The Mavericks hold the No. 33 pick in the upcoming draft and the team feels there will be players available who provide great value at that spot, as Eddie Sefko of The Dallas Morning News passes along.
“It’s a really good area,” president of basketball operations Donnie Nelson said. “If you look at the area from 15 to 40, you may be getting the same guy.
“You may not be able to draft for a position, but you can get a good player. And there’s a number of point forwards. You may be looking at an athlete or a shooter or a point guard. At that spot, you take the best player on the board. The difference is not that much honestly.”
Here’s more on the upcoming draft:
- There’s a growing belief that Boston College’s Jerome Robinson will be selected in the middle of the first round, multiple league sources tell Adam Himmelsbach of The Boston Globe. The scribe adds that organizations are impressed by Robinson’s scoring skills as well as his character.
- It will be hard for the Mavericks to pass up on Michael Porter Jr. if he falls to No. 5, especially if the forward checks out medically, Sefko writes in a separate piece. Sefko adds that Porter is seen as one of the biggest risk/reward prospects in the draft.
- Rafael Uehara of Real GM breaks down the game of Texas Tech’s Zhaire Smith, speculating that the combo forward could be versatile enough to play center at the next level. Smith sits at No. 16 on ESPN’s latest top 100 rankings.
Been trying to tell y’all porter jr. isn’t getting past Dallas at 5 for weeks..
Bamba should be Dallas’s pick.
They already have OG Bamba. Nerlens Noel
No way Dionis, MPJ should be picked ahead of Bamba any day of the week & twice on Sundays. They have the money to go get DMC or Capela in FA but MPJ has got the potential of been a superstar while Bamba unless he improves a lot his offense will never be a franchise player like MPJ.
MPJ also has serious health concerns with his back and now his hip. You can’t just ignore these issues
Bold prediction, Bamba will be better than Jahlil.