The lottery pick of this draft a few days ago, potential rookie Dyson Daniels was asked in an interview about which player his style of play was like, and the dude was quite unambiguous, he said: "This question is too difficult for me, because my style of play is very unique, I am like Halliburton on the offensive end, and Lonzo Ball and Caruso on the defensive end", the highlighted comment under the news at that time was: "I go, this is worth it?" ”
Dyson Daniels has very good draft prospects because he is the latest iconic talent in the NBA Academy program, this year's All-Star Weekend during the NBA League broke through the promotion of him to the Rookie Challenge, NBA Elite Academy is a new talent discovery program launched by the NBA League for the network of global basketball talents, it aims to timely discover the age of talent outside the United States, maximize their potential, and provide a special way to join the NBA, the NBA Elite Academy is now in Australia India, Mexico, Senegal set up a special training camp, the most successful case of this plan is the Current Thunder's senior Australian point guard Josh Gidi, who was selected by the Thunder with the sixth pick last season, and broke the league's record of the youngest player with triple-double data, Dyson and him are from the Australian Elite Academy, and are also a tall point guard, so everyone calls him "Josh Gidi II."" ”
Dyson Daniels' basketball path can be said to be very smooth, his father Ricky is an American immigrant, played basketball at the University of North Carolina for two years as a young man, and later immigrated to Bendigo, Australia, Bendigo has a semi-professional team Warriors, his father played there and won two semi-professional basketball league MVP, Dyson was born on March 17, 2003, the second oldest in the family, he also has an older brother and younger brother, the older brother Kay currently plays at Reggie University in Colorado.
Influenced by his father's basketball genes, the older brothers began to contact basketball from an early age, his father trained Dyson and Kay on the basketball court in his backyard every day, in addition to basketball, Dyson is also a local rugby player, this sport is a good exercise in his sprint speed, Dyson ranked first among all the trial players in the chicago joint trial a while ago, and the data testing agility such as four-point movement in the 3-second zone and three-quarters of sprints was also among the best.
When he was a child, Dyson was slightly thin, but the basketball skills were very solid, in 2019, Dyson followed his father's footsteps to join the Bendigo Warriors, the semi-professional team league is basically some amateur basketball enthusiasts or old ball skins, coupled with the Australian basketball style emphasizes confrontation, so the young Dyson began to fight with adult players at the age of 16, and a season of semi-professional league training benefited him a lot.
In 2019, the NBA Australian Elite Academy was established in Canberra, and Dyson was photographed by the head of the college, Marty Clarke, who is a very senior basketball practitioner in Australia and has coached the Australian national team, Patti Mills, Joe Ingles, Matthew Delavedova, Aaron Baynes and other players who joined the NBA are all discovered by him.
In the two years of NBA Elite Academy, Dyson has increased a lot in height and weight under reasonable diet training, and his style of play has become more mature and stable, tough defense, decisive shooting, stable organization is his biggest feature, in the 2019-20 season he and Josh Gidey teamed up to help Victoria win the All-Australia Junior Basketball Championship, daniels averaged 17 points, 7.6 rebounds, 6.2 assists, 3.2 steals in five games, all-around data, The following year, Josh Gidey prepared to join australian pro league team Adelaide 36ers as he prepared for the NBA, while Dyson continued his studies at the academy.
In February 2021, he was selected for the national team for the first time, scoring 23 points, 6 steals, 4 assists and 3 rebounds in the Asian Cup qualifiers against New Zealand, and in July 2021, he represented the national team again in the U19 Men's Basketball World Cup in Latvia, averaging 14 points, 5.3 rebounds, 4.6 assists and 2.3 steals per game in 7 games, and the team finally finished 10th.
Outstanding performance and great potential allowed him to get invitations from several universities in the United States, and there were also teams in the Australian Professional League who wanted to recruit him, but the head of the NBA Development League team Ignition Team Brian Shaw contacted him, he promised Dyson the main position and playing time, the Ignition Team is the newly established Development League team in the last two years, it does not belong to any NBA team, but all the teams in the league sponsor him. His role is to get draft players who don't want to play in the college league to adapt to the rhythm of NBA games in advance, last year Jaylen Green and Cu Mingjia were on this team, and this year they recruited Dyson Daniels, Michael Foster, Jaden Hardy, Scott Henderson, and Zeng Fanbo, who is very concerned by our Chinese fans.
This season, Dyson played 15 games as the team's main point guard, averaging 11.9 points, 7.4 rebounds, 5.1 assists, 2.1 steals per game, through a season of G League performance plus the performance of the previous joint trial, Dyson has established the status of the lottery pick, he should be selected around the top ten picks.
The latest joint trial physical test showed that Dyson was 6 feet 6 inches bare, weighed 195 pounds, and had an arm span of 6 feet 10 inches, and the draft templates: Saab Sefolosha, Satoransky
Advantages: Versatile can play two positions on the defensive line, positive defensive attitude, against most of the defender line players have a body advantage, is a glue-type defensive player that gives opponents a headache, has the ability to predict and steal, can provide rebounding guarantees, excellent organizational skills, excellent passing vision, can launch a fast attack counterattack in the offensive and defensive conversion, has the potential to become a fixed-point shooting threat, and proves that it can block and dismantle cooperation in the international arena.
Disadvantages: physical fitness and explosiveness are slightly insufficient, which makes him unable to get rid of the opponent's defense on the outside line, unable to break through makes the offensive threat greatly reduced, the weight is slightly lighter, whether the defensive end can withstand the impact of the NBA level remains to be seen, there is no stable scoring means for the ball-holding offense, and it is necessary to improve and hone scoring techniques.
Dyson's current ability may not be a qualified starter, but he is the best choice for many point guards who need to reserve strength, especially his defensive ability can contribute quickly, spurs, New York are very interested in him, he should not fall out of the top 15 at the minimum.