Around this time last year, Buddy Hield’s star had risen as the frontrunner for college basketball’s National Player of the Year. By December 15, he was averaging 22 points per game on 6 3-point attempts per game, and was hitting his 3’s at an astonishing 50% rate. By late January, he had played himself into lottery pick consideration (DraftExpress put him 17th on January 26), and by mid-February, he was fully entrenched in the lottery, consistently seen as a Top 10 pick. In June, Hield’s whirlwind senior season culminated with a Top 10 selection, as the New Orleans Pelicans took him with the 6th overall pick.
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