Khaman Maluach Is Off The Board With the #10 Pick By the Phoenix Suns (via Houston Rockets)

The fans there are going to fall in love with Maluach by the weekend.

Khaman Maluach is now starting his NBA career and he’ll do that with Phoenix after being drafted by Houston welcome to the NBA!

As Duke fans know, not only is Maluach a really valuable defender, with his ability to defend the basket, he can also step out and shoot the three, even though he wasn’t asked to do it.

Jay Bilas had these thoughts about Maluach’s potential as an NBA player:

“He’s a lob threat, shot blocker, rebounder, excellent offensive rebounder. He’s got a 7-7 wingspan so he can affect things around the rim. He can run north-south but he’s not the most agile going east-west, so he can have some issues defending out of the perimeter, but at 7-foot, you’re not expecting him to do that and he played mostly in drop coverage at Duke. Really good finisher around the rim, shot 71 percent from the field. Really good on screen-roll-lob, so he’s difficult to deal with.“

What probably doesn’t come through with a national audience is just what a nice guy he is. Maluach is one of the best-liked player who’s ever passed through Duke. His new fans are going to adore him quickly as well.

We’ll have more later.