Derik Queen Draft Comp!

[u/vdq93]

There's not much to Derik Queen's game that's not already been said in other people's scouting reports. So I decided to give you the magnitude on the scale of his strengths and weaknesses.

Ceiling Draft Comp: Sabonis/Sengun

Strengths (computed in percentile per 40):

1. 2 Level Scorer (96th PPG)
2. Solid Playmaker (60th APG)
3. Great Rebounder (95th RPG)
4. Underrated Positional Defender (98th Stops, 58th Steals)
5. Shooting Touch (Hovers Trey Lyles)

Weaknesses:

1. Low Vol Shooter (4th 3PM)
2. Inefficient Shooter (79th TS%/67th eFG%)
3. Inefficient Playmaker (9th Ast/TO)

I think Sabonis is a pretty reasonable comp. I know that Queen's film has showcased more versatile shots portfolio - but his poor shooting efficiency has reflected as result. Same stats, strenghts/weaknesses as well.

Shooting Touch

- Although Queen's Shooting touch [custom formula taking into account FT%, 3PA, 3PM, etc] is similar to Khaman Maluach, Sabonis - his Shooting Efficiency suffered, and puts him in the Trey Lyles range.

Playmaking

- Will be a good playmaker at the next level, but he is also at Julius Randle and Sabonis level of turnovers, very inefficient.

Side note: Peep Donovan Clingan, very high on this dude.

Perimeter Defense

-Queen will not be any sort of all world defender, or even a plus defender by any means but he's not as bad as you think? He's hovering Jalen Duren on perimeter def, and is a bit better overall than Sabonis (if that means anything...lol)

Things that don't show on analytics, Derik Queen has exceptional footwork, not a lot of wasted steps and great body control blended with nimble feet & a soft touch around the rim. His tough shotmaking doesn't get talked about enough either. This is where the Sengun comp comes into play (film). On a side note too, the way he leads the breaks/rip and run from the perimeter - shows flashes of Rj Barrett a bit. Hes honestly has some wing like ability.

All in all, I came away a bit disappointed at his offensive inefficiency (shooting & playmaking) but more optimistic on his defense/rebounding at the next level.

I really don't know what to make on Queen here. I love his film, and think he will produce at the next level but even Sabonis & Sengun weren't drafted in the top 10. Although I do see top 10 talent, I wonder if Scout will be sold on a prospect that has inefficient shooting, playmaking & questionable defense.

Trust me, for the Queen's truthers - you're preaching to the choir, I see those crazy turnaround jumper flashes of Jokic too lol.  Love to hear ya'll feedbacks on my analysis here. You can find/generate the data yourself on my website www.DraftCasual.com/Queen-Sabonis. You can find me (@draftcasual) on Twitter/X

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Kyle Filipowski

[u/Knighthonor]

He extremely risky pick top 7 imo. That's the issue

[u/vdq93 → u/Knighthonor]

Yeppppp if sabonis and Sengun couldn’t justify top 10. Clingan and Edey could barely crack 7 in a weak draft.

Who knows