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Official 2020 NBA Draft Day Thread (2nd round; spoilers aight)

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We needed a backup center badly, don't love Azubuike but he should be a solid backup behind Rudy and ensures we always have some size/rim protection on the floor. I love adding Elijah Hughes in the 2nd round though. 

Also like what the Mavericks did adding Josh Richardson via trade, Josh Green in the 1st, and drafting Seth Curry 2.0 in Tyrell Terry. 

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Just now, J-ALL-DAY said:

Mannion is nice, should be solid back up for a while.

Know nothing about Jessup. 

Happy with Wiseman but obviously the Klay news is just a huge downer. Dude is going to miss two consecutive seasons at least, if not more. Another lost season for the Dubs. 

be positive damn

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Just now, J-ALL-DAY said:

Mannion is nice, should be solid back up for a while.

Know nothing about Jessup. 

Happy with Wiseman but obviously the Klay news is just a huge downer. Dude is going to miss two consecutive seasons at least, if not more. Another lost season for the Dubs. 

58. Justinian Jessup | W | Boise State | Birthdate: May 23, 1998 (Age: 22) | 6-7 | 200 LBS | Hometown: Longmont, Colo.

BACKGROUND: Parents are Wes and Cynthia. They are librarian and museum curators. Jessup moved around a bit with them when he was younger, including a couple of years in Boise. Eventually they settled in Longmont, Colo., where Jessup played his four years at Longmont High. Was a two-time all-state selection in Colorado. Led team to a 25-2 record as a senior, and a 27-1 record as a junior, a season that ended in a state title game defeat. Was not rated as a recruit. Committed to Boise State as a 6-foot-4 shooting guard. Has grown to be 6-foot-7 over his time in college. Was a four-year starter at Boise State, and continued to grow into a bigger role throughout his career. Finished up making third-team All-MWC as a junior, and second-team All-MWC as a senior. Had a great pre-draft process to put himself on the maps of NBA teams as the proliferation of big shooters has continued. Has signed with The Hawks in the Australian NBL for next season. Will be a stash player in Year 1 if he’s drafted. YEAR TEAM LEAGUE Age GP PPG RPG APG TOPG BPG SPG FG% 3P% FT% 2016-17 Boise State NCAA (Mountain West) 18 32 7.4 2.8 1.4 1.2 0.3 1.0 37.7 35.5 76.7 2017-18 Boise State NCAA (Mountain West) 19 32 11.6 4.7 1.8 1.3 0.6 1.3 46.5 45.7 79.5 2018-19 Boise State NCAA (Mountain West) 20 33 14.0 4.5 2.7 1.3 0.5 1.1 44.5 41.0 73.1 2019-20 Boise State NCAA (Mountain West) 21 32 16.0 4.4 2.1 1.3 0.5 1.4 42.6 39.7 95.9

STRENGTHS: Has great size for a wing floor-spacer at 6-foot-7. That’s ultimately the role, and he should be able to get his shots off with more ease because of that size. He also doesn’t play like a goof ball. He has good feel, doesn’t really take many bad shots, and keeps the offense in flow. He rarely turns it over. He’s just a really smart player. Jessup is an outstanding shooter. He hit 42 percent of his 650-plus 3-point attempts over his final three years in college, while making over 84 percent from the line. He was particularly elite off the catch, having hit at a 60.0 effective field goal percentage in such situations, according to Synergy. In transition, he consistently spaces to 3 and is a knockdown shooter when given the chance to set and fire early in the shot clock. More than that, though, he’s a genuine movement shooter in the halfcourt. You can run him off of screens with ease and he’ll set and fire. Has outstanding footwork and can launch quickly from those positions. Great weight transfer from his legs through his body to get the shot off. Very easy and smooth mechanics. Very small pause at the top with a cuffed release, but not concerns. Knows how to play within a team construct. Doesn’t hijack possessions. Everything he does is simple and with a purpose. You can use him a bit in ball-screens and he can handle the ball and drive. Particularly, I think teams would be smart to use him in dribble handoffs like Miami uses Duncan Robinson, because he’s really terrific at keeping ball control while as a driver while also keeping his eyes up to make plays. A smart passer who can hit guys quickly. Not a one-handed playmaker off of a live dribble, but can gather quickly and get two hands on the ball to pass on the move. Took only about two shots at the rim per game in halfcourt, but most of them were self-created off drives, and he made them at an above-average 62.7 percent clip. Just a really solid offensive game that gives him the potential to really work as a role guy in the right situation.

WEAKNESSES: Big questions for teams come on defense and with his athleticism. He’s big, and he typically guarded tough assignments for Boise State. They didn’t hide him. He also has a real desire to defend. He fights and wants to be good on that end. Honestly, he was an above-average college defender. He just might not have the physical tools to do so at the NBA level. He’s not overly quick. He gets by with want-to and smarts when it comes to using angles. But he’s also not particularly strong, which is a problem. I wouldn’t call strength a significant weakness, and he can play some through contact, but he’s not going to be able to really bang against guys who try to hunt him as a mismatch defensively. But when you combine the lack of strength with the below-average quickness, it’s a recipe for him to potentially get taken advantage of in switches. He could get hit by both the quickest guards in the league, and the strongest wings. Also, while Jessup has the ability to handle the ball, he doesn’t have a ton of versatility or creativity off the bounce. Will purely be a movement shooter and straight line driver. That should be enough, especially given the ability to finish at the rim and pass. But athletic defenders will be able to cut him off like it’s nothing. And he has no real vertical pop, which could make the shooting at the rim a bit less of a translation than you’d hope. He’ll need to keep working on little floaters and higharcing finishes inside. He’s a smart player and a skilled one. But he’s also limited and will need to keep working on his body over the next few years. Will also note, he could stand to quicken his release even more. The difference between guys like this making it in the way that Robinson has versus being high-level Euroleague guys is on the margins. Being able to shoot without a ball dip would be enormous for him. SUMMARY: Jessup is a shooting specialist, but one who can do a little bit more than that and is a genuine prospect. Anyone who can hit shots off of movement at this level are worth taking a look at in the second round. The odds are high that he’s just a high-level Euroleague guy just because the hit rate at this point in the draft is not particularly high. But he’s a good kid, a hard worker, and has a genuinely elite skill that every single team in the NBA is looking for in prospects. I think he’s worth a flier late in the second, especially given that he’s a stash player that you can stick overseas for a year, let him develop on someone else’s dime, then bring him in the following season.

GRADE: Second rounder, stash player that I’d consider giving a two-way to.

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