Position: SF/PF
Age on draft night: 23
Height: 6 ft 9 in
Wingspan: 7 ft 1 in
Weight: 230 lbs
By Prez
The Sales Pitch: Da Silva profiles as a big plug-and-play role player wing who can shoot, attack closeouts, defend with size and length and strength, and play a connector role from Day 1. He can pretty much score from everywhere so long as it’s not more than one or two dribbles. He’s much older, which arguably lowers his ceiling but increases his appeal to teams that need bench wings on low salaries. Like, I dunno, the New York Knicks.
Questions about their projection: Da Silva barely had to create offense outside of post-ups and duck-ins he won’t have in the NBA. He’s also painfully unphysical, with point-guard-like rebounding numbers. Is his shooting and defense good enough to justify taking a 23-year-old that is severely limited as a creator and a 3/4 who is a bit contact-averse?
Important Stats:
- 16/5/2.4 on 49/40/84 splits. Super efficient
- BPM of 7.1, a solid number
- 8.2 threes/100 possessions, a solid number for a bigger wing
- 42% on C&S threes
- 48% on unguarded C&S threes, an elite number
- 56% on runners, an elite number
- 54% on 2-point jumpers, an elite number
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🔗 More on da Silva and others in his range, in our third and final batch of Player Profiles
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