Could Aday Mara be the Thunder's next star?
The NBA Draft Live crew discuss the high ceiling of Thunder rookie Aday Mara after Oklahoma City selected the former Michigan big man with the twelve overall first round pick.
Video Transcript
Sometimes y- y- you squint and you look, and you're like, "This guy could be a potential star."
Yeah.
I feel like Jesse Pinkman in, in Breaking Bad, when he's grabbing the steering wheel and he's yelling, "They can't He can't get away with this.
They did it again."
Every GM's like, "Wait a minute.
Mara fell to Sam Presti at 12."
I just, I feel like he is the next all-star.
AJ Mitchell and Adai Mara I feel like are the next all-stars from, from Sam Presti's selection.
And man, he's the best play-making big in my mind- Yeah in a very long time.
I mean, the passes that you see, full court, 90 feet.
He catches a rebound and throws it down the floor like Kevin Love, like, like Nikola Jokic.
He's got great touch around the basket.
And I do think for him, I, I feel like getting with Chip, Engelland with OKC, a guy who is the, the shot whisperer, I need to see better shooting from, Mara at the next level.
And he landed in an organization that hired him away from, from the San Antonio Spurs- Yeah to make sure to sharpen all the shot mechanics from their wings, from their bigs.
And this is a perfect landing spot t- for, for Adai Mara
