PhilasFinest wrote:LloydFree wrote:At #24, it's hard to expect to get a great player. But there are a number of players being mocked in the 2nd half of the 1st round who I doubt are even service-able NBA bench players:
Cam Johnson - Poor man's Justin Jackson
Grant Williams - Poor Man's Jared Sulinger
Goga Bitadze - Poor Man's Alex Len
Any one of them is a waste of the Caphold associated with the pick.
I really don't get the hate for Cam Johnson.
I understand his ceiling is limited and he's an upperclassmen.....but at the end of the 1st/Early 2nd?
Dude has been a knockdown perimeter shooter essentially his entire career. Thats a coveted NBA skill. I think you could do much worse then bringing in a guy with the ability to become a role player who specializes in knocking down the open 3 with some size.
Now I personally would rather draft someone like Norvelle,Okpala or Louis King with our 1st.....but I cant see how Johnson isn't draft able. If his shot translates, I certainly think its worth a 2nd round pick.
He's strictly a college player. I'm not a fan of using 1st round picks on 23 year old, one dimensional players. He's not a good enough ballhandler or quick enough to be a guard in the NBA, and he's too weak to defend forwards in the NBA. And a player that is a 5th year senior should be a bit more dominant against college competition.