13th: - Tulsa 66ers - Scottie Reynolds, Villanova After going undrafted out of Villanova - which, despite his flaws as an NBA prospect, is still kind of surprising, when you consider the career that he had at the school he was at - Reynolds went to summer league with the Suns. At that time,
I wrote this about him:
Reynolds's strength is as a shooter; he can shoot off the dribble or get open without the ball, and he gives forth good effort defensively. However, he's too short and slender to really do much on that end, and his point guard and ball handling skills do not advance much beyond the basic. Germany and France are tailor-made for Reynolds's game, but the NBA is a long shot. (Admittedly, Reynolds likes to take long shots.)
Reynolds averaged a healthy 10.3 points and 4.7 assists in three summer league games, and in the end went to Italy, signing with Lega Due team Prima Veroli. In four games there, he averaged 12.3 points, 2.5 assists and 2.3 steals per game, and didn't shoot it especially well; he then requested his release from the team last week to come back home and enter this draft. (Veroli replaced him with Scoonie Penn.) Reynolds could very well score big points in the open, high-tempo, stat-friendly D-League, which might lead to bigger gigs down the road. But the NBA is no nearer of a long shot.
(Tulsa later traded Reynolds to the Springfield Armor in exchange for the Armor's 2011 first round draft pick. This marked the first trade of a future draft pick in D-League history; not coincidentally, this is the first year teams have been allowed to do it.)
