P.J. Washington is a surprisingly dunk-prone player, with 23 dunks as of the time of this writing. He is more prone to dunk the basketball than pretty much anyone his size in the NBA; the only other comparable dunker is Jabari Parker (who has way more dunks, just another illustration of how much of a beast he is). Everyone around him on the top dunkers list is a center or a tall power-forward. He’s got more dunks than Andre Drummond, DeAndre Jordan, and Montrezl Harrell. Not combined, of course, but he’s dunking with more frequency than some of the top dunkers.
If you add his dunkiness to the fact that he’s shooting around 50 percent from three, you end up with one of the most solid rookies of the class. Perhaps even more than solid. He’s outperforming all the veterans on the roster besides, like, Cody Zeller. And Devonte’ Graham, who I guess counts as a veteran because this isn’t his first year in the league. Washington is holding is own and more against the real NBA players that cover the NBA landscape, something I wasn’t expecting from him so quickly.
Honestly, I wasn’t expecting anything because I didn’t realize he existed before he showed up in the boxscore of the Hornets’ season opener, but don’t tell him I said that.