DRAFT: #18 [Green] & #31 [Terry] & trade for #36 [Tyler Bey]

[aguiar95]

Aguiar, I appreciate the hard work. This is the type of draft discussion we ought to be having here, but 1) the draft is still two months away (this very day!), 2) we didn't get the NCAA's this year, and 3) many (like me) think #18 is gone in trade anyway, so people aren't devoting the time to it that we ought to be. I would put T. Bey up a tier, but on the other hand, I do believe he'll be on the board at #21 and would be seen as a reach at #18, so I'm an advocate for buying one of those 20s picks to see if we can get him or Reed.

I was a little taken aback at how you characterized the rankings (especially the lower), but the key word is "potential," and it highlights that this is not a "good" draft (in terms of the top of the draft), but it may very well be a deep draft.

Thanks. The thing with T. Bey is that his defense alone puts him in late 1st round discussion (best post defender in this class, great verticality and versatility), but as you've said it's a reach to draft him at #18 if he doesn't have any impact offensively (TO prone/not an outside shooter), almost the same with P. Williams (Florida State). To become a starter here, we have to bank on him adapting his game (a lot) to play outside since he played only as an interior player. My comparison for him is a more athletic/less IQ Grant Williams (BOS).