BROOKLYN – Few college players have seen their draft stock and popularity ascend as rapidly as that of Oklahoma shooting guard Buddy Hield in 2015-16. After being relatively unknown to casual basketball fans through his junior season, Hield opted to return to college for his senior campaign and became an NCAA star, culminating with multiple national Player of the Year awards and a trip to the Final Four by the Sooners. Hield averaged 25.0 points per game, ranking second in the country, and was lethal from three-point range, connecting on 45.7 percent of his attempts. He compiled 14 games in which he drained five or more treys, a skill he figures to rely on in a league that’s steadily becoming more perimeter-oriented.
24 Seconds With Pelicans draftee Buddy Hield
