It just may take a while to find out … and the Thunder seem just fine with waiting. After all that wheeling and dealing, he ends up with Pokusevski, who could be the next great player out of Greece. Quickley felt like a reach with so many other talented point guards on the board, but with some Kentucky connections on the coaching staff with Kenny Payne, maybe that’s a sign they know something other teams don’t. The Toppin pick could end up being a steal at No. And both Bolmaro and McDaniels could turn out to be great picks in four years, exactly the kind of value you want late in the first.Ī speedy point guard who replaces the traded Holiday? Perfect. Edwards is the right fit for the roster right now and all signs point to him living up to the hype. This grade factors in the Jrue Holiday trade since it involved their first pick, so yeah, the Bucks did just fine. It feels like a good fit for the Heat culture to get a tough big man with athleticism. Great move trading into the first round and getting Bane, a shooter who can help the Grizzlies right away. 40: SF Robert Woodard II, Mississippi State We’ll see what kind of big man Oturu turns out to be, although people are intrigued by Scrubb as a junior college standout. But OK, they get a player who flashed serious talent last year.
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Trading Shamet and getting back Kennard feels like a lateral move to me, one that downgrades the Clips’ bench defensively. But they traded the 16th pick and got back Trevor Ariza … and now what? I guess this grade reflects a whole lot of uncertainty. But Wiseman fills in a need for a big man for the Dubs and some had Mannion as a first-rounder. If we’re factoring the news about Klay Thompson, it was a rough night for the franchise. AND they traded Luke Kennard, who is talented but who would have gotten a raise after his contract expired in 2021. They needed a point guard (Hayes), they needed a defensive big man (Stewart), they needed young players with upside (Bey).
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Once again, the Nuggets continue to know how to draft, grabbing two diamonds-in-the-rough including Hampton, who can jump out of the gym and could be even better if he learns to shoot.
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It feels like they had a draft full of buzzy players - some experts had Terry going higher, and Bey and Green could help defensively. At least with Okoro, they might have nabbed one of the draft’s best wing defenders. Should they have gone with Obi Toppin, as many projected? We’ll see. Would the Bulls have been better off taking Deni Avdija here, who’s less of a project than Williams? I know Williams wowed a lot of people with his workouts, and if he works out, this grade changes significantly. They needed a big man and got one in Carey.
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What’s not to love here? They didn’t have to move up to grab Ball, who might be the best player in this draft. 19 pick was REALLY smart … and it makes you wonder if they grabbed him to make a bigger move involving him. I’m attempting to factor in draft-night trades here, hence why the Nets end up with this grade. The answer? Shooters! And they got the best one in the draft in Nesmith. The Celtics came in with three first-rounders and it was sort of mystifying what they needed these days with a mostly complete team. If the Hawks can carve out a bigger role for him by maybe trading Capela, that would make this grade higher.
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So who knocked it out of the park and who struck out (yes, baseball metaphors in a post about basketball!)? We gave each team grades based on their picks and, in some cases, the trades they made on Wednesday.Īlthough the Hawks have big men in John Collins and Clint Capela, I like Okongwu a lot as a defensive presence. The 2020 NBA draft turned out kind of like the way it was billed: not a ton of surprises, not a lot of moves and some question marks abound.īut even without Zion Williamson-like hype, it was still intriguing all around for a bunch of teams, and we may look back on this one and realize there was more talent there than we thought.