Nearly two months have passed since the draft, but Liam McNeeley dropping to No. 29 continues to baffle some folks. The Charlotte Hornets aren't complaining, though, that the other teams failed to spot what they saw in him. Otherwise, they would have probably selected Sion James or Ryan Kalkbrenner earlier or gone with another player on their draft board.
Sam Vecenie of the "Game Theory" podcast cited McNeeley as an example of how a draft prospect's "context" can impact how NBA squads evaluate him.
As Vecenie noted, the young swingman was forced to play primarily on-ball during his lone season at the University of Connecticut.