Breaking Down How Ben McLemore Would Fit in with Cleveland Cavaliers

May 21st, 2013 by Patrick Clarke Leave a reply »

Most NBA draft experts consider Ben McLemore to be the top shooting guard entering the league with the Class of 2013.

Will the Cleveland Cavaliers use the No. 1 pick in the 2013 NBA draft on him?   

The former Kansas Jayhawk was highly touted coming out of high school (Christian Life Centre Academy in Houston), and certainly lived up to the hype last season as a freshman in Lawrence, leading Bill Self's Jayhawks with 15.9 points per game on 49.5 percent shooting from the field and 42 percent shooting from beyond the arc.

In addition to shooting 87 percent from the foul line, McLemore averaged 5.2 rebounds and two assists per game.

Only 20 years old, the St. Louis native has a bright future ahead of him.  



McLemore's brilliant shooting and explosiveness on the offensive end has even drawn comparisons to NBA great Ray Allen. Both players have an extremely quick release on their jump shot, and like Allen, the game comes easy to McLemore, who rarely looks like he's forcing the issue out on the court.

More recently, McLemore has been compared to NBA rookie ...

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