Blessed with incredible length, Will Lovings-Watts looks the part of a natural finisher, and he backs it up with his progressing shot making and athleticism.  WLW glides when he's attacking off the dribble.  Early returns on his game were based on around length and size, mostly successful around the paint, his game was going to have develop further out. 

His shot has been a work in progress the last couple of years, and as of late last summer he had become a consistent threat beyond the 3PT line.  That only enhances his ability to score off the dribble.  

WLW has a variety of finishing moves around the basket, and he can change directions in tight spaces.  Extending to score allowing him to slice through traffic, he also has a soft touch with his floater.  The ability to change in tight spaces, also shows up in a strong pull jumper.  Just his ability to make stop-start moves has been part of his development. 

Defensively, he needs to improve just in the things he can directly control.  Most of that is off ball stuff, like ball-man awareness and getting through screens.  He doesn't work through screens, and even though there are times he can erase his mistakes with his length, it only works when he's the better athlete of that matchup.  He is a capable defender, however, who can easily be a plus-defender at the D1 level.

He can be stationary on offense off the ball, and in fairness to a lot of players, the teams that utilize a dribble-drive centric offense don't get as much off ball movement as teams that set more screens away from the ball.  The ball can also stick with him at times, bailing out the defense as they load up to stop his penetration.  When he gets downhill off a catch, however, he's at his best.  

Next thing to add to his game?  Off ball defensive awareness.  He can make plays defensively -- steals, blocks, deflections.  Adding more discipline on the defensive end won't keep him from making those plays.  

RELATED ARTICLESMORE FROM AUTHOR