Duke basketball: Ranking all 27 Blue Devils in the NBA this season
By Matt Giles
Ranking Duke basketball’s NBA players this season: No. 25 Cassius Stanley
- Age: 21
- Current team: Indiana Pacers (29-33)
- Games played this season: 19
- Games started: Zero
- Season averages: 1.2 points, 0.7 rebounds, 0.1 assists, 0.0 steals, 0.1 blocks
- Shooting percentages: 30.8 from the field, 14.3 beyond the arc, 85.7 from the foul line
After going No. 54 overall to the Indiana Pacers at the 2020 NBA Draft following a one-and-done season as a high-flying Duke basketball freshman, Cassius Stanley signed a two-way contract with the franchise.
While the 6-foot-5, 190-pound shooting guard out of Los Angeles is not a member of the Pacers’ regular rotation, he nowadays receives mop-up minutes in roughly a third of the team’s games. If Stanley can tune his shooting stroke and add more to his arsenal in a halfcourt setting, then chances are he’ll be in the league for years to come. If not, well…