OKC Thunder NBA draft profile: Greg Brown – forward with a high ceiling

Greg Brown strengths and weaknesses

Strengths:

An athletic prospect who has a high ceiling. His success in high school didn’t immediately transfer to the college level but the talent is still obvious.

With experience, dedication, and time in the lab he should be able to hone his skills to measure up to his bouncy, explosive athleticism. As a rookie, he’ll offer inside scoring and excellent rebounding.

Defensively, his game already offers the ability to lock down opponents when he stays dialed in.  His size and athleticism allow him to guard most opponents and should eventually equate to a one through five defender.

Weaknesses:

Ball handling tops the list of items Brown will need to improve upon entering the NBA. With his athleticism improving that area of his game will expand his offensive repertoire.

Likewise, his shooting fundamentals need tweaks as he was subpar on the perimeter (33 percent) but his 70.8 percent from the charity stripe offers optimism for improvement.

Again, the ballhandling struggles affected other areas of his game as it frequently resulted in turnovers (2.3 per game). Punctuating that problem were his 60 total turnovers last season in 234 matches.

Focus was another issue as he has a tendency to take unwise fouls and often in situations when defending off the ball.