In an interview with Shams Charania of The Athletic (Twitter link), Arkansas guard Anthony Black describes himself as an unselfish player who’s willing to do whatever it takes to help his team win. Black displayed impressive passing skills during his freshman year with the Razorbacks, but he said he can defend, rebound and score as well.
Black, who grew up admiring Gilbert Arenas and Kobe Bryant, compares himself to Oklahoma City’s Josh Giddey among current players. Like Giddey, Black is exceptionally tall for a point guard and he uses his 6’7″ height to his advantage.
“I think it helps in my reads,” Black said. “I watch a lot of film, so I’m watching some of the film from the season and some of my reads I’m making just looking straight. There’s a defender, but he’s not tall enough to block it. I can read the back line of the defense a lot easier, I feel like, than a smaller guard who could be guarded by someone with some length and disrupt the passing lane.”
There’s more on the draft:
- The second surgery needed by Duke forward Dariq Whitehead wasn’t caused by a re-fracture of his right foot, tweets Jonathan Wasserman of Bleacher Report. A source tells Wasserman that Whitehead has met with several teams picking late in the lottery as well as teams with multiple first-round selections. He hasn’t been able to work out, but he’s gone through film sessions and met with head coaches, executives and medical personnel.
- The Hornets haven’t set a date for their workout with Scoot Henderson, according to Roderick Boone of The Charlotte Observer. The G League Ignite guard visited the Trail Blazers over the weekend and indicated that he will only work out for Portland and Charlotte. Boone notes that workout days usually aren’t publicized far in advance, and Henderson lives in Georgia so it wouldn’t take him long to get to the Hornets’ facility.
- The Hornets are hosting a workout today with Texas’ Timmy Allen, Baylor’s Adam Flagler, Florida’s Alex Fudge, Michigan State’s Joey Hauser, Southern Utah’s Tevian Jones and North Carolina State’s Terquavion Smith (Twitter link).
- Craig Porter Jr. has already conducted workouts with the Mavericks, Warriors, Celtics, Pistons, Magic and Cavaliers, and he has upcoming sessions with the Clippers, Wizards, Nuggets and Knicks, according to a tweet from Global Scouting. The Wichita State guard is a potential late second-round pick.
2 surgeries on a foot means that what team takes him are going to need to be patient on his development. For any player the foot is a important part of their game.
Thanks Magic!
That’s why they call it football.
Definitely concerning to have another surgery. But they say it was minor. He’s young so he should be fine. Needs to get healthy is true. He’s still a talent who is very young. I’d take him and let him sit for awhile.
Black is an interesting talent. Been watching all his videos. He’s got good size and plays smart. He looks for real. I see him more as combo guard /wing. Definitely a top ten talent. Reminds me of Cade. Not as good a Passer. But similar gms.
Charlotte will draft Scoot. How could they not? They already have Bridges, Hayward, and Scoot is a NC native.
I think this is all hype on Miller, and the gun stuff will hurt his draft day status worse than the boards are predicting.
Ja Morant helped make the Gun issue ripe at the perfect time!
Millers gun-play actions resulted in a murder, not a social media profile!
Miller will have to impress in # of ways in my opinion, that Scoot won’t. Hornets take Scoot at 2 for sure.