2018 NBA Mock Draft: What’s in store for the second round?

Allen may have helped himself more than any other player at this year’s combine, adding to four years of NCAA hype with incredible athletic indicators throughout the weekend.

His 5.55 percent body fat was 10th-lowest among all shooting guard prospects, and put out the best overall Thursday finishing time in the lane agility test. In addition, Allen’s 40.5-inch vertical leap was the best of the entire weekend. Allen had a reputation before coming to Duke as an incredible athlete, but his shapeshifting 4-year career put him in too many different positions to adequately take advantage of that. He played on the ball quite a bit, and relied heavily on his jumper. Both options will be paramount to his NBA success.

The senior shot 38 percent on a whopping 766 attempts from distance in four years at Duke, making all sorts of difficult, contested or off-balance shots to keep Duke in tight game after tight game over the years. He got as many opportunities as he could handle his last three seasons, and shouldered the majority of the leadership burden last season with four rookies joining him in the starting lineup. The ability to develop and lead will also help him at the next level.

Allen still feels like an unknown after playing different roles every year at Duke and hiding his athleticism in the shadows. Orlando needs shooting and backcourt talent, so perhaps they will be the team on which Allen rediscovers his full potential.