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2017 NBA Draft profile: NC State point guard Dennis Smith Jr.

Greetings, NBA fans of the team that drafted Dennis Smith, your team has made a wise and commendable decision, in my biased opinion. Dennis Smith is a 19-year-old point guard who spent one season at NC State before turning pro.

2016-17 statistics

Per-game: 18.1 points, 6.2 assists, 4.6 rebounds

Advanced:

Smith stepped immediately into the starting point guard spot, replacing veteran Cat Barber, who opted to turn pro. Like Barber, Smith was relied on heavily for scoring on a bad team that didn’t surround him with a lot of helpful options.

He aggressively hunted his shot and was able to fill up the stat sheet in a number of ways, as evidenced by the two triple-doubles he recorded.