Thunder Draft: Seth Lundy Provides 3-point Weapon in Second Round
The No. 50 pick provides Oklahoma City a chance to take a player at any position.
The Thunder will have plenty of options of players with a skill set to fit their style and fight for a role on the team. For OKC the pressure to take a player to have an immediate impact is low, especially late in the second round.
Seth Lundy is a player that could fit what OKC may be looking for. Lundy is a 6-foot-6, 215 pound wing that played both the two and three while at Penn State. His height limits him as far as a true forward goes at the next level, but his bigger frame does help him stretch the floor and go up against bigger players in certain matchups.
For comparison, current Thunder starter Lu Dort is 6-foot-3 and 220-pounds. He has used his build to learn to stretch the floor and play against taller players at the NBA level. Coming out of Arizona State, Dort faced many of the same doubts surrounding his size coming into the league, but he has developed to silence those doubts.
Lundy isn’t the most athletic player in the draft. He doesn’t have the quickest feet or a huge amount of explosiveness, but he is a weapon from beyond the arc.
He isn’t a primary scoring option, but does have the ability to play off the ball and space the floor. He can knock down the 3-point shot at a good rate. Last season, Lundy posted his best 3-point mark of his four-year shooting career with a 40% mark on 6.4 attempts per game. His freshman season, Lundy posted a 39.1% mark, but slumped during his sophomore and junior year shooting under 35% from beyond the arc.
However, Lundy seems to have refound his stroke and that could help him stick onto an NBA roster. OKC has placed a not so secretive emphasis on improving the teams shooting especially from 3-point range and Lundy could add another catch-and-shoot wing who can play off of the bench and also provide some help defensively.
Lundy isn’t the flashiest player in the draft, but his strengths match what the Thunder are looking to improve as they continue to push toward the finishing line of the rebuild.
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