SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA - MARCH 24: Paolo Banchero #5 of the Duke Blue Devils celebrates a basket against the Texas Tech Red Raiders during the second half in the Sweet Sixteen round game of the 2022 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament at Chase Center on March 24, 2022 in San Francisco, California. (Photo by Steph Chambers/Getty Images)
In his latest outing, Paolo Banchero has matched records that even LeBron James and Stephen Curry couldn’t achieve
In the Orlando Magic’s latest game, Paolo Banchero matched records that even LeBron James and Stephen Curry couldn’t. Banchero became the first player since Grant Hill to start their career with 4 straight 20+ point games. In the Magic’s against the New York Knicks, Banchero scored 21 points to match this incredible record.
Paulo Banchero is looking to be a fantastic talent and has adapted well to NBA-level basketball. Many analysts believed that Banchero would struggle to score as a rookie and so far he has proven them wrong.
Although Banchero is not shooting that efficiently, his 3-pointer will become more accurate with time. The important thing is that Paolo Banchero has shown the promise of a player drafted with the first overall pick. He’s been aggressive with the ball in hand and has been alright on defense for a rookie.
The Magic have lost all of their games so far and are likely to be a lottery team this year. They have many talented young prospects and in a few years may be a team to watch out for.
Before the season started, Banchero was one of the favourites to win Rookie of the year. That hasn’t changed since the season started with Banchero looking very promising so far. But now Paolo Banchero has some competition with Jaden Ivey and Bennedict Mathurin having started the season very well.
Banchero is scoring and rebounding very well but has to work on his shooting efficiency. It is only 4 games into the season and Banchero’s shooting numbers are bound to improve.
The Rookie of the year race is looking exciting already and several prospects are yet to get solid minutes. Paolo Banchero is looking like the frontrunner to win the award but has to continue playing aggressively.
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