MAXIME RAYNAUD
HISTERICALCHEES COMBINE APPROVED
Position/Archetype: Mobile Stretch 5
College: Stanford
Pros:
Mobility: One of the most important assets for the modern big and really increases the ceiling of a player, he moves pretty effortlessly as a confident 7 footer staring at 7'1. It's definitely his most interesting skill to me, helps him guards the perimeter well for his height, gonna be good at that and then moves more athletically in transition and finding space.
Three-Point Shooting and Stretchability: One of the more confident shooting centers in the draft, definitely someone i'm high on in that style, 5-6 attempts a game shooting about 34% is pretty good with the depth and speed of his shots, seems pretty translatable. But I will say I think that lower body form is a little Wide but hey he's confident and it falls so.
Progressing Interior defense: Raynaud recently said in an interview that he had not been taught blocking technique to a good level in college and recently started getting professional help outside of college, since that happened he has improved his BPG in March, now that is a low amount of games but I think that with his year by year improvements Its something to note.
In game and general IQ: He's a smart in game player, his passing is pretty smart, he cuts well and moves well, his knowledge of the game fro. interviews and how he talks is very impressive, and then out of the game he is a very interesting personality and smart guy, I think he majors in Computer Science which is very hard so big ups to him.
Leadership: Reportedly big in Training, loud guy points out a lot, talked shit to Khaman Maluach once in an interview, stands up for himself and points out stuff to his teammates, I guess this is all reported stuff and I can only judge what I hear directly from him but I think this is something that'll keep him in the league long term if his playstyle conveys.
Cons:
Strength: One of the more annoying things to have since he is an older guy so he really doesn't have the time to fill out as much and probably would have by now, but he isn't strong and leads to two big weaknesses I think we will get to next but a real concern with how well he will translate to the NBA.
Paint scoring: He does shoot a pretty low 46% from the field as a 7 footer, this really is attributed to his lesser strength in the paint and is pretty dependant on his height and length as well as off ball movement and mobility to get his open shots.
Turnovers in the Post: He ends up giving the ball away in the post a lot purely from not being strong enough with his handle in the post, again its derived from his lack of strength but when he gets closer to the rim, his handle becomes a problem when outside of that he seems controlled.
Age: 22 year old, gonna be 23 entering the NBA so little room to change stylistically or do much to his body but he's also pretty inexperienced in general, starting to play in middle school which tells me he probably has more room to grow with his game smarts although he has already strong game IQ.
NBA Pro Comp: Kelly Olynyk, Old Brook Lopez
Projection: On one end I can see him being a confident starter in the NBA, on the other he could crash out pretty early, and is gonna fall somewhere in that, pretty large range for this guy
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