Orlando Magic: 2017-18 player grades for Wesley Iwundu

Weaknesses

Iwundu’s biggest weakness is that he lacks any shooting range at the professional level. Wes went 35-for-124 (28.2 percent) outside of the restricted area his rookie year. In this era of the NBA, big men tend to get the side-eye for not having a mid-range jumper. It’s 10 times worse when a wing player is unable to shoot consistently beyond four feet.

After going 20 percent from outside in his junior year at Kansas State, he changed his shooting form and improved to 37.6 percent his senior year.

However, that outside shooting has not carried over to the professional level just yet. Iwundu went 9-for-46 (19.6 percent) from beyond the arc in the NBA this year. Things weren’t much better during his G League stint, as he went 2-for-16 (12.5 percent) from distance in those games.

Likely for this reason, Iwundu was rarely a factor in Orlando’s offensive game plan. The only times he really had chances to score were in transition or on a cut to the basket. The Magic essentially played 4-on-5 on offense when Iwundu was on the court, leaving him in the corner while they ran their actions.

Iwundu had an 11.7 percent usage rate in 2017-18, beat out only by Rashad Vaughn for worst on the Magic; Vaughn only played five games for Orlando. This left Wes with a 99.1 offensive rating and a -3.87 offensive RPM, ranking 513th out of 521 players.