@Lord
If you’re the Jazz and have say the 23rd pick, who are some guys you see in the 20-25 range who we should target and why?
Welp I think its a PF or a combo guard. In that mid-20's range I always advocate looking at a player projected in the teens and hoping he falls --- That guy would be Arizona's 6'6" Josh Green, and probably French Guard Theo Maledon.
For Forwards;
Zeke Nnaji - PF/C; would be outstanding value at that spot. athletic 6'11 kid who shoots crazy %'s.
Paul Reed - PF; probably the most well rounded PF who's ready for minutes they can find.
There's a few undersized PF's that sorta make sense but they'd be guys you'd be grooming for roles well represented on the team currently (Bojan, Ingles, Royce).. to me thats where Matthew Hurt, Jordan Nwora, and to a lesser extent the 2 kids at Villanova; Bey and Earl-Robinson would be. Also Khalil Whitney at UK would be in the high-risk high-reward category of these forwards, very athletic kid who needs lots of polish.
As for guards.. It's a bit more up in the air..
This Argentinian, Leandro Bolmaro, to me seems like a good match in Utah and might be talented enough to warrant a 1st rd pick.. Knockdown 3pt shooter. I suspect he's gonna keep gaining steam into the summer. He is big enough to be a swingman for sure 6'6 or 6'7. for some reason I get the feeling that when the dust settles on this draft, this kid is still gonna be standing.
Jahim'us Ramsey at Texas Tech is a 6'4" combo guard is a bit redundant with D. Mitchell but I think you could make it work. Super athletic capable of huge dunks and flashes nice skill and awareness and he's tough as nails.