Wayne Selden was in the weird spot of having to reinvent himself a few years into his college career.
Selden arrived at Kansas, along with classmate Andrew Wiggins, with the expectation that he would be a one-and-done player. Selden appeared in the lottery in mock drafts as a freshman, and it was easy to see why. He had a grown man's body before he ever stepped foot on KU's campus, and he could overwhelm his peers with his strength.
But that didn't exactly fly at the college level.
"He was just so much more physically impressive than guys his age," an NBA scout told Bleacher Report during this past season. "He had enough of a serviceable handle in a straight line where he could just, boom, knock the defender off balance, get to the basket and there's not two 7-foot guys there waiting for him at the rim.
"I think over the course of his college career, he's shown an adaptability. Wait a minute, this isn't working. There's two 6'10" guys at the rim every time I get there. I'm not athletic enough to finish over the top of those guys, so I have to become a better shooter, and it's worked."
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