{"id":39289,"date":"2021-05-03T08:30:50","date_gmt":"2021-05-03T12:30:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/?p=39289"},"modified":"2021-04-28T11:00:16","modified_gmt":"2021-04-28T15:00:16","slug":"roko-prkacin-2021-nba-draft-profile","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2021\/05\/03\/roko-prkacin-2021-nba-draft-profile\/","title":{"rendered":"Roko Prkacin 2021 NBA Draft Profile"},"content":{"rendered":"

Roko Prkacin<\/strong><\/a> is one of the top international prospects in the 2021 NBA Draft. Hailing from Croatia, Prka\u010din is ready to bring his skillset into the league and join the ranks of other top Croatian players such as Bojan Bogdanovi\u0107<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0Dario \u0160ari\u0107<\/a><\/strong>, and\u00a0Ivica Zubac<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Roko Prkacin 2021 NBA Draft Profile<\/h2>\n

International Career<\/h3>\n

Prka\u010din made his debut in the Adriatic League, a professional FIBA Europe league consisting of 14 teams from 10 countries, in January of 2019 for Cibona Zagreb. He scored six points and grabbed six boards, a solid debut for the growing big man.<\/p>\n

Fast forward a year-and-a-half, and Prka\u010din was named team captain of Cibona Zagreb last September. That made him the youngest captain in team history, as he was two months away from his 18th birthday.<\/p>\n

This season, Prka\u010din is averaging 13.7 points and 6.8 rebounds per game. It’s important to remember that these numbers are coming in less than 30 minutes on the floor and versus seasoned veterans in Europe.<\/p>\n

Strengths<\/h3>\n

Prka\u010din is highly skilled on both ends of the floor.<\/p>\n

On offense, Prka\u010din makes his living as a strong post presence, but also an athletic forward who can create his own shot off the dribble. He has the appropriate skill set for a modern big. In addition, he has strong vision too, which bodes well for his playmaking potential down the road.<\/p>\n

He’s solid at guarding his man and a tough rebounder as well. Prka\u010din has good size and makes sure to use it. He’s also fairly decent at steals, averaging nearly one a game in Europe.<\/p>\n

Weaknesses<\/h3>\n

As good as Prka\u010din’s offensive skillset looks with a simple eye-test, he’ll have to become more consistent from three to truly make a name for himself in the NBA. He’s making about one a game with Cibona Zagreb, but success will come from becoming a stretch four. He also has to improve his free throw shooting, as it’s currently at 65%.<\/p>\n

Fouls and turnovers are a bit of an issue for him right now as well. Simply put, these do tend to dissolve with more experience. Prka\u010din will need to fix his fouling issue sooner rather than later if he’s going to effectively guard the NBA’s best forwards.<\/p>\n

NBA Comparison for Roko Prkacin<\/h3>\n

If he improves his shot, Prka\u010din is shaping up to be similar to\u00a0Joe Ingles<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>on the Utah Jazz. They’re both pesky defenders who can certainly get hot and contribute on offense.<\/p>\n

2021 NBA Draft Projection<\/h3>\n

There’s a shot that Prka\u010din gets selected at the end of the first round, but he’ll most likely go in the early second round.<\/p>\n

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