Wing-defending shooters are wanted commodities in every draft cycle. With two years of pro experience, Cui has had a solid G League Elite Camp, boosting his stock. What's his NBA role? Find out below.
The article is quite neutral and professional. The clips include al sorts of moments of the game, not simply his play-making, but also his mistakes and turnovers. As a Chinese fan who's been watching CBA and paying attention to Cui, I don't think he will successfully get the NBA contract though. His instability and haphazard mistakes in both the offensive and defensive position is sometimes too basic and unsatisfying. But given the poor repertoire in this year's draft, miracles might happen, but he needs to work extra, extra hard to improve himself to win himself a role in his team (if being drafted), and the potential jersey sales is really a big thing to consider, just like what Pablo stated. In general, given his slow pace during shooting and not such a reigning statistic in CBA, he can hardly get a position like Zhou Qi and Wang Zhelin.
Thanks, Hugo! I try to solely look at his role and not let a big market like China influence what his draft stock is. It's relevant in terms of making the money more sense. But I only look at what he will do for an NBA team on the floor. A part of the draft evaluation is to recognize certain flashes an NBA team will continue to develop. In most of today's 'scouting,' the outcome is too much focused on being ready to play as if NBA teams don't develop guys themselves. I tried to point that out as well as I could. I am not familiar with the Chinese league, so this was a great case study to get more accustomed to the CBA brand of basketball as well!
"A part of the draft evaluation is to recognize certain flashes an NBA team will continue to develop. In most of today's 'scouting,' the outcome is too much focused on being ready to play as if NBA teams don't develop guys themselves. " Haha, That is the point, can't agree with you more 👍👍👍
Same thing in China, most commentators or fans assume a player should reign the CBA first, then.... What a fallacy. NBA draft is not like picking a guy to save the team or to lead the team to the playoff immediately. Actually, every candidate, no matter 1st pick or 2nd pick, is just a rookie, needs a continuous training / developing in the league.
Couldn't agree more. The real development starts at the moment these guys are in the NBA. But with millions of dollars involved, franchises want to know everything about a player, on and off court. Regarding their game, which role they fit etc. I try to point out the things an NBA decision-maker would point out and try to contextualize.
In Cui's case, there are areas to develop but his core qualities are at a level that can earn him a year, maybe two, to show that an NBA team can continue developing him. I ranked him at #60 on my Big Board 4.0 I released two days ago.
I also don't like the classic "jersey sales" argument, which is inevitable in regular draft coverage on Chinese players, unfortunately.
I see! Your analysis is very profound in terms of his potential, I truly hope that he can win himself a spot in NBA with a bottom second-round pick, like you predicted. Your understanding of the CBA league is very accurate (like how most teams use non-domestic players), and some extra comparisons made between Cui and Zhouqi, Wang Zhelin, as well as Zeng fanbo and Zhang zhenlin (both of which were unpicked in previous years of NBA drafts) based on styles and CBA statistics might help further, but your general understanding of his role is perfect!! Keep it up! : )
Great article and analysis. From what little I've seen of him, he looks completely loss on offense, no handle, missing open threes, tunnel vision, lack of first step or ability to create space. Defensively he looks great, he's not a "turn defense into offense" playmaker but he's physical, can stay in front of guys, does alot of the little things and is feisty on the glass. Hopefully he develops in the G league, he's got a long way to go but his ceiling is that of a rotational off the bench 3 and D wing. Its worth BKN investing in him.
As a second round pick he has size and fundamentals for any team to take a flyer. And the non mentioned factor of potential jersey sales would be a boost to any team!
Thanks for reading, Pablo! Just to clarify, I didn't mention jersey sales as any type of value or did I make it influence the report. I kept it at his game and NBA role, nothing more than that.
The article is quite neutral and professional. The clips include al sorts of moments of the game, not simply his play-making, but also his mistakes and turnovers. As a Chinese fan who's been watching CBA and paying attention to Cui, I don't think he will successfully get the NBA contract though. His instability and haphazard mistakes in both the offensive and defensive position is sometimes too basic and unsatisfying. But given the poor repertoire in this year's draft, miracles might happen, but he needs to work extra, extra hard to improve himself to win himself a role in his team (if being drafted), and the potential jersey sales is really a big thing to consider, just like what Pablo stated. In general, given his slow pace during shooting and not such a reigning statistic in CBA, he can hardly get a position like Zhou Qi and Wang Zhelin.
Thanks, Hugo! I try to solely look at his role and not let a big market like China influence what his draft stock is. It's relevant in terms of making the money more sense. But I only look at what he will do for an NBA team on the floor. A part of the draft evaluation is to recognize certain flashes an NBA team will continue to develop. In most of today's 'scouting,' the outcome is too much focused on being ready to play as if NBA teams don't develop guys themselves. I tried to point that out as well as I could. I am not familiar with the Chinese league, so this was a great case study to get more accustomed to the CBA brand of basketball as well!
"A part of the draft evaluation is to recognize certain flashes an NBA team will continue to develop. In most of today's 'scouting,' the outcome is too much focused on being ready to play as if NBA teams don't develop guys themselves. " Haha, That is the point, can't agree with you more 👍👍👍
Same thing in China, most commentators or fans assume a player should reign the CBA first, then.... What a fallacy. NBA draft is not like picking a guy to save the team or to lead the team to the playoff immediately. Actually, every candidate, no matter 1st pick or 2nd pick, is just a rookie, needs a continuous training / developing in the league.
Couldn't agree more. The real development starts at the moment these guys are in the NBA. But with millions of dollars involved, franchises want to know everything about a player, on and off court. Regarding their game, which role they fit etc. I try to point out the things an NBA decision-maker would point out and try to contextualize.
In Cui's case, there are areas to develop but his core qualities are at a level that can earn him a year, maybe two, to show that an NBA team can continue developing him. I ranked him at #60 on my Big Board 4.0 I released two days ago.
I also don't like the classic "jersey sales" argument, which is inevitable in regular draft coverage on Chinese players, unfortunately.
I see! Your analysis is very profound in terms of his potential, I truly hope that he can win himself a spot in NBA with a bottom second-round pick, like you predicted. Your understanding of the CBA league is very accurate (like how most teams use non-domestic players), and some extra comparisons made between Cui and Zhouqi, Wang Zhelin, as well as Zeng fanbo and Zhang zhenlin (both of which were unpicked in previous years of NBA drafts) based on styles and CBA statistics might help further, but your general understanding of his role is perfect!! Keep it up! : )
Thank you for the nice words and insights, Hugo! Have a great day.
Great article and analysis. From what little I've seen of him, he looks completely loss on offense, no handle, missing open threes, tunnel vision, lack of first step or ability to create space. Defensively he looks great, he's not a "turn defense into offense" playmaker but he's physical, can stay in front of guys, does alot of the little things and is feisty on the glass. Hopefully he develops in the G league, he's got a long way to go but his ceiling is that of a rotational off the bench 3 and D wing. Its worth BKN investing in him.
Solid analysis, man! And thanks for reading the piece. He has the potential to stick in the league for a few years, for sure.
As a second round pick he has size and fundamentals for any team to take a flyer. And the non mentioned factor of potential jersey sales would be a boost to any team!
Thanks for reading, Pablo! Just to clarify, I didn't mention jersey sales as any type of value or did I make it influence the report. I kept it at his game and NBA role, nothing more than that.