Johnson underachieved during his only season at Duke, at least compared to preseason projections and current possible NBA lottery status. The same cannot be said of Matthew Hurt, who was not named to the preseason All-ACC team but ended up leading the ACC at 18.4 points per game. Hurt made 44.4 percent of his 3-pointers. That’s impressive for anyone but especially so for someone who’s 6-9.
So, why isn’t Hurt in the lottery discussion?
“The thing about Matthew,” Ekstrand says “is that teams project him as just a shooter at the NBA level. Despite the fact that he’s pretty tall, they don’t really feel like he can help them on the boards.