Non-lottery, highest upside -2022 draft preview

Roddy B for 3 · 7/1/2019 (I broke a mirror on 7-1-2012)

I'm looking for potential sleepers in this draft, specifically high upside prospects.

Who are the highest upside players we expect to be in this draft, that are not expected to be lottery picks?

Thanks in advance.

jezzerinho · Post #2 » by **jezzerinho** » Mon Mar 28, 2022 1:54 pm

Off the top of my head:

Procida
Kamagate
Terry
Baldwin Jr
Ingram
Dieng
Watson

Guys like that all appear to have some chance of a very high pro outcome. But in a lot of cases they're not in the lottery because to date they're performing below initial expectations...

EvanZ · Post #3 » by **EvanZ** » Mon Mar 28, 2022 2:42 pm

Terquavion Smith, Bryce McGowens, Malaki Branham, Blake Wesley, Harrison Ingram

EMG518 · Post #4 » by **EMG518** » Tue Mar 29, 2022 1:15 am

My top 3 guys not highly ranked are

Gabriele Procida
Malaki Branham
Bryce McGowens

Hal14 · Post #5 » by **Hal14** » Tue Mar 29, 2022 3:13 am

Branham
Spagnolo
Orlando Robinson
Alondes Williams
Dominick Barlow
Dalen Terry
Jalen Williams
Christian Braun
Blake Wesley
Mark Williams
Mike Miles
Kennedy Chandler
Jean Montero

babyjax13 · Post #6 » by **babyjax13** » Tue Mar 29, 2022 10:00 am

Does Nikola Jovic count at this point? He slipped out of lottery contention part of the season now seems to be back on the radar in the middle of the first round and ... I think he will be very good? Not predicting a star, but a highly versatile forward who can shoot and make plays a la Nic Batum (but a bit better shooter). Defensively I'm less sure how he projects. Also like the Procida, Ingram, Terry, Branham, McGowens and Williams picks. Deeper in the draft I think Caleb Love, Allen Flannigan, Jordan Hall, and a lot of the centers have shown interesting things. Honestly this is a fantastic class if you need a backup center in the second round.