Andrew Nicholson remains an enigma.
He has all the skills that can remind scouts of a different era of NBA basketball — where the low post ruled. And then he has all the skills that can remind scouts of the current era of NBA basketball — where forwards can stretch play out to the 3-point line. Offensively, it seemed, he could do it all.
His first season in Orlando provided so much promise — 7.8 points per game and a 52.7 percent field goal percentage as he worked primarily in the low post. He seemed to add so much to his game when he brought the 3-point shot in and burst onto the scene with 17 points in the 2014 season opener against Indiana.