People around the country have begun to understand that Jon Scheyer is a gifted basketball coach, but there are elements to his success that aren’t yet fully appreciated. One of them is simple, or at least simple to understand after the fact: he’s a great judge of talent.
Just consider a few names: Kyle Filipowski. Jared McCain. Kon Knueppel. Sion James. Nik Khamenia (we’re a bit ahead of the game on Khamenia, but just wait).
Is Sebastian Wilkins going to exceed expectations as well? It’s too early
to say for sure, but we’d say there’s a reasonable chance.
You probably have heard his basic story: he’s a life-long Duke fan who got his mom to take him by Cameron when he was six. Now, he’s living his dream, which is pretty cool.
But what does he have to offer? Potentially, a lot.
At 6-8, he’s a solid defender and rebounder who can play inside and out and he can potentially play all three frontcourt positions – small forward, power forward and center. Duke doesn’t break rosters down like that, but generally speaking, other teams do and you have to match them and what their schemes mandate.
The writer here doesn’t think Wilkins will play a lot and that might be correct. Look at Darren Harris – he barely played last year despite being possibly the best shooter on the team and this year, he’s widely seen as a guy who’s going to have a major impact on this team.
However, it’s possible that Wilkins could play more than a lot of people expect. First, he’s an excellent defender and it’s possible that he could be better on that end that either Khamenia or Dame Sarr. And second, he’s physically more powerful than both.
But if it turns out that he doesn’t have a huge impact this season, he’s very likely to make one next.
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