tape of them, and when there is its never of good quality. Like previous years, some will fall in love with Ntilikina and think he’s top 5 worthy whilst others will think he’s not lottery worthy; it happens every year.
The French guard is a very smooth player, he has a way of making things look easy. Ntilikina can either shoot from three or finish inside with his 6-5 build. He can also dish out to a teammate, through the very little film that is available Ntilikina has shown that he has an eye for a pass. His dangly frame helps him out on defence, for example, after getting coached by NBA coach, Ntilikina will know how to correctly use his 7-0 wingspan. Ntilikina is definitely following the trend of big point guards. Although, he will definitely have to put on muscle to his thin 170lb frame in order to survive the toughness of the 82-game NBA season.