The Clippers built their team last season around toughness, and by drafting Florida State teammates Mfiondu Kabengele and Terance Mann they kept on same path, writes AndrewGreif.
Florida State center Mfiondu Kabengele blocks the shot of Gonzaga forward Rui Hachimura during an NCAA tournament game
If the Clippers were looking for tough dudes, Florida State coach Leonard Hamilton said, they found it in Kabengele, a 6-foot-10 forward/center taken 27th overall as part of a draft-night trade with Brooklyn, and Mann, a 6-7 guard selected 48th overall. A late bloomer, Kabengele went from a lightly recruited Canadian forward set to attend Binghamton during his lone year at an Indiana prep school, to the top reserve in the ultra-competitive Atlantic Coast Conference last season, all in four years. He led the Seminoles in scoring in fewer than 22 minutes a night as a redshirt sophomore and his average of 24.5 points per 40 minutes ranked third in the conference behind only No. 1 overall pick Zion Williamson and No. 3 pick RJ Barrett.
“I always judge players that when the going gets tough, are they the kind of guys that go get in the fox hole with you?” Hamilton said. He made clear the question was rhetorical.Mann turned heads with his intelligence when he took matters into his own hands and drove the length of the court to beat Virginia Tech at the buzzer in the ACC tournament — a play in which his teammates did not appear to understand the time and score.
Mann made 39% of his three-pointers as a senior but 32% overall during his four seasons at Florida State, and increasing that percentage will be one of his primary tasks as a pro. Kabengele was a natural shooter attempting collegiate three-pointers but his transition to the NBA-distance three, as well as improvements in passing and keeping pace in the NBA, are adjustment the Clippers will monitor.
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