Syracuse Basketball: Grading the Orange in the NBA

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N/A. . Forward. Denver Nuggets. TYLER LYDON

It isn’t really fair to give Lydon an actual grade, given he only played in one game for the Denver Nuggets, in which he only played 2 minutes. With that being said, Lydon did suit up in 15 games for the Nuggets’ G-League affiliate, the Rio Grande Valley Vipers. In those games, Tyler averaged 12.6 PPG, 8.5 RPG, and shot an impressive 52% from the field, per G-League.

Of course the G-League is heavily dominated by guards, but these are still pretty impressive numbers. Lydon showed that he can score efficiently and rebound effectively out of the 4-spot. The NBA is just a whole nother monster.

The one good thing in favor of Lydon is the fact that he is still a rookie. He’s also pretty young too, at only 22 years of age. If he can put on some more weight and develop his three even more, I truly believe that Lydon has a place in the NBA. Perhaps even a switch to the 3-spot can give Tyler a better chance at making a roster for the long haul.

It still remains a question whether or not Lydon will get an actual shot on an NBA team, so we’ll just have to wait and see. As long as he works hard at it, Tyler will have a bright future ahead of him.

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