Ed Davis of the Toronto Raptors
Ht 6'9 weight 225 Place Of Birth: Richmond, VA College: North Carolina Blue Devils
Drafted: 13th overall pick in the 2010 by the Toronto Raptors
In his first season in the NBA he started with 2 games in the D-league as he had been recovering from a broken wrist that had his stock dropping at the draft he came in to spell a rest for an Amir Johnson or Andrea Bargnani and he was a spark plug picking up a number of rebounds right of the bat and will be dominate force for the Raptors going forward when he gets used to the minutes and length of the NBA schedule. He has 10 career starts for the Raptors in which he has picked up average of 2.4 offensive boards and 4.3 defensive boards in his first 54 games as a Raptor and has scored 6.6 points a game and is just above 51% from the line and 57% from the floor but with practice he will get to the line more as he will use his body to collect offensive boards and also will become a better free throw shooter.
He is better than the 13 best player coming out of the 2010 draft class and when he becomes the every game starting forward he will be putting up consent double-double and will be a valuable player in the NBA for years to come making the players around him better.
The one thing he will still need to work hard on game in and game out will be playing defense especially with the Raptors who have a number of their players only concerned about the offensive side of the game. In the end with the floor time he will be getting over the next few years with the Raptors every aspect of his game will get much better as he is not as bad as Reggie Evans or a Shaq attack at the line while not being afraid of getting dirty like a Chris Bosh or Andrea Bargnani.
Maybe the first Raptors own glass cleaner
Tom Mehegan
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