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I went way out of my way to see a bunch of Mudiay's games this year ima keep it short and just say I think its heinous to have him rated over Russell at this point, Mudiay is fantastic at a few things, was very impressed with his post entry passes(2-man game ability), he can get to the FT line at will and drag defenders with him as if their a backpack, all that talent in that frame its easy to see why he's safely in the top 5, he seems to me like more of a project than advertised, and kind of flawed at this point, Mudiay's shot selection is truly awful, I had the misfortune of watching some really egregious shot attempts that left me asking 'am i seeing the bad end of a small sample size?' , He also seems at least, one click slower, and 2 clicks less vertically explosive than pre-draft John Wall imo. Call me crazy but I prefer Exum, who looks like hes on the fast track to being pretty damn good from 3 next year, and deadly from 3 in his prime.
Im also left with the indelible image of Mudiay gettng his pull-up jump shot from 17' blocked volleyball spike style, in a close game, in the waning minutes of overtime during an elimination playoff game, by a skinny 6'5" Chinese defender. while Marbury on the other end of the court running basically a layup drill, treating defenders like an afterthought.