Following a disappointing first year, Bentil blasted amid his sophomore season at Providence, drawing in NBA consideration and eventually persuading himself to proclaim for the draft. Despite the fact that he was dominated by Friars point watch and surefire main 10 pick Kris Dunn, Bentil found the middle value of 21.4 focuses (seventeenth in the country) and 7.7 bounce back.
Conceived in Ghana, Bentil moved to the United States when he was 15 to seek after a quality instruction, not for b-ball related reasons. He really spent his first year from home only outside of Philadelphia, going to the Haverford School, before moving to St. Andrew's School in Middletown, Delaware.
Qualities
Bentil has a skill for putting the ball in the gap. At Providence, he made a lot of matchup issues for restricting resistances, overwhelming gatekeepers in the post and depleting jumpers against enormous men careful about his capacity to drive by them. He likewise knows how to draw contact, as he arrived at the midpoint of around seven free tosses endeavors. He shot a noteworthy 78.2 percent from the philanthropy stripe.
While the long-extend shot is not Bentil's strong point, he wasn't hesitant to shoot the three, going 52 for 158 (32.9 percent) on the year. Given he didn't begin playing ball until he was a young person, Bentil's jumper is one of various ranges where he may can possibly move forward.
Shortcomings
To put it pleasantly, Bentil didn't care to pass the ball. He arrived at the midpoint of a measly 1.1 helps last season notwithstanding regularly drawing twofold groups on the wing or after accepting the ball in the post.
At the point when Bentil wasn't multiplied, he at times neglected to score proficiently against overmatched guards, shooting 46.2 percent on the season. A few times every diversion, Bentil would dispatch challenged, flinch commendable jumpers that you wouldn't need the Warriors' vaunted Splash Brothers taking. You could credit that to the dependence on Bentil to score, yet his shot choice is still a genuine concern.
On edge side of the ball, Bentil didn't show up NBA-prepared. He doesn't have extraordinary horizontal briskness and should put huge muscle on his 230-pound outline on the off chance that he would like to adapt in the post with NBA huge men.
How he'd fit with the Sixers
He'd be a scorer off the seat, a part the Sixers unquestionably aren't organizing right now. With the Sixers' needs in all cases, it doesn't bode well for the Sixers to utilize one of their late first-round singles out a player with evident shortcomings, for example, Bentil, who doesn't appear to be suited for a beginning spot in the NBA.
NBA examination
Think T.J. Warren of the Suns or Patrick Patterson of the Raptors. A 6-foot-8 predominant school scorer who will contribute in the NBA by scoring on the average guard of threes and fours on restricting second-units.
Draft projection
While the Suns or Warriors could take a risk on Bentil late in the first round, I see Phoenix in the long run getting him in the second round at No. 34.
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