In spite of winning Pac-12 player of the year, Jaime Jaquez is failing to garner 1st round draft hype, sitting at #36 on ESPN’s big board. In some regards it makes sense. He is a 6’7 PF, who relies on a crafty old man game to outmaneuver and bully opposing defensive players in the paint. But he is not an athlete, struggles to blow by defenders, and struggles to finish over length. As a senior who recently turned 22, he does not project to be much of a scorer in the NBA.
Would be a reasonable play for sure. Although in ESPN's latest mock, the 11-20 is rife with pretty interesting pulls. Cason, Dick, Hendricks, Flip, Lively all fill NBA roles fairly well.
Some of those guys may rise on draft night, so we'll see where they fall. But as of right now the wasteland of the draft is the #2-10 range where Brandon Miller is the only guy I would really want to draft and hold onto.
In general I'd always be stockpiling picks in the 20-40 range to target guys like that though. You can fill out a roster nicely with a bunch of solid hits.
100% agree. If I'm a team with a lottery pick, I would look to trade back for a couple late firsts to take Jaques and TJD. Jimmy and Bam lite.
Would be a reasonable play for sure. Although in ESPN's latest mock, the 11-20 is rife with pretty interesting pulls. Cason, Dick, Hendricks, Flip, Lively all fill NBA roles fairly well.
Some of those guys may rise on draft night, so we'll see where they fall. But as of right now the wasteland of the draft is the #2-10 range where Brandon Miller is the only guy I would really want to draft and hold onto.
In general I'd always be stockpiling picks in the 20-40 range to target guys like that though. You can fill out a roster nicely with a bunch of solid hits.