Jeremy Evans, Patrick Mills, Mike Taylor, Herbert Hill, Ejike Ugboaja, Lawrence Roberts, Rickey Paulding, Nedzad Sinanovic, Tamar Slay, Kenny Saterfield were the last 10 players drafted #55 overall. Of the 60 players drafted #55 or later in the last 10 years, only Marcin Gortat, Amir Johnson, Ramon Sessions, and Luis Scola have been real rotational players.
I don't expect Matt Howard to have a long nor very productive NBA career.
But one thing you can't question are the intangibles this guy immediately brings to the table. You know he's going to bring hustle and effort every day and he was one of the leaders to a Butler team that won when it counted often.
With the 55th overall pick (2nd round) is this guy worth taking? There have been pretty unathletic players before him like Harangody and Scalabrine that have fared better in the NBA than one would initially think. I think Howard's intangibles could be something that a contending team could use more than some project with a 7% chance of ever even breaking into a rotation in his entire career.