Milwaukee Bucks NBA Draft Prospect Watch: Isaiah Stewart

Weaknesses

The biggest question as it relates to Stewart’s skills relates to what he simply didn’t do or wasn’t asked to do during his lone year at Washington.

Stewart’s ability to space the floor came secondary or even tertiary compared to the post-heavy scoring role and efforts to capitalize on second chance opportunities. The New York native just went 5-for-20 from beyond the arc, which is such a small sample size to go from.

With that said, Stewart’s touch from the free throw line (77.4 percent) and face up game does offer up some optimism for his potential as a floor spacer, whether it’s off the catch or even on pick-and-pop situations. Per Hoop-Math, Stewart hit 42.7 percent on shots deemed 2-point jumpers.

Defensively, Stewart was very productive as a rim protector where he averaged 2.1 blocks per game and tallied a 7.0 block percentage.

But again, context is very important as Washington, under head coach Mike Hopkins, exclusively play a 2-3 zone and Stewart primarily served as the last line of defense in that regard. He certainly has the length and reach to assume a productive role as a paint protector, but how he holds up on switches and just keeping up with speedy guards will be one thing to monitor.

Lastly, Stewart’s not much of a distributor or willing to pass the rock out of double team and/or ball pressure as his 0.38 assist-to turnover ratio as a freshman indicates.