coby White

Draft Notes

A walking bucket, White is a pure scorer with a nose for the basket. Has good quickness and strength and is excellent at creating space for his shot. He lacks high end athleticism but has more than enough ability to hold is own at the next level.

• Can really fill it up – a natural born scorer with great instincts for getting into the lane and finding his shot
• Scores from three levels
• Has offensive versatility – can play on or off the ball
• A leader who plays with passion
• Has a powerful build and quick first step, making him very hard to stop one on one
• Has good lateral quickness 
• Changes speeds well and can get the defender off balance with his stop/start ability
• A deft ball handler and passer who has some good lead guard skills
• One of the better 3 point shooters in the land
• Is not a big time run/jump athlete – more of a below the rim player
• Lacks ideal size for playing off the ball and doesn’t have great length

Comparisons

• Cuttino Mobley
• Jamal Murray

Draft Projection

mid to late lottery pick