Fran Fraschilla knew people weren't gonna like what he was about to say, but then he said it anyway.
He was looking for a way to describe the game of St. John's wing Dillon Mitchell, who was taking part in the NBA Draft Combine scrimmages on Wednesday. Fraschilla came up with this: "a homeless Scottie Pippen."
That's a lot to unpack in a small phrase.
So first, the Pippen part, where Fraschilla compares Mitchell to the [Chicago Bulls](https://www.sportingnews.com/us/nba/chicago-bulls) legend.
His point is that Mitchell is lanky, defensively minded and well-rounded. In his final college season, he put up 8.3 points, 7.0 rebounds, 3.0 assists, 1.3 steals and 0.7 blocks per game.
Mitchell averaged more than a steal per game in three consecutive seasons at three different schools, from Texas to Cincinnati to the Johnnies.
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The modifier, "homeless," is pretty much a brand new phrase creation by Fraschilla.
He seems to be drawing on the idea of one guy being a "poor man's" other guy.
But in this case, calling Mitchell a "poor man's Pippen" would've been too much praise for Mitchell's game, in Fraschilla's eyes.
So instead, he took it a notch further to make the case that Mitchell is very far off Pippen, but has some overlap.
If Mitchell ends up even a tiny bit like Pippen, that'll be a successful outcome for him.
And maybe if some NBA team in need of length and a solid skillset was listening, they'll give Mitchell a bit of an extra look off of this line.
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