Warriors’ Jacob Evans navigates rookie learning curve
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With a 6-foot-9 wingspan, 35½-inch vertical leap and high basketball IQ, Jacob Evans seemed tailor-made for the modern NBA, the type of versatile defender who could command an immediate rotation spot.
But four months after many pundits were quick to laud the Warriors’ decision to take Evans with the No. 28 pick of the NBA draft, some of those same talking heads are questioning the 21-year-old’s progress. Evans, whose offense isn’t nearly as polished as his defense, opened his rookie season this week out of the rotation.
With restricted free agent Patrick McCaw yet to re-sign with Golden State, Evans had opportunity for regular minutes along the wing.