Having Nikola Vucevic as a teammate last season clearly helped Amile Jefferson, one of the Magic’s two-way players in 2018-19. It was apparent that the former Duke Blue Devil learned a lot from the Magic’s All-Star center just by the way he played in Lakeland.
In 150 total college games, Jefferson tallied 142 assists, an average of 0.9 per game. With Lakeland last season, he recorded 129 dimes in 34 games, an average of 3.8 per contest. Like Vucevic, one of the NBA’s best playmaking centers, Jefferson exhibited superb vision when the ball was in his hands, either with his back to the basket or when he faced up.