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[QUOTE="Melancer46, post: 2136412, member: 1674"]
Battle was a better college player this year than Mali was. In terms of a prospect, I think Battle is better, but it's less clear cut for many of the reasons people have mentioned.

1. Malachi's body: 6'6"-6'7" with a 7'0" wingspan; this is exactly what NBA scouts hope for in a SG.
2. Shooting mechanics: Tyus has a weird little hitch in his shot; Malachi's shooting form was pretty great.
3. Creating his shot: Tyus showed down the stretch that he can really create his own mid-range jumper, especially with the stepback going right that he liked to do. Malachi's moves were generally much more sudden; pulling up for 3 off a hesitation dribble, hitting one dribble stepbacks, shooting out of his jab step, etc.

Malachi didn't do much of anything defensively, and offensively, he was basically just a scorer, and an inefficient one at that, but he had a lot of the tools that NBA teams look for. Personally, I wasn't a fan of him as an NBA prospect, but I understand why NBA teams were attracted to him.
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