Sounds familiar, right? A player like Murray just happens to be in the NBA Western Conference Finals – Russell Westbrook. In addition, the Suns selected University of Kentucky guard Tyler Ulis (YEW-liss) with the 34th overall pick in the second round of the draft. The Los Angeles Lakers chose next and selected Duke forward Brandon Ingram.
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The third pick is still up for contention. In fact, he averaged 6.5 fouls per 40 minutes. A tenacious on-ball defender, Ulis also became just the second player in league history to win SEC Defensive Player of the Year and SEC Player of the Year in the same season.
Thursday evening during the NBA Draft, the Sacramento Kings traded the 8th pick to the Phoenix Suns for the rights to the 13th pick, Bogdan Bogdanovic, and the 28th pick. A quarter of the players invited were from the Pac 12 as The Vertical reported Cal’s Jaylen Brown and Utah’s Jakob Poeltl on the list of in-person attendees.
However, he lacks NBA-level athleticism, which likely relegates him to a stretch power-forward role at the next level.
“Gary scored a lot of points at Oregon State and was a little bit better shooter than this kid, but Kris Dunn has that Gary Payton – he’s got enough junk for the entire yard”. SB Nation has Dragan Bender for the team. Jan Vesely looked to be just like Bender, outside of his lack of shooting, and he flamed out after being picked sixth overall by the Washington Wizards in 2011 (though Vesely is a great player in Europe and likely could help 20 National Basketball Association teams now). Considering the praise Dunn gave New Orleans at the NBA Combine, it looks like he is trying to angle his way to the Pelicans.
Both project as first-round picks, though there is a consensus that Chriss is the more sought-after prospect. SB Nation goes for Jamal Murray while NBADraft.net has Dragan Bender.
The Phoenix Suns have multiple picks in the first round tonight. Not only have these young talents been praised for their skills but they have also gained recognition for their creativity on the court.
The Toronto Raptors will get the ninth pick and for CBS Sports that is Henry Ellenson from Marquette. A 6-foot-5 guard with long, skinny arms and a knack for getting to the rim, Murray is projected by ESPN to go No. 10 to the Milwaukee Bucks, though other projections have him going in the early 20s.
On the eve of the 2016 NBA Draft, the Phoenix Suns have plenty of options. Ben Simmons and Brandon Ingram seem to have a lock in on Philadelphia and Los Angeles, respectively, while the other top spots are more or less still in contention for the other picks.
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While the Timberwolves have done well in the past two years in obtaining Andrew Wiggins (Kevin Love trade) and Karl Anthony-Towns, I guess it would have been pretty hard to mess up considering they were the top two picks in the draft both years.
