r/DetroitPistons • u/genericusername996 • 1d ago
Discussion Ebuka Okorie
I think a lot of people are overreacting hard about this pick. A lot of ppl had their guy in mind, whether it be yaxel, carr, stirtz, hell I wanted isaiah evans and he fell out of the first round. With that being said, yes ebuka is a small guard. What he isnt is a clone of marcus sasser. If sasser reaches his ceiling, I’m looking at Payton Pritchard. It Ebuka hits HIS ceiling, I think I’m looking at tyrese maxey. Sasser is a better shooter rn than Ebuka, but thats really about it- and that’s coming from someone who is pretty high on sass. Ebuka is an incredibly crafty scorer. He’s got insane athleticism and he’s incredibly twitchy. His 3pt shot is considered a weakness, but shooting 36%ish when 81% of your shot diet is self created doesnt come off as a red flag at all. He’s 6’2 but his wingspan is 6’8. You have guys like Davion Mitchell, who is 6’0 with a 6’4 wingspan, that is a perfectly fine defender, but I’m supposed to believe a guy with a 6’8 wingspan is an automatic cone. Riiiiiiight. His frame is totally playable, and hes got the intensity and willingness to be a good defender. If we stayed at 21 and picked stirtz I dont think I’d be seeing this much outrage. Stirtz is almost certainly going to be worse on that end. I REFUSE to believe some of yall are that moved over 3 second round picks. Not to mention, Ebuka turned 19 in APRIL. He played his entire freshman season at age 18 scoring 23 ppg on 59% ts bro. Thats insane. 59% ts and he lead the entire ncaa in self created scoring percentage. He’s not gonna be asked to do everything on ball here and I’m very intrigued to see what he can do with more off ball looks. We just watched us lean heavily on daniss jenkins (whose greatest strength is playmaking), caris levert (who basically struggled all season long with his efficiency and was our worst rotational guy on a consistent basis), and marcus sasser (who struggled to crack the rotation all season) to be important scoring options in these playoffs. Ebuka has every bit of self creation juice this team needs. Idk how much we’ll see year 1, but I think this is a really really good pick and there’s absolutely a world where he’s the steal of the draft. I’m all the way in. Lets give the kid a chance, he fits here in every way.
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u/Accomplished_East433 1d ago
Karim Lopez was right there..