2018 NBA Draft Sleepers: Yante Maten

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https://sports.smallteaser.com/article/2018-nba-draft-sleepers

There are several players in this draft who will be picked in the late first and second rounds who can come in and contribute for an NBA team immediately. Here are some of those names:

Yante Maten, Georgia, PF, projected late second round

The AP SEC player of the year last season, Maten has been the driving force behind the Georgia Bulldogs for the past couple of years. He has a high basketball IQ and is a skilled and confident post scorer.

It was almost impossible to stop him if he got the ball down low.

He's developed his shot enough to be considered a stretch four, which will increase his value in this year's draft.
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His ability to defend and hit the glass with an offensive game that can pass and hit shots will fit perfectly.
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I have to slightly disagree with your assessment of Yante. He had difficulty scoring on guys taller than him down in the post. He got more productive as his outside game improved, but he struggled when big posts defended him down low. I remember he struggled with Tech's Lammers 2 seasons ago, as well as with Mich St's bigs, just off the top of my head. The fact that he can shoot from the perimeter gives him a chance at the NBA, not his post play.
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