NBA Draft: Luka Doncic rises to first in 2018 NBA Redraft

The Wichita State Shockers had a golden class of players who led them to significant NCAA success. Fred VanVleet was the one player from that group to sustain an NBA career, and he won a title as a starter for the Toronto Raptors. His successor at Wichita State was Landry Shamet.

The 6’4″ Shamet played point guard in college but, just like VanVleet, has moved to shooting guard in the NBA. Shamet’s calling card is his perimeter shooting, and he has hit 39.7 percent of his career shots from beyond the arc. He has settled into that specific role, and he shots almost exclusively from outside, with 73 percent of his attempts from 3; that ranked 12th in the league last season.

Shamet’s point guard background makes him a capable passer when the ball is swung to him or when attacking closeouts. He struggles when asked to generate his own offense, and he isn’t quite the movement shooter in the vein of Joe Harris or Duncan Robinson. Defensively Shamet isn’t a non-entity, but he isn’t making a positive impact on that end of the court.

The Indiana Pacers could use shooting, and Landry Shamet could plug right into their collection of good-not-elite players. While he is about to play for his fourth team in four seasons, here the hope is he can grow as a part of the Pacers in this version of the 2018 NBA Draft.