If you were to probe a hardcore NBA Draft nerd on the player attributes that translate most consistently from the amateur ranks to the NBA, which do you think they’d list?
Shooting? Defense? Rebounding? Alma mater? IQ?
Chances are, if you surveyed five of the Internet’s most prolific draft scribes you’d likely get differing answers across the board, and justifiably so, as carving out a decade-long career in the NBA isn’t contingent on any single trait.
But ask that same group of bloggers which qualities don’t translate to the NBA and you’ll likely get a more succinct rundown starting with poor athleticism, attitude, low steals per game and ending with various advanced stats accumulated through years of research.