Oklahoma State will learn much about where its program stands now that Cade Cunningham is in Detroit after being the top pick in the NBA draft. AP — Scotty Pippen Jr. While Alabama must replace the Southeastern Conference player of the year and an NBA draft lottery pick from its best team in decades, coach Nate Oats is hardly starting from scratch.
Oats still enters his third season in Tuscaloosa with the preseason No. Both were NBA draft picks, one was national player of the year. The Real Madrid center has led his squad into the AfroBasket semifinals to face defending champion Tunisia on Saturday, when Senegal squares off with Ivory Coast in the other final-four game in host city Kigali, Rwanda.
Thomas, the former LSU player selected 27th overall in the NBA draft, was 11 of 25 from the field and made all 11 of his foul shots. The former Duke standout was the No. The three teenagers will soon find out how well their preps-to-pros path — being paid to play on a G League team designed to develop elite prospects — has prepared them for it. AP — The Kings finally have a defensive anchor in the backcourt. Sacramento also added some beef to its frontcourt with the addition of a 7-foot shot blocker from Portugal.
The 6-foot-3 guard, who turns 19 in September, averaged If he had, he believes he would have climbed the NBA draft board. The swap of their No. So they didn't enter Thursday night's NBA draft eyeing a lot of fresh faces they'd have to find roster spots for.
After forgoing both of their selections to Golden State, in completion of the trade that landed D'Angelo Russell and sent Andrew Wiggins to the Warriors in , the Timberwolves did not reacquire any picks on Thursday night. If you can get him here, that's a great value. He was the best player as a freshman on a power-conference team that went to the Elite Eight.
Golden State gets a young prospect who is actually ready to play minutes next season. I never liked Kispert as a top prospect, which was his hype at one point. There are too many things, many of which we saw in the championship game, that could hold him back.
But this guy is probably the best shooter in this NBA Draft, and I have no issue with Washington using the 15th pick on that. The Rockets traded for this pick on draft night, sending two future first-rounders to the Thunder. Sengun is an incredible force around the basket, both in the post with his back to the basket and facing up, as well as his offensive rebounding.
If you want to be skeptical, he's a traditional big. But analytics love him, as he was historically productive for a teenager in a very good league in Turkey, and he was the best player left on my board.
The Pelicans made this pick because of a draft-week trade with the Thunder, and this pick is all about Zion Williamson and how to maximize him. The Pelicans knew they had to surround their superstar with shooting, and Murphy is a wing who can really, really shoot it.
I have been touting Murphy for a while, and he was the highest-ranked player on my own big board, plus he's a great fit. A lot of future freshmen considering the draft should consider Mann's story. He wasn't great as a freshman, came back to be a sophomore and did everything NBA teams wanted to see in Year 2. His ability on the pick-and-roll and particularly with step-back jumpers is very tantalizing. The Hornets got this pick in a draft-night trade for a future first-rounder with the Knicks.
He has so much potential, but does it bother anybody that he has yet to show he's a good player over two years in college? You're asking him to be better in the NBA than he was in college, and that's worrisome.
But you can see the athletic ability and potential. Everybody has used different phrases for how Johnson's Duke tenure ended. That's not a good look. But I can't overstate this enough: We are now at the 20th pick in the draft. What are you going to do? Take the big swing on the player who might have some issues, the same way Denver did with Michael Porter Jr.
If you can tap into Johnson's talent, you're going to be very happy. The Clippers got this pick in a draft-night trade with the Knicks that sent No. Johnson was the best player available, a terrific athlete who slots in nicely here. He's a one-and-done guard who projects as a nice two-way player in the NBA for many years to come thanks to freakish athleticism that allowed him to set a vertical record at the combine. The Pacers got this pick in a draft-night trade with the Lakers.
He's certainly more defense than offense, more athleticism than skill. But he's so gifted on that end with blocking shots, that he still has to learn some things on the defensive side, too.
That said, he's got things you can't teach with all that physical talent. The highest remaining guy on my board, so the grade might be self-evident. Garuba is a versatile high-level defender who could help as a rookie and eventually develop into one of the best defensive bigs in the world. I appreciate the big swing, and he was a projected lottery pick a year ago. College basketball didn't work out so well for him, but I think the Rockets are seeing a player with potential to develop alongside a longtime friend, Jalen Green.
He showed a lot by struggling at Kansas but picking himself back up, transferring to Houston, locking down on defense and really thriving under Kelvin Sampson.
He was a little outside my top 30, but a lot of people I respect had him in this range. He's a scoring guard who should be able to shoot with NBA range. But that's not the way to think about it. Thomas gives them a player who can play in the same style as those guys, as he's a big scorer built to score 20 on any given night. This is really smart. I am a fan of what Springer could become, but there's a reasonable concern that he has used his power to get places in high school and college and might not have the skill to do that stuff in the NBA.
Jared Butler and Ayo Dosunmu might have been better picks. This pick was made by Brooklyn after a trade with Phoenix. And it's a pick for fit. Nobody was better in college basketball at offensive rebounding than Sharpe, so this is a very sensible fit for a team with a ton of scorers.
The Grizzlies reached up via trade to get perhaps the biggest surprise of the first round. This is a young man who clearly has some skill set. Size, shooting, rebounding. But he put up big numbers against weak competition for a bad team.
He's had knee surgery and only played 26 games in two seasons. Defense is an issue. But he rose late, and the Grizzlies have made smart picks in this range in recent years. The New Orleans Pelicans have traded the draft rights to the No. Oklahoma City is trading the draft rights to the No. Detroit Pistons 2. Houston Rockets 3. Cleveland Cavaliers 4. Toronto Raptors 5. Orlando Magic 6. Oklahoma City Thunder 7.
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