The list of prospects invited to the green room on draft night has expanded to 16, tweets ESPN’s Jonathan Givony. The list includes all of the top-16 ranked players on ESPN’s big board: Chet Holmgren, Jabari Smith, Paolo Banchero, Jaden Ivey, Keegan Murray, Dyson Daniels, Shaedon Sharpe, Bennedict Mathurin, AJ Griffin, Jalen Duren, Johnny Davis, Ousmane Dieng, Malaki Branham, Mark Williams, Jeremy Sochan and Ochai Agbaji.
A source tells Givony that the list could expand further, with four more invites still a possibility. The draft is nine days away.
Here are some more draft-related notes:
- Jonathan Wasserman of Bleacher Report lists three realistic prospects for each team’s first pick of the draft. For instance, Wasserman believes Sochan, Tari Eason and TyTy Washington would be solid choices for Atlanta with the 16th overall pick.
- In a separate article for Bleacher Report, Wasserman provides NBA comps for 14 projected lottery picks, including Sharpe, whom Wasserman compares to Zach LaVine.
- The early entrant withdrawal deadline passed at 5:00 pm ET on Monday, so BasketballNews.com updated their 2022 mock draft to include some international prospects who were previously on the fence, such as Yannick Nzosa, Gabriele Procida and Ibuo Badji, who all go late in the second round (Twitter link via Matt Babcock of BasketballNews).
- Memphis wing Josh Minott recently worked out for the Kings, and has upcoming workouts with the Jazz, Trail Blazers, Timberwolves and Heat, according to Adam Zagoria of Zagsblog.com (Twitter link). Minott is ranked 46th on ESPN’s board.
Sochan, Eason, TyTy & plenty of other guys would be good solid picks for the Hawks at 16 but Beauchamp would be the best pick. He’s ready to contribute rn. He was arguably the best player on his GL team last season & he was playing against tougher comp than anyone else in this draft class. Put up great #s in his 1st pro season playing vs older guys. Beauchamp isn’t a volume shooter, he’s a great cutter & a guy that can make an impact offensively without having the ball in his hands much. He also fills a need as Dre Hunter is really our only big athletic wing now that we’ve traded Cam Reddish. Beauchamp would be an instant upgrade from TLC & would be a perfect reserve wing during his rookie contract
Some top 10 picks are overrated. They could be waived and stretched in a few years.
Wiggins and Otto Porter are top 3 picks.
Three years ago, Wiggins and Otto Porter were supposed to be waived and stretched.
I miss Rachel Nichols “nba Jump”
She was waived and stretched by ESPN.
At least JOSH only had a short trip to work out for the Timberpuppies. After all, MINOTT is just across the North Dakota border !!