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2018 NBA Draft: Landry Shamet offers Harden-esque capabilities for OKC

By Benjamin McCoy

CHICAGO, IL - MAY 15: NBA Draft Prospect, Landry Shamet poses for a portrait during the 2018 NBA Combine circuit on May 15, 2018 at the Intercontinental Hotel Magnificent Mile in Chicago, Illinois. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and/or using this photograph, user is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 2018 NBAE (Photo by Joe Murphy/NBAE via Getty Images)
CHICAGO, IL - MAY 15: NBA Draft Prospect, Landry Shamet poses for a portrait during the 2018 NBA Combine circuit on May 15, 2018 at the Intercontinental Hotel Magnificent Mile in Chicago, Illinois. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and/or using this photograph, user is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 2018 NBAE (Photo by Joe Murphy/NBAE via Getty Images) /
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ORLANDO, FL – MARCH 10: Landry Shamet #11 of the Wichita State Shockers drives to the basket during a semifinal game of the 2018 AAC Basketball Championship against the Houston Cougars at Amway Center on March 10, 2018 in Orlando, Florida. (Photo by Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images)
ORLANDO, FL – MARCH 10: Landry Shamet #11 of the Wichita State Shockers drives to the basket during a semifinal game of the 2018 AAC Basketball Championship against the Houston Cougars at Amway Center on March 10, 2018 in Orlando, Florida. (Photo by Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images) /

As one of the best point guards in the 2018 NBA Draft class Landry Shamet hopes to prove skeptics wrong about being labeled injury prone.

Hoping to prove skeptics wrong, Landry Shamet enters the 2018 NBA draft with as much to prove as anyone. Call it bad luck, or call it injury prone, but Shamet suffered two foot injuries during his college career.

The first, a stress fracture in his left foot, came at the beginning of his freshman season at Wichita State. He went on to miss the rest of the season becoming a medical redshirt.

After coming back and winning MVC Freshman of the year, he once again found himself with a foot injury. It was another stress fracture accept this time it was his right foot. Nevertheless, Shamet made it back in time for his sophomore season taking home First-team All-AAC honors.

Ordinarily, injuries of that magnitude might be discouraging, but it’s only made him work that much harder perfecting his craft. Although originally recruited as a shooting guard, Shamet primarily plays the point blending together a myriad of skills.

Player specifics:

  • Height: 6’5.25″
  • Weight: 188.6 lbs
  • Wingspan: 6’6.75″
  • Position: Point Guard/Shooting Guard
  • Age: 21.3
  • College: Wichita State
  • Home town: Kansas City, MO

Statline:

Per Game Table
Season G GS MP FGA FG% 2PA 2P% 3PA 3P% FTA FT% TRB AST STL BLK PTS
2015-16 3 1 17.7 5.3 .438 2.0 .667 3.3 .300 4.0 .750 2.7 1.7 1.7 0.3 8.7
2016-17 36 35 26.7 7.9 .472 3.4 .516 4.6 .439 2.4 .802 2.8 3.3 0.7 0.2 11.4
2017-18 32 32 31.7 9.8 .489 3.9 .560 5.9 .442 3.2 .825 3.2 5.2 0.7 0.2 14.9
Career 71 68 28.6 8.7 .480 3.6 .542 5.1 .437 2.8 .811 3.0 4.1 0.8 0.2 12.9

Provided by CBB at Sports Reference: View Original Table
Generated 6/15/2018.

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