Malcolm Brogdon is not the product of a system; that's important to make clear.
Because Virginia head coach Tony Bennett is such a brilliant tactician, with a pack-line defense and clock-draining offense that exhausts defenses to the point of allowing an open shot, it's easy to assume the system is greater than the parts.
But if NBA scouts had any doubts about Brogdon, those were erased last summer at the Nike Skills Academy. The camp, which NBA scouts were allowed to attend, included a who's who of the top players in college basketball this past season: Oklahoma's Buddy Hield, Michigan State's Denzel Valentine, LSU's Ben Simmons, Providence's Kris Dunn, Iowa State's Georges Niang, Utah's Jakob Poeltl, plus Gonzaga's Kyle Wiltjer and Domantas Sabonis, to name a few.
Brogdon outplayed them all.
He was a beast on the defensive end, matching up with likely No. 1 pick Simmons in one sequence, making the do-everything forward fumble the ball and look uncomfortable. He made shots, showed off a better than expected handle and made winning plays.
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