Syracuse Basketball: Pre-Summer Player Rankings for 2017-2018 Season

The hardest thing about ranking players for the next season is ranking those you haven’t seen yet. Howard Washington, a freshman guard, falls into that category. He doesn’t have a whole lot of video to showcase his talent. That means we’ll probably just have to wait until Orange Madness to truly find out what we’ll be getting from him.

In the meantime, take a look at the video above. In the video, you can see he has a decent jumper and gets into the lane for baskets with relative ease. I haven’t seen enough evidence of how well he can play at the point guard position yet, but he seems to be in the mold of Tyler Ennis.

He doesn’t seem like a selfish player looking to stuff his stats. Rather, he looks like a pass-first point guard who looks for his shot later, when its really needed. That unselfishness can go a long way in running an efficient offense.

If Frank Howard struggles early once again, and Washington can find a way to run the offense smoothly next year, then I think he could easily turn into the starter at point guard and move higher up this player rankings list. Right now though, it’s hard to tell what he can bring to the Orange. I guess we’ll just have to wait and see.