Elijah Hughes, Syracuse
By
CBS Sports Staff
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Draft Prospect Outlook
STRENGTHS
- Polished scorer and offensive weapon who in college served as No. 1 option and flashed upside as a playmaker from the wing
- Big-body wing who uses his frame to carve out space with strength and finesse
- Rated in 85th percentile last season as spot-up shooter, per Synergy, and 93rd percentile as a scorer in post-up situations
WEAKNESSES
- Operated almost exclusively as a zone defender because of Syracuse's system, so hard to project how impactful he'll be on D in the NBA, though he has good positional size
- Took a high volume of Syracuse's shots and thus put up gaudy numbers, but wasn't especially efficient -- and he made just 34.2% of his 3s in college
PRO COMPARISON: Jacob Evans