It’s hard to argue that a player fell short of expectations as a second-round pick. Tabbed as one of the 2019 Draft’s potential sleeper hits after being acquired by the Celtics in their draft day trade with Philadelphia, though, Carsen Edwards came close. With his rookie season in the books, the biggest offseason question surrounding Carsen Edwards is an unfortunately simple one: is he an NBA player?
The shooting upside with Edwards is obvious. He was a 37% three-point shooter on massive volume at Purdue, a confident and audacious scorer with easy NBA range who carried a Purdue offense that often lacked scoring threats outside of himself.