StickeeFingaz wrote:So who do we like at 24?
I think I want to draft a guard. Didn't watch much college basketball this year but Tyty Washington and Kennedy Chandler caught my eye.
I admittedly have not watched a ton of draft guys yet this year, but based on reading about some of them, the guys I've circled in pencil around our spot are:
- Marjon Beauchamp
- EJ Liddell
- Walker Kessler
- David Roddy
Beauchamp in particular is interesting to me. Shot like crap in the G-League this year (8/33 on mostly open 3 pointers, but shot 41/103 from 3 in JuCo. Showed some decent playmaking chops in JuCo before being second fiddle to the G-League guards as well. And even against the G-League competition, he was an efficient overall scorer because he just lived at the rim (and that was the case in JuCo as well; he shot 64.4% from 2 point range across the past two years, including 68% in the G-League). Decent free throw shooter too at 75% the last two years. He just seems like an all-around very good prospect that's slipped because of how poorly he shot the ball this season.
I also love that he was known throughout high school for being a lazy defender and he's now a high-effort and effective defensive player with the G-League team. That, to me, shows a willingness to take constructive criticism and improve on it that you're always looking for with these guys.
