Sixers NBA Draft profile: Tyrell Terry

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If you’ve read the first three slides and haven’t connected the dots, you need only think back to the aforementioned J.J. Redick and Landry Shamet. While few shooters ever reach the same stratosphere as Redick, Terry is a better athlete who has more playmaking upside than Shamet. He’s the perfect next step in the Sixers’ recent linage of deadeye, undersized shooters.

The Sixers have the personnel to account for Terry’s limitations. Ben Simmons, Shake Milton, Josh Richardson — there are plenty of other playmaking valves on the roster. When Redick left in free agency, Brett Brown retired a box full of sets designed for shooters of Terry’s ilk. I’m sure he’d like to break it out again.

The Sixers can run Terry around screens and leverage his gravity as a shooter next to Embiid and Simmons. His live-dribble passing would service the halfcourt offense well, and the Sixers are bound to have available minutes on the perimeter when Alec Burks and Glenn Robinson hit free agency this fall.

Few prospects in this class have a skill set better suited for the modern NBA than Terry. He’s the kind of game-breaking shooter who can pressure defenses as soon as he steps over the halfcourt line. Too often, we underrate proven NBA-level skills in favor of ambiguous “upside.” Terry’s physical profile isn’t the most desirable, but he’s an inveterate sharpshooter who can provide immediate value as a top shelf floor-spacer. If you’re the Sixers, you jump on that.

The Sixers have the personnel to hide Terry’s weaknesses and the accentuate his strengths. His skill set qualifies as essential to the Sixers’ success, both short and long-term. Red sharpie. Gold star sticker. Within the realm of possibility, he’s the top option at No. 22 in my book.