If you watched Andre Drummond in college, you probably wouldn't have guessed he'd be this dominant in the pros. I didn't.
But I did when he was in prep school. A lot of people did. And then we changed our minds.
That freshman year at Connecticut threw everyone off. Had we hidden in a cave during his one-and-done season and come out just before the draft, we would have likely been screaming for a team to take Drummond with a top-three pick.
Everyone watched Drummond's underwhelming season at Connecticut, however. And it ultimately led to eight teams passing on him in the 2012 NBA draft.
We just didn't see as many flashes of superstardom in college as we did from him in prep school; rather, we saw a raw big man with no post moves and a 29 percent free-throw stroke.
Take a look at Drummond's production as a freshman:
Andre Drummond
Minutes per game
FG %
Points per game
Rebounds per game
Blocks per game
FT %
2011-12 Connecticut
28.4
.538
10.0
7.6
2.7
.29
He got plenty of minutes, but offensively, Drummond just wasn't much of a threat. Just about all of his points ...
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Why Didn’t Anyone Know Andre Drummond Was Going to Be This Good?
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