The selection of Landry Shamet by the Philadelphia 76ers on draft night didn’t get a lot of media attention, but his play over 29 games has made him the Sixers’ most important rookie. Shamet is averaging 7.9 points, 1.3 rebounds, and 1.0 assist per game while making 38.6 percent of his shot from behind the three-point line.
Great college shooters often struggle in their first season in the NBA, so Shamet shooting 5.6 percent worse from the three-point line in the NBA than his final year at Wichita State isn’t bad. The player Shamet is supposed to replicate, J.