what might make his style of play inefficient? i had thought that with CBS offensive schemes he would fit into the celtics.
Generally when guys who seem to be athletically gifted, with good size, struggle to score at the college level, it doesn't bode well for them becoming efficient scorers at the NBA level.
Ellenson is shooting 44% from the field in college, and 27.6% from the the college three (on 3+ attempts per game).
That field goal percentage is actually a significant improvement from where he was at just a few weeks ago. I remember checking recently and it was like 42%. He's had a lot of rough games from the floor.
4-15 against Georgetown; 7-17 against Wisconsin; 8-18 against San Jose State; 1-8 against Iowa; 4-13 against St. John's.
He's also had plenty of games shooting around 45-55%, so it's not all bad. I just tend to like my college big man prospects to be dominant in terms of scoring at that level.
Kelly Olynyk scored almost 18 points per game on roughly 63% shooting his last year at Gonzaga.
Poeltl is scoring 17.6 points per game on 65% shooting.