2017 NBA Mock Draft, Week 11: Love and hate edition

What to love: Like Buddy Hield and Jamal Murray last year, Kentucky’s Malik Monk is a sharpshooting off guard who can get buckets in bunches. Hield (30.2 usage rate/66.5 true shooting percentage) and Murray (27.1/59.0) were both efficient, high usage scorers last season and Monk (27.7/62.6) follows a similar trend. He is averaging a pace adjusted 26.1 points per 40 minutes for the Wildcats while making 40.6 percent of his 3-point attempts. Monk is prone to off nights, like the one he had against Mississippi State, but his outside shooting will be a real weapon for an NBA team looking for help spacing the floor.

What to hate: Monk’s lack of aggression in the halfcourt has been a talking point all season. Of the 167 field goal attempts he’s taken outside of transition this season, just 7.8 percent of them have been at the rim, per Hoop-Math. Hield, who was criticized for similar reasons, still took 25.8 percent of his halfcourt shots at the rim last season. It’s not that Monk is incapable of getting into the lane. He has shown some developing handles this season and is shifty on the ball. 36.5 percent of his shots in the halfcourt have been 2s taken away from the rim. When he attacks, he’s more likely to settle for a jump shot than he is to force the issue in the painted area.

Learn more about Malik Monk at The Step Back.