Jonathan Isaac, Orlando Magic (2017)
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Jonathan Simmons was longer than a pile of yardsticks tied together, so combine that with his athleticism, and you’ll see why Orlando selected him with the 6th overall pick in the 2017 NBA Draft. But all that length and athleticism doesn’t mean a hill of beans if he can’t actually get on the court.
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There were literally two signature moments of Isaac’s rookie season: being ruled out with a right ankle sprain, and then being sent down to the G-League in February (a humiliating sequence of events for a top lottery pick). To this day, Orlando still isn’t anywhere near 100% sure in what they have in Simmons.
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