There’s nothing really impressive about Tidjane Salaun’s stat line this season. The 6-foot-9 forward averaged nine points per game while shooting 37.3% from the
The 6-foot-9 forward averaged nine points per game while shooting 37.3% from the field, 32.9% from behind the arc, and 76.7% on just over two free-throw attempts per game. He turned the ball over more often than he recorded assists on a French-league team that sits at 17-17.
But the 18-year-old Salaun is one of the youngest prospects in this year’s draft class and has shown flashes of being the kind of moldable high-upside prospect that the Toronto Raptors may want to take a shot on in the middle of the first round.wrote CBS’s Gary Parrish who has Salaun pegged to Toronto at No. 19. “At this point in his career, he's more of a spot-up shooter than an off-the-bounce shooter. But Salaun is still only 18 years old, point being there's plenty of time to expand his game on both ends for a Toronto franchise that's still likely multiple years from competing in the Eastern Conference again.”He was a non-shooter in 2022-23 who has shown development as an off-ball player.
Defensively, Salaun has the physique to be a versatile wing defender who would give Toronto another forward to play alongside Scottie Barnes. If he fills out his body as he matures, he has a chance to be an impactful defender, but his defensive IQ needs a lot of work.Bruno Cabaclo most famously fit the profile as a young, raw prospect the Raptors thought they could develop in the G League and Salaun would need a similar kind of plan for the teenage Frenchman.
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