What happened to Tre Mann? I am high on him and you were relatively high on him before? What changed?
@Mike S. Yeah, have gotten a few Mann questions. I did the NBA Draft Guide deep dive on him and came away a bit less impressed with how the totality of his skillset works. Here's what I wrote in the summary of that profile that will be coming out probably in a month or so.
The idea of what Mann is as a scorer is tantalizing. The NBA is a jump-shooting league. The guys who can get their own shot, particularly from behind the NBA 3-point line, are more valuable than ever. Having the skills he does as a shot creator and shooter gives him some real upside if he can iron out the rest of his game. But Mann is absolutely still a project and a developing player. He would be taken advantage of pretty substantially on the defensive end right now, and has a long way to go to get to anywhere resembling an average level in the NBA. The key swing skill will be how he improves his ball control and ability to deal with pressure as a ballhandler. If he can tighten that up, and start being more comfortable getting into the middle of the floor without turning it over while making the passes he does already, he should stick around in the NBA for a while. But he’s probably going to have to iron some of that out in the G League first.
Basically, he doesn't really pressure the defense in the paint, even with that little floater. He's not a good enough passer or playmaker, and his handle is a bit too loose when he's around other bodies on the interior. Drives himself into trouble often. Might be a player who lives out on the perimeter and who also doesn't defend. So I think there are some skills he needs to improve even within the strengths of his game to translate.