The Pistons drafted Luke Kennard out of Duke with the 12th pick for his shooting ability. His draft peers agree that he brings it.
Kennard took 48 percent of the vote for best shooter in this rookie class in the annual NBA.com Rookie Survey. The runner up was Malik Monk with 13 percent and Terrance Ferguson with 11 percent.
Kennard also received votes for the category of which rookie will have the best career, but so did about half of the draft class.
Interestingly, the rookies seemed to think shooting was mighty important for success, even though they apparently didn’t see much of a correlation between those who are currently excellent shooters and long term success.