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Sam Amick

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The Athletic NBA Daily
2025 NBA Draft Preview + Rookie Awards | Slam N Jam

So he hasn't gotten a crazy amount of on-ball reps throughout the course of his career. And at Michigan State, he's obviously not getting a crazy amount either because Tom Izzo doesn't really hand the ball over to freshmen regularly. But I do think there's a lot of latent ball skill there.

The Athletic NBA Daily
2025 NBA Draft Preview + Rookie Awards | Slam N Jam

Really big shoulders, kind of in that... People will bring up the name Jalen Brunson when I talk to them, but... I don't quite think it's that necessarily, but Jalen wasn't what he is now when he was a freshman, so you never know, right? But big shoulders, really good footwork, really good gathers, great decision maker, just kind of has all of that.

The Athletic NBA Daily
2025 NBA Draft Preview + Rookie Awards | Slam N Jam

Really big shoulders, kind of in that... People will bring up the name Jalen Brunson when I talk to them, but... I don't quite think it's that necessarily, but Jalen wasn't what he is now when he was a freshman, so you never know, right? But big shoulders, really good footwork, really good gathers, great decision maker, just kind of has all of that.

The Athletic NBA Daily
2025 NBA Draft Preview + Rookie Awards | Slam N Jam

Really big shoulders, kind of in that... People will bring up the name Jalen Brunson when I talk to them, but... I don't quite think it's that necessarily, but Jalen wasn't what he is now when he was a freshman, so you never know, right? But big shoulders, really good footwork, really good gathers, great decision maker, just kind of has all of that.

The Athletic NBA Daily
2025 NBA Draft Preview + Rookie Awards | Slam N Jam

It's just that he's not a super athlete, so it's going to take... Him being elite at all of that stuff in terms of the footwork in the gathers once he gets to the NBA in order to be able to reach his ceiling as a potential on-ball player. But even off the ball, he's a super high-level shooter, a really good defender. He's just a little bit small.

The Athletic NBA Daily
2025 NBA Draft Preview + Rookie Awards | Slam N Jam

It's just that he's not a super athlete, so it's going to take... Him being elite at all of that stuff in terms of the footwork in the gathers once he gets to the NBA in order to be able to reach his ceiling as a potential on-ball player. But even off the ball, he's a super high-level shooter, a really good defender. He's just a little bit small.

The Athletic NBA Daily
2025 NBA Draft Preview + Rookie Awards | Slam N Jam

It's just that he's not a super athlete, so it's going to take... Him being elite at all of that stuff in terms of the footwork in the gathers once he gets to the NBA in order to be able to reach his ceiling as a potential on-ball player. But even off the ball, he's a super high-level shooter, a really good defender. He's just a little bit small.

The Athletic NBA Daily
2025 NBA Draft Preview + Rookie Awards | Slam N Jam

Yeah, 50-50 on who goes higher. Liam, unfortunately, has an ankle injury right now. Hopefully he gets back and is able to kind of showcase what he's capable of. I think Khan probably has a bit of a higher ceiling because I think Khan is a little bit more natural on the ball. Not like a point guard necessarily, but can run second side ball screen actions.

The Athletic NBA Daily
2025 NBA Draft Preview + Rookie Awards | Slam N Jam

Yeah, 50-50 on who goes higher. Liam, unfortunately, has an ankle injury right now. Hopefully he gets back and is able to kind of showcase what he's capable of. I think Khan probably has a bit of a higher ceiling because I think Khan is a little bit more natural on the ball. Not like a point guard necessarily, but can run second side ball screen actions.

The Athletic NBA Daily
2025 NBA Draft Preview + Rookie Awards | Slam N Jam

Yeah, 50-50 on who goes higher. Liam, unfortunately, has an ankle injury right now. Hopefully he gets back and is able to kind of showcase what he's capable of. I think Khan probably has a bit of a higher ceiling because I think Khan is a little bit more natural on the ball. Not like a point guard necessarily, but can run second side ball screen actions.

The Athletic NBA Daily
2025 NBA Draft Preview + Rookie Awards | Slam N Jam

The reason that Khan remains so high for NBA teams is largely because he is... he hasn't shot the ball great this year, but like if you go back through his high school career, he's like a knockdown guy. Like he's an absolute flamethrower. It's kind of everything else. He's done everything else really, really well. He's been a really good defender this year for Duke.

The Athletic NBA Daily
2025 NBA Draft Preview + Rookie Awards | Slam N Jam

The reason that Khan remains so high for NBA teams is largely because he is... he hasn't shot the ball great this year, but like if you go back through his high school career, he's like a knockdown guy. Like he's an absolute flamethrower. It's kind of everything else. He's done everything else really, really well. He's been a really good defender this year for Duke.

The Athletic NBA Daily
2025 NBA Draft Preview + Rookie Awards | Slam N Jam

The reason that Khan remains so high for NBA teams is largely because he is... he hasn't shot the ball great this year, but like if you go back through his high school career, he's like a knockdown guy. Like he's an absolute flamethrower. It's kind of everything else. He's done everything else really, really well. He's been a really good defender this year for Duke.

The Athletic NBA Daily
2025 NBA Draft Preview + Rookie Awards | Slam N Jam

He's highly, highly competitive, much like Cooper. He can run second side ball screens. He can really pass the ball. He isn't like a breakdown dudes off the bounce shot creator, but he is a guy who can create his own shot from time to time. So yeah, Eventually, the shooting is going to come. Khan is not going to be a 35% three-point shooter. He's going to be close to a 40% three-point shooter.

The Athletic NBA Daily
2025 NBA Draft Preview + Rookie Awards | Slam N Jam

He's highly, highly competitive, much like Cooper. He can run second side ball screens. He can really pass the ball. He isn't like a breakdown dudes off the bounce shot creator, but he is a guy who can create his own shot from time to time. So yeah, Eventually, the shooting is going to come. Khan is not going to be a 35% three-point shooter. He's going to be close to a 40% three-point shooter.

The Athletic NBA Daily
2025 NBA Draft Preview + Rookie Awards | Slam N Jam

He's highly, highly competitive, much like Cooper. He can run second side ball screens. He can really pass the ball. He isn't like a breakdown dudes off the bounce shot creator, but he is a guy who can create his own shot from time to time. So yeah, Eventually, the shooting is going to come. Khan is not going to be a 35% three-point shooter. He's going to be close to a 40% three-point shooter.

The Athletic NBA Daily
2025 NBA Draft Preview + Rookie Awards | Slam N Jam

When you put all of that together and stack it up, I like Khan a little bit more personally, but You know, Liam's another kid that's super competitive, knockdown shooter, way better defensively than what I think he gets credit for, in all honesty, because his block and steal numbers are quite low. Really, really sharp without the ball.

The Athletic NBA Daily
2025 NBA Draft Preview + Rookie Awards | Slam N Jam

When you put all of that together and stack it up, I like Khan a little bit more personally, but You know, Liam's another kid that's super competitive, knockdown shooter, way better defensively than what I think he gets credit for, in all honesty, because his block and steal numbers are quite low. Really, really sharp without the ball.

The Athletic NBA Daily
2025 NBA Draft Preview + Rookie Awards | Slam N Jam

When you put all of that together and stack it up, I like Khan a little bit more personally, but You know, Liam's another kid that's super competitive, knockdown shooter, way better defensively than what I think he gets credit for, in all honesty, because his block and steal numbers are quite low. Really, really sharp without the ball.

The Athletic NBA Daily
2025 NBA Draft Preview + Rookie Awards | Slam N Jam

Connecticut is starting to use him on the ball as their primary initiator before his injury because they just trust him to make decisions and they don't have a great point guard. So I'm a big, big, big fan of both of them, in all honesty. And I have both of them in the top 10 right now.