Nice list of comparables in the stats from
this article:
In eight games, Swanigan averaged 16.1 points and 10.6 rebounds, recording six double-doubles while joining Blake Griffin, Kevin Love and Marreese Speights as the fourth rookie to average a double-double at summer league.
I can definitely see him somewhere in the continuum between Mo Speights and Griffin. I think he's got some of Griffin's passing ability and ball handling, Love's three point shooting and Mo's scorer mindset.
Honestly, I'd have been perfectly happy drafting Mo Speights at number 26. A solid decade of coming off the bench and logging 16-18PER over 15mpg ain't bad. I think that's the low end of his projections.
Mo didn't show three point range until the last couple of years, though, and has never passed the ball in his life. Kevin Love or Griffin seem wildly optimistic to me, so I can definitely see him somewhere in the middle.
You can focus your offense on Griffin or Love. I'm not sure that'll ever happen with Swanigan. I think it's more likely he becomes Draymond Green with mediocre defense, which is still a pretty good player.
Especially the passing. He made so many passes out of the post that our summer league scrubs whiffed on. If he can deliver those same kind of passes to Nurk, CJ, Dame and Harkless, I don't see how you keep him out of the starting spot.
