DBR Mock Draft 2024 - It's a Wrap!

JasonEvans

JasonEvans

Host, The Duke Basketball Roundup
The GMs are all assigned, now it is time to start the picking!

Your job as GM is not just to make a pick but to also explain your rationale for said pick. There are no wrong answers (unless you pick Armando Bacot) but we do expect you to discuss why you picked A instead of B or C.

Very important -- Do not make us wait many hours for you to make your pick. Every picker will be on the clock. If you fail to make your pick in a timely fashion, I will draft for you based on the best available player on the various NBA mock draft boards. Here is how the clock will work.

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Please note -- you are allowed (and encouraged) to make picks before your time is up and you are allowed to make picks late at night even though the clock is suspended. Also, if you are worried you will not be available and can see your pick is coming up, PM some possible picks to me and I can post it for you.

Any further questions, either PM me or post in this thread.

Here is our list of GMs/pickers

First round --
1. Atlanta - JasonEvans ===> Donovan Clingan, 7'2" C, UConn
2. Washington - pcal6vb ===> Alexandre Sarr, 7'0" PF/C, Perth Wildcats
3. Houston - pfrduke ===> Stephon Castle, 6'6" SG, UConn
4. San Antonio - accfanfrom1970 ===> Zaccharie Risacher, 6'8" SF, France
5. Detroit - Scottdude8 ===> Dalton Knecht, 6'6" wing, Tennessee
6. Charlotte - JNort ===> Ron Holland, 6'8" F, G League Ignite
7. Portland - brevity ===> Tidjane Salaun, 6'9" F, France
8. San Antonio - accfanfrom1970 ===> Reed Sheppard, 6'2" G, Kentucky
9. Memphis - JasonEvans ===> Matas Buzelis, 6'9" F, G-League Ignite
10. Utah - Daddylawman ===> Robert Dillingham, 6'3" G, Kentucky
11. Chicago - CDu ===> Devin Carter, 6'2" G, Providence
12. Oklahoma City - gam7 ===> Nikola Topić, 6'6" G, Serbia
13. Sacramento - gam7 ===> Cody Williams, 6'8" F, Colorado
14. Portland - brevity ===> Kel'el Ware, 7'0" C, Indiana University
15. Miami - Tommy ===> Zach Edey, 7'4" C, Purdue
16. Philadelphia - roywhite ===> Jared McCain, 6'3" G, Duke
17. Los Angeles Lakers - bluedevilwildcats ===> Tristan Da Silva, 6'8" F, Colorado
18. Orlando - kAzE ===> Ja’Kobe Walter, 6'5" G, Baylor
19. Toronto - AngolaDevil JasonEvans ===> Johnny Furphy, 6'8" Wing, Kansas
20. Cleveland - ehdg ===> Kyle Filipowski, 6'11" F, Duke
21. New Orleans - accfanfrom1970 ===> Yves Missi, 7'0" C, Baylor
22. Phoenix - coldriver10 ===> Isaiah Collier, 6'5" PG, USC
23. Milwaukee - phaedrus ===> "Bub" Carrington, 6'5" CG, Pitt
24. New York - Billy Dat ===> Tyler Kolek, 6'1" PG, Marquette
25. New York - Billy Dat ===> Baylor Scheierman, 6'7" Wing, Creighton
26. Washington - pcal6vb ===> Jamal Shead, 6'0" PG, Houston
27. Minnesota - Gooch ===> Kyshawn George, 6'7" SG/SF, Miami
28. Denver - Kdogg ===> Da’Ron Holmes II, 6'9" C, Dayton
29. Utah - Daddylawman ===> Terrence Shannon, Jr. 6'6", SF, Illinois
30. Boston - jam ===> Bobi Klintman, 6'9" F, Cairns Taipans (Australia) via Wake​

Second Round --
31. Toronto - AngolaDevil ===> Tyler Smith, 6'10" PF, G-League Ignite
32. Utah - Daddylawman ===> Adem Bona, 6'10" F/C, UCLA
33. Milwaukee - phaedrus ===> Kevin McCullar Jr., 6'7" G, Kansas
34. Portland - brevity ===> Jaylon Tyson, 6'7" G, University of California
35. San Antonio - accfanfrom1970 ===> Cam Christie, 6'6" G, Minnesota
36. Indiana - House P ===> Ryan Dunn, 6'8" F, UVa
37. Minnesota - Gooch ===> A.J. Johnson, 6'4" G, Illawarra, Australia
38. New York - Billy Dat ===> Tristen Newton, 6'5" G, UConn
39. Memphis - ehdg makes this pick on behalf of JasonEvans ===> PJ Hall, 6'8" F, Clemson
40. Portland - brevity ===> Ulrich Chomche, 6'11" PF/C, NBA Academy Africa
41. Philadelphia - roywhite ===> Jonathan Mogbo, 6'8" F, San Francisco
42. Charlotte - JNort ===> Pacôme Dadiet, 6'8" F, ratiopharm ulm
43. Miami - Tommy ===> Antionio Reeves, 6'6" guard, Kentucky
44. Houston - pfrduke ===> Nikola Đurišić, 6'7" wing, Serbia
45. Sacramento - gam7 ===> Bronny James, 6'2" G, USC
46. LA Clippers - brevity ===> Enrique Freeman, 6'8" F, Akron
47. Orlando - kAzE ===> Melvin Ajinça, 6'8" wing, Saint-Quentin BB (France)
48. San Antonio - accfanfrom1970 ===> Trey Alexander 6'4" PG, Creighton
— Philadelphia (forfeited)
49. Indiana - House P ===> Trentyn Flowers, 6'8" wing, Adelaide 36ers (NBL Australia)
50. Indiana - House P ===> Pelle Larsson, 6'5" G, Arizona
51. Washington - pcal6vb ===> Ajay Mitchell, 6'3" G, UC Santa Barbara
52. Golden State - kako ===> Oso Ighodaro, 6'11" F/C, Marquette
53. Detroit - Scottdude8 ===> Cam Spencer, 6'4" G, UConn
54. Boston - jam ===> Keshad Johnson, 6'6" F, Arizona
55. Los Angeles Lakers - bluedevilwildcats JasonEvans ===> Reece Beekman, 6'2" G, Virginia
56. Denver - Kdogg ===> Justin Edwards, 6'8" wing, Kentucky
57. Memphis - JasonEvans ===> Juan Nunez, 6'5" PG, Spain
— Phoenix (from Denver via Orlando; forfeited by Phoenix)
58. Dallas - toughbuff1 ===> Harrison Ingram, 6'7" F, unc​
 
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#1 Pick - Atlanta Hawks

With the first pick in the 2024 DBR Mock Draft the Atlanta Hawks select – Donovan Clingan, 7-2 Center, UConn.

I know the draft pundits are all saying one of the French foreigners goes #1 and maybe I am making a huge mistake here but Sarr is a big question mark on offense and Risacher seems like his ceiling is as a 3 & D wing and I ain’t using the overall #1 pick on a catch and shoot complementary player. Go ahead and mock me but I want a dude who I know will have an impact on the team from day one (because the Hawks are not in a rebuilding window having given up future picks for Dejounte Murray)…

…and that is Clingan. He was absolutely dominant in his rim protection and finishing in the lane for UConn, a key figure in both of their title runs. You cannot teach 7-2, 280 with coordination, athleticism, and quickness. You also can’t teach winner and this kid is unquestionably a big-time winner. I think he will be a great rim-running threat with Murray and/or Trae and his defense is going to be top notch from the jump. It creates a jam for me at C with Capella and Okangwu but both those guys are injury prone and, frankly, I will probably try to move Capella, who is in the last year of his contract anyway.

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Look, the reality is that this is almost certainly the worst top-end draft since Anthony Bennett went #1 to the Cavs in 2013. There are no sure things here and there plenty of years where the guy who went #3 or worse would have been the #1 pick in this draft. I think that when we look back on it, Clingan will at least be a safer #1 pick than Bennett was 😉
 
#2 Pick - Washington Wizards

There's no question where the Wizards are in their team-building process. Having just completed the worst season, record-wise, in franchise history, the Wizards recently promoted their interim head coach, Brian Keefe, to full time head coach. While the Wizards win-loss record of 8-31 during Keefe's tenure with the interim tag was not appreciably better than the 7-36 they logged under previous head coach Wes Unseld Jr., there were modest improvements in defensive metrics and, judging by quotes at least, there was significant uptick in player "buy-in". It seems the Wizards front office trusts Keefe with the reigns of being a developer/teacher/culture builder; retaining him means they felt there was positive progress in the locker room and on the court, and the fact that they didn't try to make a splashier hire (did anyone even notice the Wizards named him head coach among the Lakers drama??) means that expectations these next few years are also more modest. Keefe does have a track record of being an assistant coach on the Thunder during the development of young Durant/Westbrook/Harden, and later with young Shai Gilgeous-Alexander.

One can safely assume the Wizards anticipate drafting high in the lottery again in 2025, if not also 2026. There is no hurry here. Drafting a pro-ready starter to address a weakness* is not the goal. With a dearth of high-probability future all-stars in the 2024 draft, the Wizards can afford to swing for the fences. As GM of the Wizards in this DBR Mock Draft, I was seriously considering taking Donovan Clingan No. 2, as the combination of size, strength, and skill at the center position is always in need in the league, regardless of the spacing out of play style in the NBA; the Hawks GM thwarted that plan, however, letting me off the hook to go ahead and swing for the fences.

As such, the Washington Wizards select, with the Number 2 pick in the 2024 DBR Mock Draft, Alexandre Sarr, 7'0" PF/C of the Perth Wildcats. For a 7-footer, Sarr shows great fluidity, mobility, and awareness on defense. He can switch and guard on the perimeter as well as protect the rim. He demonstrates good offensive feel and flashes of passing ability, and shows potential to be a stretch-5 -- though admittedly has a ways to go to solidify that potential. If he can improve his outside shooting, and/or gain enough strength to be a good 1-on-1 post defender against the all-star centers of the NBA, he is a potential future all-star. The Wizards are the type of team that can afford him some time to improve, while they look to make high picks over the next couple of years.

*Having attended over half a dozen Wizards home games this season, I can say that overall defense, and especially defense by their center/interior, was by far the biggest team weakness. When the Suns were in town, it was Jusuf Nurkic of all people that looked like a world-beater, punishing the Wizards' small interior players. So, while it may look like I am trying to address a weakness by drafting Sarr and considering Clingan, I am actually addressing what the Wizards demonstrated (by absence) is a critical success factor for any team - talented size!
 
The Rockets' roster situation is, I think, an enviable one. There are young talent options at almost every position and at favorable price points. Jalen Green, Amen Thompson, Jabari Smith, Tari Eason, Alperen Sengun, and Cam Whitmore are all under team control for at least two more years and their combined cap hit next season is ~$45m. Adult in the room Fred Van Vleet and veteran (but not adult-like actor) Dillon Brooks are here to raise the team's floor but aren't people we need to build around. Plus we own Brooklyn picks in 2026 (outright, no protections) and 2027 (swap), which look likely to be high ones (like the one we're using here!).

All that said, the Rockets are not exactly one piece away and there's no need to be drafting for fit here. We can take swings on best talent available. And we think best talent available is Stephon Castle, Wing, UCONN. Castle is a dogged defender and a smart playmaker from the wing. He seemed to be a skeleton key at times for the Huskies and could have that same role with the Rockets. He can make a good defense even better and won't be a ball-stopper on offense - he and Sengun can do some fun things together in a two-man game, and he can score off the ball (although not necessarily in a catch-and-shoot role, yet). We think the floor for Castle is a saner version of Dillon Brooks, which would be a perfect thing to have and would give us plenty of flexibility to trade Brooks to a contender in need of a defense-first role player sometime in the next two seasons. But the upside could be much higher, particularly if the shooting develops. We're thrilled to be able to pick him here.
 
#4 San Antonio

G/F Zaccharie Risacher
Ht./Wt.: 6-9, 204 pounds | JL Bourg (France)

“Risacher ended his season in France on a high note, playing his best basketball in front of scouts and executives from the Hawks, Wizards and Rockets last month. He is one of the best catch-and-shoot wings in the draft and has extended his game off the bounce and as a facilitator. In a series against Monaco, Risacher averaged 14.5 points and 7.3 rebounds in 30 minutes per game.”

Need to surround Wemby with shooters. Plus he’s a 3 and D, was #1 pick in many mock drafts. Really liked Castle here. Going best available since we also have the #8 pick.
 
With the No. 5 pick, the Detroit Pistons select…

The Pistons just fired GM Troy Weaver, with Duke alum Trajan Langdon taking over the front office. Weaver’s crime, besides horrible lottery luck (despite having the best lottery odds in back to back years, the Pistons fell as low as they possibly could to No. 5 each year!), was not getting pieces that FIT together. Cade Cunningham is a solid player, if not living up to his No. 1 overall pick pedigree, and Jalen Duren is showing promise at center, but beyond that there’s a ton of question marks. The biggest is that there’s no shooting around those two pieces, which has made Cunningham’s life miserable.

The mock drafts are putting Matas Buzelis here, mainly because he fits the Pistons most obvious hole on the wing. As a Pistons fan, I wouldn’t hate that pick, and he’s probably the best player available. But I think, counterintuitively, the Pistons SHOULDN’T go “best available,” especially in a draft where the best isn’t that great. For the Pistons to be respectable, they need shooting. And there’s a guy who fills that hole while also slotting in nicely on the wing, where the Pistons have their biggest hole.

That’s why I’m going to “reach” a bit here. The Pistons select Dalton Knecht out of Tennessee. While he’s older, he’s a much more straightforward projection than Buzelis, and his age does put him right in the range of the Pistons core of Cunningham, Duren, and (probably) Jaden Ivey. If all Knecht does is shoot 40% from deep while providing passable defense on the wing, he’ll go a long way to making the Pistons an actually respectable basketball team for the first time in years.
 
A few comments on the first few picks

1. Brilliant pick. Super smart GM, that guy.

2. Interesting to note that PMpcal6vb was going to go Clingan at #2. I will say that if I had not taken Clingan I would have taken Sarr as I think mobile rim protectors are super valuable and there is certainly a world where Sarr develops into an offensive force too.

3. I think Castle was a bit of a reach at #3. I would have gone Reed Shepherd here. When I saw his impressive athletic testing scores from the combine that sold me on him as the best wing in the draft. Can't have too much elite shooting and his basketball IQ is off the charts.

4. While I get it happening in our mock, I strongly suspect Risacher will be off the board before #4 so this is a good pick by accfanfrom1970. I like the rationale of surrounding Wemby with shooters but the two best shooters in the draft are still on the board in Shepherd and Knecht.

5. Hey Scott, have I mentioned that Reed Shepherd is still available?
 
pfrduke said:
All that said, the Rockets are not exactly one piece away and there's no need to be drafting for fit here. We can take swings on best talent available. And we think best talent available is Stephon Castle, Wing, UCONN.
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JasonEvans said:
I would have gone Reed Shepherd here. When I saw his impressive athletic testing scores from the combine that sold me on him as the best wing in the draft.
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Has the definition of "wing" changed recently? (Numbers below are the official NBA Combine anthro measurements.)

Stephon Castle, while wing-sized (6 foot 5.5 inches without shoes and 6-9 wingspan), sees himself as a point guard. I think he bought into an off-guard role at Connecticut because it was best for the team, but he is kind of done with that, and has expressed little interest in playing on teams that have an established starting point guard. He makes some sense for Houston, learning under Fred Van Vleet, while the similarly sized Amen Thompson is moved off the ball. I was going to compare him to Cason Wallace, last year's lottery pick for OKC, but Castle is 3.5 inches taller.

Reed Sheppard, measured at 6 foot 1.75 inches without shoes and slightly more than a 6-3 wingspan, is not remotely a wing. He's a point guard, maybe a combo guard if you're feeling creative. He's expected to get drafted in the lottery, but presumably by a team looking for a guard.
 
Note to Jason. I am in Montreal at the GP this weekend so I will have a tough time getting picks in. If I go within an hour of my deadline please pick Utah for me.
 
With the 6th pick the Charlotte Hornets are thrilled to take…. Ron Holland of the G League Ignite.


This was a fairly easy choice for us as he is our 3rd ranked player overall. We believe he is a not only the best available but also the best fit for our team. He has a tremendous energy and this benefits his defense tremendously. We currently lack perimeter defenders and could use some alongside Miller and Ball who should be more than enough to make up for his poor shooting from deep. We project that as a 3rd or 4th option on the team that his shooting will improve as he won’t need to force it as often but realize he might never be a knock down shooter but he has the ability to get hot and take a game over in other areas. He does great work on the boards and is deadly in transition and of course he still incredibly young.

We briefly (very brief) considered Reed but his flaws are non negotiable for this gm. The only other picks we might have considered were Matas Buzelis and Cody Williams. This pick would have been incredibly difficult if Stephon Castle was here who we had 2nd overall on our board.
 
Slow Stiff Center at #1??

Got to give it to Jason for truly role playing a franchise which traded Luka for Trae by taking a 1 year starter who will be played off the floor in the playoffs. Trade the pick and rebuild draft capital or take a swing at a player built for the 2020's instead of the 1980's.
 
JasonEvans said:
1. Brilliant pick. Super smart GM, that guy.

2. Interesting to note that PMpcal6vb was going to go Clingan at #2. I will say that if I had not taken Clingan I would have taken Sarr as I think mobile rim protectors are super valuable and there is certainly a world where Sarr develops into an offensive force too.

3. I think Castle was a bit of a reach at #3. I would have gone Reed Shepherd here. When I saw his impressive athletic testing scores from the combine that sold me on him as the best wing in the draft. Can't have too much elite shooting and his basketball IQ is off the charts.

4. While I get it happening in our mock, I strongly suspect Risacher will be off the board before #4 so this is a good pick by accfanfrom1970. I like the rationale of surrounding Wemby with shooters but the two best shooters in the draft are still on the board in Shepherd and Knecht.

5. Hey Scott, have I mentioned that Reed Shepherd is still available?
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I think he might be a decent role player off the bench but on my “big board” for this draft he’s ranked around the 10-13 range right with Clingan.
 
#7 Pick -- Portland Trail Blazers

Earlier this week, in the Mock Draft signup thread, Jason posted links to the results of past mock drafts. I clicked over to look at my history as a mock GM, and I noticed two things. First, I had a lot of near-misses, saying things like "I also considered [Big NBA Star Now] but instead I'm picking [Who?]" Second, I've represented New Orleans, San Antonio, Dallas, and Sacramento, but not Portland, until now. This is unfamiliar territory.

The Blazers finished 21-61 last season, last in the Western Conference. I took a look at their payroll for next season, and, man, I see a lot of tradeable players there. According to Basketball Reference, everyone missed at least 10 games in the 2023-2024 season, and 11 different players started 19 or more games. Maybe the team would fare a lot better if they were fully healthy, but I'm more prepared to rebuild than let it ride.

So far, the picks in this mock draft have either embraced the consensus (Sarr, Risacher, Holland) or the familiar (Clingan, Castle, Knecht). I'm going to try to go in the other direction, straying from the consensus and finding myself in, again, unfamiliar territory. Sure, no one out there looks like a Wembanyama, but if you squint your eyes enough, you can find a lot of aspiring Coulibalys.

Bilal Coulibaly was the #7 pick for the Washington Wizards last year, and he had a pretty good rookie season, as a developing player largely in a reserve role. Portland's patchwork roster has a need for a similar small forward/wing type player, so I think I'll select the player with the most Coulibaliness. The Charlotte Hornets made their #6 pick of Ron Holland this morning, but when I made my decision last night, I looked at Holland, his G-League teammate Matas Buzelis, and the Colorado guys, Cody Williams and Tristan da Silva. They all lacked that, how do you say, je ne sais quoi. So I expanded my pool of candidates until it was Olympic-sized, and that reminded me of the Summer Games, which took me to France, specifically the commune of Cholet, home of the Pro A team Cholet Basket, where Tidjane Salaun learned his trade over the past year. His official NBA Draft profile says that he is 6-9 with a 7-2 wingspan, and he won't turn 19 until August. Salaun is, admittedly, not the scorer that Holland is, but he's a much better outside shooter.

No Ceilings takes a detailed look at Salaun in this video. His stats are modest, but by my informal count, he seems to average about 8.5 announcer exclamations of "Mon Dieu!" per game.


This is exactly the kind of player that the San Antonio Spurs might select at #8, so I'm doing the league a favor and taking him at #7. Coulibalsome!
 
FWIW, the Pistons thought about Shepherd, but decided that drafting another guard didn’t make sense for a team where two of our three best young players are guards. Shepherd may be the higher rated guy, but I don’t see how he fits with the Pistons unless A) Langdon isn’t sold on Jaden Ivey or B) Langdon is ok using the No. 5 pick for someone who at best will be a sixth man. The Pistons were also horrible defensively last year, so drafting a guy who projects as a subpar defender at the NBA level because of his size would be a risky proposition.
 
This mock draft has not gone the way we (me and the Spurs) thought it would go. We liked Stephon Castle at #4, didn't think Risacher would still be on the board or that Castle would be gone. We need a point guard, Tre has a year left on his deal, and the Sochan at point guard went predictably (to me) bad. They played better with Tre running the team. And yet there are rumors of going after Trae Young or Tyus Jones. Nikola Topic would normally be a pick here, but the injuries are too much here. We are accelerating the competitive timeline here, and don't want to deal with a "redshirt" year.

With the #8 pick the Spurs take Reed Sheppard, maybe the best shooter in the draft.

We thought about Dillingham, but he's even younger, lighter and smaller than Sheppard.

"He led the nation shooting 52.1 percent from deep on 4.4 attempts per game, and he ranked top 10 in the nation in true shooting percentage, designed to measure a player's shooting efficiency. Sheppard also led the team with 4.5 assists and 2.5 steals while notching 0.7 blocks per game despite his height, which made him one of the nine shortest players invited to the NBA scouting combine— although he also leapt 42.0 inches to tie for the highest max vertical leap at the event.

In addition to his high shooting efficiency, Sheppard also established himself as a playmaker in his single season at Kentucky. Vecenie wrote that he "thinks the game at an elite level and quickly moves the ball to get everyone involved." And we think Wemby can cover much of his defensive liabilities.
 
Memphis has been an exceptionally good drafting team. Ja and JJJr are elite NBA talents (one on offense, the other on defense) and this is the club that got GG Jackson in the middle of the second round a year ago and turned him into one of the top 10 rookies in the class. They have a roster that is already pretty solid with no glaring holes... well, they could use some rebounding help as JJJr is more focused on blocking shots and deflecting balls than he is on grabbing rebounds. But the bottom line is there is no reason for this team not to take the best available player.

Toward that end I am taking Matas Buzelis, 6-9 forward from the G-League Ignite. Buzelis struggled with his shooting early in the G-League season but really came on toward the end. Over the final 13 games of the season he averaged 17.1 ppg, 7.6 rog, 2.5 apg, and 2.5 bpg. Playing in the G-League is playing against grown men who are just a tiny step down from the NBA. It is tough on an 18 or 19 year old to do that and he really held up nicely. Buzelis has really good positional size for a wing and NBA scouts say his shooting stroke looks like it will be effective shooting threes (even though his 27% in the G-League has to give you pause). I've seen a good number of comparisons for him to guys like GG Jackson, Bilal Coulibaly, and Charlotte's Brandon Miller -- all of whom had very nice rookie years.

Bottom line for me, I see little chance Buzelis is still on the board at #9 in the real NBA draft so I feel like I am getting nice value here.

I also considered Rob Dillingham, but after being a Hawks fan and watching Trae Young struggle so much on D I just cannot go for a tiny guard who doesn't seem to have the ability to guard anyone. Also looked at Nicola Topic but dude just ripped apart his ACL and I didn't want to risk a high pick on a guy who could be injury prone. Cody Williams is another guy likely to be gone by pick #9 but he missed two stretches of games at CO with injuries and I just feel like his frame won't hold up to the rigors of NBA play.

I will likely regret passing on Williams... ahh well.
 
Daddylawman said:
Note to Jason. I am in Montreal at the GP this weekend so I will have a tough time getting picks in. If I go within an hour of my deadline please pick Utah for me.
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We are making great progress so I am going to give Daddy the evening to make his pick. If he has not selected by tomorrow morning, I will pick for him.
 
JNort said:
With the 6th pick the Charlotte Hornets are thrilled to take…. Ron Holland of the G League Ignite.


This was a fairly easy choice for us as he is our 3rd ranked player overall. We believe he is a not only the best available but also the best fit for our team. He has a tremendous energy and this benefits his defense tremendously. We currently lack perimeter defenders and could use some alongside Miller and Ball who should be more than enough to make up for his poor shooting from deep. We project that as a 3rd or 4th option on the team that his shooting will improve as he won’t need to force it as often but realize he might never be a knock down shooter but he has the ability to get hot and take a game over in other areas. He does great work on the boards and is deadly in transition and of course he still incredibly young.

We briefly (very brief) considered Reed but his flaws are non negotiable for this gm. The only other picks we might have considered were Matas Buzelis and Cody Williams. This pick would have been incredibly difficult if Stephon Castle was here who we had 2nd overall on our board.
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I like the pick. Ron Holland was also #3 on my board for the Wizards at pick No. 2. I waffled between Holland and Sarr, considering both to be promising defenders with great swing for the fences potential if their shooting improves, but ultimately size won out.
 
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