As a super athletic big man with a questionable jumper, Paolo Banchero was recently compared to former Detroit Pistons’ flame-out Josh Smith.
The comparison was made by Kirk Goldsberry on a recent episode of the Zach Lowe Show, who said,
“I’m going to raise the red flag over Paolo Banchero Island. This is such a key moment for him, and I hesitate to admit this — but at times, he reminds me of Josh Smith. He’s made just five of his 27 jump shots this year, and I’m not cherry-picking... He has a jump-shooting problem, and as the team’s most active scorer, that’s an issue.