Washington Wizards No. 2 overall pick Alex Sarr didn’t stuff the stat sheet in Thursday night’s 122-102 loss to the Boston Celtics, but he showed flashes of the exciting potential that made him a top prospect. Veteran big man Jonas Valanciunas already thinks that the French international is one of the league’s best rim protectors.
Valanciunas said that Sarr knows how to “read the game.”
“His shot-blocking ability is one of the best in the league. He’s still a young player, still growing, still learning, you know, in the gym all the time,” the 32-year-old said. “You know, shot-blocking is about reading the game, you know, about the sense. He’s got that, and he’s going up from there.”…