casual_raps_fan wrote:My wish for our 1st round pick is....
1a) Well rounded guard with ball handling, some shot creation, can shoot 3s, defence (targets may include Maledon, Bane, Bolmaro, Dotson)
1b) Shot creator, isolation scoring skills, high level shooting skills, high level offensive skills (???)
Who do you guys think are our possible options for the 1b type of player? The ones that come to mind in that type of mold would be Tyrell Terry or Grant Riller.
I think you are correct for above average bench scorers in Terry and Riller, though Terry cannot create for himself at all. He is more of a catch and shoot guy like Matt Thomas at this stage.
1a) would be Ty-Shon Alexander. He isn't rated as high on most mocks, but he has point of attack defense, decent ballhandlling, and hit from 40% from three on good volume. Desmond Bane is in the same range as Alexander and is more favoured by the draft crowd. Both remind me a bit of Malcolm Brogdon. I give TSA the edge because he was a force defensively.
1b) would be Elijah Hughes - first in ISO scoring in the ACC and can score from three levels. He could fall into the first category but the Cuse zone makes it hard to tell if he is a good defender. He did have 26 blocks as a SG. Mason Jones is super crafty and reminds me of a slightly smaller TJ Warren being able to score it from all levels using crafty rather than athleticism. The best scorer in the draft is Marcus Howard perfect for round 2.
The guys I don't have complete reads on but could be high reward guys are Cassius Stanley and RJ Hampton. They are huge athletes that are fairly young and could in time gain the skill to be premium slashers. Stanley barely was given the ball at Duke. He was completely dependent on someone one passing to him to score, but in pick-up games he looks like he could handle it a bit. Hampton looks like he just needs to get built a bit more to be strong enough for the NBA.
