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Pacers Host Troy Williams, Cousins, Gbinije, McClellan, Wallace, Finney-Smith for Workouts

By Ryan Eggers

Mar 27, 2016; Indianapolis, IN, USA; A view of the Indiana Pacers logo on the shorts of guard George Hill (3) in the game against the Houston Rockets at Bankers Life Fieldhouse. The Indiana Pacers beat the Houston Rockets by the score of 104-101. Mandatory Credit: Trevor Ruszkowski-USA TODAY Sports
Mar 27, 2016; Indianapolis, IN, USA; A view of the Indiana Pacers logo on the shorts of guard George Hill (3) in the game against the Houston Rockets at Bankers Life Fieldhouse. The Indiana Pacers beat the Houston Rockets by the score of 104-101. Mandatory Credit: Trevor Ruszkowski-USA TODAY Sports /
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Tyrone Wallace
March 10, 2016; Las Vegas, NV, USA; California Golden Bears guard Tyrone Wallace (3) shoots the basketball against Oregon State Beavers guard Gary Payton II (1) during the second half of the Pac-12 Conference tournament at MGM Grand Garden Arena. The Golden Bears defeated the Beavers 76-68. Mandatory Credit: Kyle Terada-USA TODAY Sports /

Tyrone Wallace, California Guard

Year: Senior

Height: 6’6″

Weight: 205

Wingspan: 6’9.5″

Last Season Stats: 15.3 PPG, 5.3 RPG, 4.4 APG, 44.2 FG%, 29.8 3P%

Draft Stock: Undrafted

Tyrone Wallace is the poster-boy for why you leave college for the NBA as soon as possible. Wallace came off of his junior season at California having made a pretty nice name for himself, scoring 17.1 PPG and being named first-team All-Pac 12. His draft stock seemed to guarantee him as at least a second-round draft selection, but Wallace opted to finish out his collegiate career.

Which was a big mistake, depending on whether his future plans included playing in the NBA. Wallace got hit with the injury bug his senior year, and his PPG took a dip to 15 a game and his 3P% dipped back under 30%. He missed his team’s NCAA tournament run (all 1 game of it) due to a hand injury, but he is back healthy for pre-draft workouts.

Some of his best moments:

Check out his shooting motion in this one. It’s a little… odd. Maybe there’s a correlation between this and his poor 3P% and FG%.

The man can dunk, though.

And he’s got moves.

For the most part, though, Wallace seems to be on the outside looking in for this draft. His injuries took away his chance to shine in his senior year and he wasn’t even invited to the draft combine. His FT% his senior year was an abysmal 65%, which makes you wonder if the guy will ever be able to really develop a shot in the NBA. He’s over-sized for a point guard and likely would transition back to the 2 if he landed on an NBA roster, a change that might not go down smoothly. His play exploded when he transitioned from the 2 to the 1 in college, so going back up may prove to be problematic for Wallace. He’s worth a shot if the right team wants to take him, but there shouldn’t be any major expectations.

The Pacers probably aren’t the right team. A 6’6″ point guard would make no sense with the culture that Bird is trying to create, regardless of whether that point guard is starting, in the rotation or a reserve. If you look at him as a 2-guard, there are seemingly better prospects in the late-second price range than Wallace, like the aforementioned Gbinije. But Bird knows Wallace a lot better than we do, and depending on how things unfold before the 50th pick, Wallace may just end up as a top candidate on the Pacers draft board.

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