Season Stats: 16.1 PPG, 8.5 RPG, 2.4 BPG, 1.9 APG, 1.0 SPG, 36.4% 3PT
For several of the players on this list, age is likely a factor in why the NBA isn't particularly interested. But Johni Broome won't turn 22 until about a month after the draft, even though this is his fourth season of college hoops. Age shouldn't be much of a deterrent here.
Maybe it's a durability/fatigue concern? Broome has never been a minutes eater, and he has only logged more than 28 minutes in a game twice this season. But you're not going to find any two-way big men (with viable three-point range, to boot) making more of an impact on a per-minute basis. For his four-year career, Broome has averaged 23.0 points, 13.9 rebounds and 4.0 blocks per 40 minutes.
Perhaps the free-throw stroke is the major drawback? Broome has developed more of a perimeter game this season, but he is still just a 60 percent career shooter from the charity stripe. However, Auburn's do-it-all big man before Broome, Walker Kessler, was an even worse free-throw shooter, and he still got drafted in the first round.
Broome did test the draft waters last spring before opting for another year at Auburn. Maybe the draft community is just reserving judgment here until seeing how he fares at his next Draft Combine.
But with all due respect to Arkansas' Trevon Brazile (Wasserman's projected No. 55 pick), I'm having a very hard time processing why that 6'10" SEC power forward is more desirable to the NBA than this one.
