The Sixer Sense
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Top Pac-12 NBA Draft prospects for Philadelphia 76ers

By Bret Stuter

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Stanford – Daejon Davis

When the Washington Huskies made a coaching change, incoming freshman Daejon Davis was one of the early defectors. Unwilling to see it through, Davis reopened his recruiting and signed on to the Stanford Cardinals.  It’s expected that if he has success, he could very likely be a one-and-done NCAA player. And as a 6-foot-3 guard, he has the range and size to play either point or shooting guard in the NBA.

So far, he is getting enough minutes to make that a possibility.  At 16 of 18 games played and averaging 29.5 minutes per game, Davis has plenty of opportunity.  So far, he is trying to make the most of it. While averaging just 10.3 points per game, his lower scoring is simply not taking many shots. While he averages just 6.9 attempts, he sinks an average of 52.3 percent from the floor. But he is deadly accurate from the perimeter, scoring on nearly 44 percent of his shots from three-point range.

Davis adds to both ends of basketball court

Davis is another Pac-12 player who chips in on virtually all statistics. He can work the boards, hauling in 4.3 rebounds per game. He can pass out 4.4 assists per game, and he chips in with 0.3 blocks and 0.8 steals per game. In the past four games (per January 15,2018) he is averaging 16 points a game and shooting 50 percent from the perimeter.

It was Davis who sank the 50-footer to score three-points at the buzzer to defeat the USC Trojans.  And he carried that momentum with him to seal two more victories for the Cardinals.  The true test will be upcoming. Davis needs to show consistancy and up his offense to intrigue NBA scouts. But if he truly is looking at the 2018 NBA Draft, he’s already aware of that.