Kris Dunn (born March 18, 1994) is an American college basketball player for Providence College. Dunn attended New London High School in New London, Connecticut, he was one of the most dominating point guards in high school basketball. During his junior year in 2010-2011, Dunn averaged 26.5 points, 10 rebounds, 5 steals and 5 assists per game to lead the Whalers to a 27-0 record. In his senior year from 2011-2012, he scored his 2,000th career point. He also led New London High School to the semifinal round of the 2012 Connecticut Class LL State Championships where he was defeated by St. Josephs High School.[1] Dunn was ranked #24 out of all high school players nationwide. He was also #1 in Connecticut. Dunn announced his intention to attend Providence College in August 2011. Dunn tore his labrum in June 2012 and underwent shoulder surgery immediately after. He made his freshman debut in late December.[3] On December 11, 2013, it was announced Dunn would undergo shoulder surgery and miss the rest of his sophomore season.[4] Position Point guard League Big East Conference Born March 18, 1994 (age 21) New London, Connecticut Nationality American Listed height 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Listed weight 197 lb (89 kg) High school New London (New London, Connecticut) College Providence (2012–present) Big East co-Player of the Year (2015) First-team All-Big East (2015) Big East co-Defensive Player of the Year (2015) McDonald's All-American (2012) Jordan Brand Classic participant (2012) Parade High School Basketball All-American (2012) Kris Dunn came to Providence as a McDonald's All-American and the centerpiece of Ed Cooley's rebuilding process. A serious shoulder injury hampered him severely as a freshman, and then another injury to the same shoulder forced him to miss almost the entire 2013-2014 season. After two surgeries over a span of 18 months, Dunn was essentially forced to start from scratch this season, as a 21 year-old redshirt sophomore. The results were mostly spectacular, culminating in co-Big East player of the year honors, a loss in the conference tournament finals to Villanova, and a six seed in the NCAA Tournament. Dunn stayed healthy all season and put up some of the best numbers in the country, 18 points per-40 minutes, 6.5 rebounds, nearly 9 assists and over 3 steals. His highlight reel featuring his best plays of the season is one of the most impressive among any prospect in this draft class, and his NBA stock has shot up into the stratosphere in turn. Dunn is not only an extremely productive product, he also has outstanding tools and upside. His appeal is readily obvious on first glance, starting with his terrific size at around 6-4, long arms (a wingspan between 6-8 and 6-9), ideal basketball frame, excellent quickness and dexterity, and ability to play above the rim with ease. Dunn has the ability to operate at different speeds and has a couple of different gears he can get to, which makes him extremely dangerous in both the half-court and transition-game. He has a terrific first step and can beat his man off the dribble in one on one situations, but is also a prolific pick and roll player thanks to his shifty style of play and creativity as a ball-handler. Dunn's size allows him to see over the top of defenses with ease, which affords him many different options in the pick and roll game, including passing to all sides of the court, pulling up off the dribble, or driving all the way to the rim. He has excellent court vision, dishing out an assist on an outstanding 51% of his possessions, indeed leading all college prospects in our Top-100 rankings in assists per-40. While not a great decision maker at this stage, he has outstanding potential as a playmaker, and will never be at a disadvantage physically in the NBA. As a shooter, Dunn is somewhat of a mixed bag. He didn't attempt all that many 3s this season, as only 20% of his field goal attempts came from beyond the arc, and found somewhat mixed results when he did, making 34.7%--often looking unbalanced and jumping way forward on many of his shots, some of which looked rush and came very early in the shot-clock. He shows good potential in this area, though, with solid shooting mechanics and touch, particularly pulling-up off the dribble, where he had plenty of success, making 44% of his attempts according to Synergy Sports Tech, one of the better rates among collegiate guards this season. With time and repetition, Dunn should be able to continue to extend his range out to the NBA line and become a decent outside shooter in time.

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