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[QUOTE="TinyManInside, post: 2436706, member: 1251"]
I'm not huge on Battle as a pro prospect.

If i were a scout, I'd be very concerned that he's waaaay too one-dimensional.

He doesn't pass the ball well (or even willingly to be honest), he doesn't rebound very well for his size.

He is a very good scorer - he has that feel for putting the ball in the basket that you can't really teach - but I'm not sure that is enough these days in the NBA.

I do love his mid-range and pull-up game - that is very NBA-like, but his shooting outside of say 18 feet would be a big red flag in my book because of that hitch in his shot, and how completely inconsistent he is with it.

The other thing that would concern me would be that much of his scoring is done by overpowering the defensive player - he's very good at dribble penetrating simply by holding the opposing defender on his hip. That is SUPER useful in college when you can use your strength as an effective scoring weapon - but you don't see him with blow-by speed a lot of the time. Once you get into the NBA, overpowering defenders becomes waaaay harder because the baseline strength of opposing players at your position is WAY higher.

If he were a better shooter I'd say "poor man's Bradley Beal", but he hasn't proven it yet to me.

I will say that for me I'd put an asterick by his name and monitor his progress in ACC play to see if he improves on his weaknesses that I outline above. If he does, he clearly moves up the board a bit.
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