He's a warrior.
Jay Bilas said Coach K compared him to Wade.
Szczerbiak likes him. Called him a winner. Talked about him as a 3 or4(?), and also a 2. He has not seen a lot of Mudiay, and likes Winslow for the Knicks. Also said he has an attitude (the type you want on your team) and plays a lot bigger than his actual height. Likes him as a defender.
Somebody else- might have been Fran Fraschilla, talked about the fact that Winslow was doing a lot of damage against college PFs, which is not a position I expect him to play in the NBA. Despite his 3pt shooting success, Fraschilla has doubts about his shooting. He puts Mudiay and Porzingis above him, and I think he talked about Winslow at 7.
I really wonder about his offensive game as it translates to the NBA, especially if you pencil him in at SG. I don't see him as a fluid shooter.
Until the official measurements, I was under the assumption that he was legit 6'7" or more. We now know this is not the case. We also know that the guy already has the body of a 25 year old man.
This is part of the DraftExpress analysis:
The biggest question marks about Winslow revolve around how prolific a scorer he will become at the NBA level. Is he better suited as being a third or fourth offensive option, or can he develop into someone who can shoulder a heavier load? Right now he's a little on the mechanical side and seems to struggle as a primary shot-creator, not being very effective in isolation or pick and roll situations, unless he has a slower footed power forward he can take advantage of on the perimeter. It's no surprise that his productivity fell off when playing alongside two non-shooting big men (Jefferson/Okafor) earlier in the season, before Duke started using smaller lineups more frequently.His game relies heavily on power, which probably won't work quite as well in the NBA, where lowering your shoulder and bulldozing through the lane doesn't get the same results as it does in college. Developing his in-between game will help, as will quickening the speed of his release and showing he can translate his somewhat flat shot to the longer distances of the NBA 3-point line. The 64% he shot from the free throw line as a freshman indicates he still has work to do on his jumper.
With that said, Winslow has continued to improve every single time we've seen him, as he has a reputation for being an absolute gym rat, and will certainly continue to work on his game as his career progresses. He's also an extremely intelligent player who is highly unselfish, executes extremely well offensively, and has won in every single place he's been. He won three gold medals with USA Basketball, and a NCAA championship as a freshman, which speaks volumes about the type of competitor he is. What he lacks in style points he'll make up for as a flawless teammate, which will certainly be very attractive to teams in the lottery who are looking to upgrade their culture and try to get back on the winning track.
Despite my doubts, I actually put a lot of stock in the last part of the DraftExpress clip I have here. I like the gym rat types. He's been a winner most of his life, it would seem, and seems to be a good teammate. Wonder what kind of improvements in his he's working on prior to his workouts.
He might just be the intangible type player who does what he needs to do to be on the winning side at the end of the game. There is something to be said about this kind of player.
He's not my first choice, but if he shows some things in his workouts that indicate there is more to his game than what we saw at Duke, I could definitely live with him.
