NBA Draft 2017 Prospect Watch: Malik Monk

Weaknesses

Malik Monk will make his money as a scoring guard in the NBA.­ The problem with being a scoring guard in the NBA, however, is fitting next to the other guard on the floor.

At Duke, Monk played primarily off the ball at shooting guard. The problem, of course, is Monk is listed at 6’4” – definitely undersized for a traditional shooting guard. He will have difficulty defending other larger guards.

And while Monk can generate amazing results for himself on offense, he isn’t a traditional playmaker. He isn’t great at setting up offense for teammates, and doesn’t show great vision or decision-making beyond creating his own shot.

Monk is pretty fantastic at creating his own shot, however. It can be a headache drafting a position-less guard, but sometimes it works out well; Lou Williams is having a pretty good year.