Pittsburgh sophomore wing Justin Champagnie, who initially decided to test the 2021 NBA draft waters in March, has decided to forgo his remaining NCAA eligibility and go pro, agent Todd Ramasar confirms to Jonathan Givony of ESPN (Twitter link).
Champagnie enjoyed a breakout year in 2020/21, averaging 18.0 points and 11.1 rebounds per game in 20 contests (34.4 MPG). He’s not a lock to be drafted, but he’ll certainly receive second-round consideration — ESPN currently lists him as the No. 66 prospect on its 2021 big board.
Here are a few more draft-related updates:
- Agent Misko Raznatovic has announced that several of his clients are entering the draft, including French shooting guard Malcolm Cazalon, Bosnian big man Karlo Matkovic, Serbian forward Dalibor Ilic, and Bosnian center Kenan Kamenjas (all Twitter links). They’ll all retain the ability to withdraw from this year’s draft pool at a later date.
- Jonathan Wasserman of Bleacher Report has published an update to his full, 60-pick mock draft. Having used Tankathon‘s tool to simulate the lottery results, Wasserman’s mock has the Raptors moving up to No. 2 and taking Evan Mobley, followed by the Kings nabbing Jalen Green at No. 3.
- Kelly Iko of The Athletic spoke to former NBA scout Pete Mickeal, the creator of the Myrtle Beach International Combine, about the new pre-draft event, which is intended for prospects who may not be featured at the NBA’s official combine. It will take place from June 13-15 and will feature 40 college seniors, along with 20 international prospects.
So people are now filling space by doing mock lotteries with mock drafts? Seriously, why do people read these?
Don’t get me wrong, I enjoy reading people’s takes of what they think will happen at the draft once the draft order is set, but this is just ridiculous. How long before they start doing mock drafts before the season starts and just assume the record of each team? Oh wait, they do that too. Oh well…
looks like the kings are gonna mess up in the mock draft by taking the wrong jalen at 3.
The Kings don’t have the 3rd pick, yet. They could still get the 1st pick, or 8th.
talkn bout wasserman’s bleacher report Mock draft that’s listed above. did You even read the article?
It is Tankathon’s mock draft, not Wasserman’s. That’s the result he got when he used their tool.
According to Breach report, Bulls, Rockets and Wolves lose lottery picks this year
So the Rockets did not make it into the breach.
You didn’t even read the article.
Warriors can trade up
The 7th pick and 20 years old Jared Butler for 5th pick
Of course, they wouldn’t need to make that trade if they already received the 5th, or 4th pick. They would be better served by keeping Butler, or Josh Giddey, as a replacement for Curry.