Ty Lawson: NBA Draft Profile
May 8th, 2008
by Jeff Fox
Ty Lawson
College: North Carolina
Class: Sophomore
Position: PG
Height: 5’11”
Weight: 195bs
Accolades: Honorable Mention All-ACC (08), First Team ACC All-Tournament Team (07), ACC All-Freshman Team (07), Third Team CHN All-Freshman Team (07), First Team USA Today All-American – high school (06), McDonald’s All-American – high school (06), First Team Parade All-American – high school (06), MVP World Juniors Tournament (05).
Scouting Report: An undersized, lightning quick point guard.
Strengths: Blazing speed – will normally be the fastest guy on the floor. Can beat the other team up the floor on fast breaks or beat his man off the dribble in the half court. Excellent passer and distributor of the ball. Takes very good care of the basketball – had a 2.57 assist to turnover ratio his freshman year and 2.36 his sophomore year. Great court vision. Very poised despite his lack of experience. Very strong build. Shoots for an extremely high percentage for a point guard – 50% his freshman year, 51.5% this past year. Decent rebounder for a sub-six footer. Gets his share of steals.
Weaknesses: Very short for the NBA. Can hit the three but will need to hit it more consistently in the NBA. Still young and inexperienced for a point guard – only averaged about 25 minutes a game both years in college and missed games his sophomore year due to injury.
Projected 2008 Draft Range: Mid first round to early second round pick.
Consensus: Lawson’s been a dynamic player at every level he has competed at so far and his poise, court vision and speed will translate well to the NBA. However the learning curve in the NBA for an undersized, inexperienced point guard is a steep one.
Stats: http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/player/profile?playerId=31608
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Jeff Fox is a freelance journalist based an hour outside of Toronto, Canada. While attending University of Waterloo (Canada) earning a B.A. in Economics and Management Studies, Jeff managed to walk onto the school’s varsity basketball team, the Warriors, for 2 seasons. His final year riding the pine for the Warriors saw the team make it to the CIS (Canada’s NCAA equivalent) Final 8 tournament. In addition to this site, his work has also appeared in Dime magazine, Inside Sport magazine in Australia, and he is a writer/editor for Canada’s top independent hoops site, Hooplife.ca. When he isn’t planted in front of his computer he spends the rest of his time with his wife, Lisa, his infant son, Adam and his dog Jeannie.
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