Malik Wayans: What’s the Appeal?

To me Wayns is a better passer,playmaker and better off the dribble than Scottie Reynolds,Cory Fisher or Sherron Collins..Those guys were great college players, but were shooting guards in point guard bodies and werent great finishers….I remember getting a of negatives from guys on this site, when i said Reynolds wouldnt get drafted…Becuz if you’ve followed  the draft as often as me,you’ll listen to what GMs are saying this time of year,instead of what scouts are saying..

When Wayns 1st announced his intentions to leave school i saw some writers that wrote he would not get drafted..But i wouldnt be surprised if he goes late 1st round..I dont think he’s better than Machado,Bost or Holloway…But i would take him ahead of Tyshawn Taylor,who scouts arent too crazy about..But the media and fans love his game….

True, but sometimes owners & presidents that know very little about the sport sometimes make picks in drafts when they’re no gm..And they’re not as informed as gms..They see that they need a point guard and pick someone they’re familar with..Strange but true….

Wayns will make nice 3rd guard on a team…

He’s a jet with the ball, he plays tough defense, he plays aggressive and looks to score. But he doesnt do so efficiently and he cant shoot. A team might like him as a 3rd guard, but that is real subjective and there are a good bit of short scoring guards out there who turn the ball over and play wild, ball-dominant basketball that arent in the NBA.

 I remember being very impressed with him in the MCDAA game a few years ago, but that was the high point of his stock as a prospect IMO. He’s really not a point guard at all, and will struggle playing the position for a variety of reasons. Yeah hes a pretty good one on one player, but he is obsessed with that portion of the game, and he takes very poor shots and doesnt make necessary passes. In my eyes, he is a homeless man’s Ty Lawson. He tries to play the same way, but he doesnt do anything as well as Lawson does at all, and he doesnt have the same athletic tools that Lawson posseses either (besides having an advantage in height of course), in terms of speed, quickness, leaping ability, body control and even strength, too. I also haven’t been impressed with his overall basketball i.q. The fact that he’s an elite free throw shooter (89%) shows me that he struggles to make shots unless he is stationary, and that he also has a very poor shot selection if his fg% is 40% compared to his excellent free throw shooting.

He doesn’t do anything at an NBA level besides shoot free throws, so why is he an NBA player?