Is This What the Hornets Need?

I am a huge fan of Scoot Henderson, and I truly believe he can turn this franchise around. So over the last couple of years, I have tuned in to many of his games with G-League Ignite. While Scoot rarely failed to impress, there was another player that always caught my eye. It wasn't Leonard Miller, or any of those other higher-touted draft prospects. It was the 6'7" Frenchman, Sidy Cissiko.

On Offense, Cissoko is an exceptional playmaker for his 6’8” size. He has excelled as a secondary playmaker, and NBA teams should be intrigued by his abilities to create plays for others as well as himself. He is adept as a standstill passer, and he is even more impressive as a creator for others off the dribble. He already reads the floor at a very high level for a wing Cissoko’s 34.1% mark from deep is decent enough—especially since he’s putting up 3.7 three-point attempts per game—but his 58.5% mark from the charity stripe (admittedly on a tiny sample size) speaks to larger concerns regarding his shooting touch.

On the defensive end, Cissoko can be a bit of a gambler—however, those gambles often pay off. Cissoko is averaging just under a steal and a block per game His defensive over-aggressiveness, however, might actually be a larger concern. Cissoko has racked up an astonishing 45 fouls in his first 12 games for the Ignite.