Isaiah Whitehead's turbulent freshman year, bad field goal percentage and astronomical turnover rate will hurt his draft stock, but his confidence and creativity may earn him an NBA role.
As a graduate and die-hard fan of St. John's University, I have spent the past two years watching Isaiah Whitehead publicly commit to Seton Hall University out of Lincoln High in Brooklyn, significantly struggle to find his fit within the culture of his team, privately feud with the established leaders of said team, and rapidly grow to become the best player on a Big East Champion basketball team. It certainly wasn't an easy two years for anybody involved in the program, but Whitehead's story, and therefore his candidacy for the NBA, are impossible to glean through statistics and individual scouting reports.