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ESPN college basketball analyst Jay Bilas takes at shot at some NBA draft Q&A with Steve Serby.<\/p>\n
Q: The Knicks are picking at Nos. 24 and 25. Who might make sense for them?<\/p>\n
A: At that point, who knows? Maybe you\u2019ll have big guys available \u2014 whether it\u2019s Yves Missi from Baylor or Kel\u2019el Ware of Indiana \u2014 that\u2019s a possibility. You could also have guys like Baylor Scheierman from Creighton or [Tyler] Kolek from Marquette. There are a bunch of guys that could very well be there. An interesting prospect that isn\u2019t an offensive player, but Ryan Dunn of Virginia, he may be the best overall defender in the draft, but he\u2019s not there offensively. He\u2019s just long and athletic and really impactful on the defensive end and can really run.<\/p>\n
Q: What did you think of Jalen Brunson coming out of Villanova in 2018?<\/p>\n
A: You chronicled all the positives that he\u2019s shown in the NBA, but I don\u2019t think anybody, including the NBA, projected him to be an All-NBA player at this point in his career. I think I even heard Jay Wright recently say that he didn\u2019t see this coming. You thought, \u201cSmaller guard, is he gonna be able to do the same things in the NBA that he was able to do in college?\u201d You know, the backdowns, and playing off two feet, all that stuff. And the answer is: Not only can he do it, he\u2019s been a dominant performer in the league doing that. And same thing with Tyrese Haliburton. Like, I had Haliburton highly ranked the year he came out, I had him ranked No. 4. Look what he\u2019s become. So there may be a couple of players that wind up doing the same thing from similar draft-pick positions in this draft. We like to think we know, but the truth is, we don\u2019t. You\u2019re just projecting, and you have certain beliefs based upon what they\u2019ve accomplished and what their measurables are and things like that. But nobody truly knows.<\/p>\n
Q: Is there somebody who could or should be a surprise lottery pick?<\/p>\n
A: I don\u2019t know about surprise. There are a couple of players like Ron Holland, who played in the G League last year, has the talent to be taken in the top five. Whether he will or not, we\u2019ll see. He can certainly drop down into the late lottery, too. But guys like Devin Carter from Providence, even though he\u2019s an older player, in this year\u2019s draft, he\u2019s a guy you\u2019re saying, \u201cHey man, he can impact winning.\u201d He\u2019s long-armed, he rebounds at a high edge for a guard, and he\u2019s really, really good defensively, and he\u2019s just a high-energy, high-impact player. You\u2019re not necessarily taking him to be an All-NBA selection, but he can help a team right away. \u2026 Stephon Castle of UConn. \u2026 [He has] everything you want except for he hasn\u2019t figured out the perimeter shooting piece yet. I think he can change a few things in his mechanics and become more consistent with his mechanics, and I think he can improve greatly there. You\u2019re not saying he\u2019s gonna win the NBA 3-point contest anytime soon, but he becomes a consistent perimeter shooter, he\u2019s gonna be a really, really good player in the NBA.<\/p>\n
Q: The other UConn guys: Donovan Clingan.<\/p>\n
A: Clingan is an outstanding defender, so he can block shots, he rebounds at a high rate, tough and competitive, physical, and I think he\u2019s gonna improve in all those areas. His mobility laterally is a question mark, but he can get up and down through floor, he can run, and he does a really good job on the offensive end as far as he\u2019s a good passer, he sets good screens and can roll out of it. He\u2019s just not right now a shooting big man. He shoots under 60 percent from the foul line, and he\u2019s not the type that\u2019s gonna knock down 3s right now. But he shoots a pretty good ball, and so I think he can get a lot better there. When he was healthy, he was a dominant presence, especially on the defensive end, so he can help anchor a defense as a big guy for a long time.<\/p>\n
Q: Tristen Newton?<\/p>\n
A: I would think he\u2019ll be a second-round pick, but he may very well be better off going undrafted where he can select where he goes. He\u2019s just a really good all-around player. Big guard, can handle it, very good passer, can be physical so he can absorb a bump, and he can shoot a little bit. But just sort of a winner. I like him. Going undrafted may not be a fun night on that Thursday, but his phone\u2019s gonna be ringing right away, and he\u2019ll be able to choose where he goes.<\/p>\n
Q: Cam Spencer?<\/p>\n
A: He can really shoot it. Tough kid, can move without the ball. I don\u2019t know that he\u2019ll be drafted, but similar to Newton, he\u2019ll be able to pick where he goes. But the shooting order is what makes him the most valuable.<\/p>\n
Q: How about Bronny James?<\/p>\n
A: I think he\u2019ll probably be a second-round pick. He\u2019s an unusual prospect in that not many guys that average four, five points a game as a freshman have 2 million social media followers. He\u2019s somebody we talked about that, if his name had been Bronny Smith or Bronny Jones, we probably wouldn\u2019t have talked about him that much, quite frankly. But very good athlete, and has a really good feel for the game. A little bit hard to evaluate because he didn\u2019t have a compete season, he had that heart episode that really set him back. Without that, could he have performed at a higher level? I\u2019m sure he could have. He\u2019s not a big guard, he\u2019s only about 6-1 or 6-2. But he does have long arms, and he defends well. I think he can play in the NBA.<\/p>\n
Q: The guys projected at the top of the draft: Alex Sarr.<\/p>\n
A: Sarr is 7-foot, long wingspan, more of a defensive presence, a shotblocker, shot-changer, rebounder. He\u2019s played in different leagues throughout his time. He\u2019s not a crazy physical player, but he\u2019s got mobility and athletic tools. He\u2019s a good transition finisher. He can step away and shoot the ball. He\u2019s not a consistent 3-point shooter, but he can make one, and I think he can improve in that area. There\u2019s a lot to like there, and he\u2019s just 19 years old.<\/p>\n
Q: Zaccharie Risacher?<\/p>\n
A: He\u2019s a 6-8 kid that can shoot it. He\u2019s got good ball skills. He\u2019s a confident shooter that does a really good job with the ball, he doesn\u2019t turn it over much. Last year, he won that Eurocup Rising Star award. [Kristaps] Porzingis won that, the kid Jonas Valanciunas won it, so that\u2019s an indicator. [Risacher is] not a superior athlete in the NBA, but he\u2019s athletic. He\u2019s talented and versatile, and I think he can be a good defender. He\u2019s got that sort of ability level. So I can see why people really like him.<\/p>\n
Q: Reed Sheppard?<\/p>\n
A: Best shooter in the draft. Shot 50-50-almost 90 [ percent, from the field, 3-point range and free-throw line, respectively] with a pretty high usage rate. Really good feel for the game, good passer, good in pick-and-roll situations. And he\u2019s an impactful defender. He gambles, but gets a lot of steals, and for a guard blocked quite a few shots. He\u2019s not got a lot of size or length, but the shooting piece that he brings is really valuable, and he\u2019s an underrated athlete. He did really well in the standing vertical and the max vertical at the combine. He\u2019s a sneaky good athlete. But the fact that he shoots it so well and so consistently well is really attractive.<\/p>\n
Q: Zach Edey may not be a lottery pick. Why is that?<\/p>\n
A: I don\u2019t know that he will or won\u2019t be. I think it\u2019s primarily because the NBA game is different now than it was 10 years ago. You don\u2019t see as many low-post big guys, it\u2019s more of a stretch game, so big guys are expected to operate on the perimeter a little bit more. So the more valuable big guys are the ones that can not only block shots and rebound and run the floor, but can play pick-and-pop and can knock down a 3 and be a threat where they draw the opposing big guy away from the basket. One thing about Edey, at 7-4, he\u2019s gonna impact the game when he\u2019s in there. Doesn\u2019t necessarily mean he\u2019s gonna be a starter, but you can put him in the game and he can impact the game right away. He\u2019s a dominant low-post presence, and has improved every single year that he has played. He averaged 25 points a game this last year, and he saw every defense designed to stop him and still was able to operate at a high level and take his team to the NCAA championship game. I like him a lot. Maybe 15 years ago, he might have been the No. 1-overall pick.<\/p>\n
Q: Dalton Knecht?<\/p>\n
A: He can really shoot it. He\u2019s big and strong. He\u2019s not a great defender, although I think he\u2019s capable of being a better defender than he is. But he\u2019s 23 years old. I think you look back over the history of the draft, how do 23-year-old prospects do? He\u2019s kind of the Roy Hobbs of college basketball. He kind of came out of nowhere this last year, transferred from Northern Colorado to Tennessee, and right away he was an impact player, you couldn\u2019t take your eyes off him. And throughout the course of the year, every defense he played against in the SEC was geared to stop him. Teams had Knecht Rules, almost like the Jordan Rules, and still he was putting numbers up. You could see him going in the top 10, but I think he\u2019ll be a lottery selection.<\/p>\n
Q: Cody Williams?<\/p>\n
A: Williams is interesting. He\u2019s very long and he\u2019s a good athlete. He has really good ball skills, so his potential\u2019s really enticing. He doesn\u2019t rebound at a high level, which at his size and length is a little bit curious. But very talented, and a lot of what they like to call upside potential.<\/p>\n
Q: Harrison Ingram?<\/p>\n
A: Probably a second-round pick. He started at Stanford and I thought really improved this last year. He\u2019s a high-level defensive rebounder. Really gets to the glass. He can back you down, and he can shoot it from 3. A good complementary piece for an NBA team because of his ability to shoot the ball, his ability to rebound, got a really strong frame. I like him a lot.<\/p>\n
Q: Do you like Kyle Filipowski?<\/p>\n
A: I do. He\u2019ll be taken I think in the top 20 somewhere because of his size, his ability to stretch the floor, he can knock a 3 down, he can shot-fake and drive a close out, and he\u2019s very competitive. Solid rebounder and solid defensively. He\u2019s not like a crazy great athlete, but he\u2019s got athleticism. He\u2019s really a competitive big guy.<\/p>\n
Q: When you scan these mock drafts, is there a player you really like that you\u2019re surprised is not going higher?<\/p>\n
A: I had Kyshawn George of Miami rated pretty high. As you get closer to the draft, this always happens, people say moving up draft boards and all that. I don\u2019t know how true all these things are, but he\u2019s really an interesting prospect. When I first saw him at Miami in practice, I thought he looked exactly like Anthony Black from Arkansas. Good shooter, good feel. Most of what he does is from the 3-point line and was able to really help Miami space the floor. Went from basically nowhere to now a lottery pick, probably. I think his future\u2019s really enticing, what he can be.<\/p>\n
Q: Has the portal changed the readiness of these college players?<\/p>\n
A: I don\u2019t know it\u2019s changed their readiness. If Dalton Knecht had stayed at Northern Colorado, nobody would have heard of him. It\u2019s not to say that the NBA wouldn\u2019t have found him, but my guess is he wouldn\u2019t have been as highly thought of playing at Northern Colorado than he wound up being playing and doing what he did at Tennessee. I think the portal\u2019s helped some players that played maybe at the mid-major level or so transfer up and really be evaluated for what they are without guesswork. I tend to think that\u2019s a good thing, that\u2019s a good part of the portal \u2014 that you can get evaluated a certain way out of high school, it\u2019s not like you feel like you\u2019re stuck there, and you don\u2019t have to sit out a year in order to show what you\u2019re capable of. There are certainly problems with the portal. They can regulate it better.<\/p>\n
Q: What is the overall talent level of this year\u2019s draft class?<\/p>\n
A: I think it\u2019s a good depth of talent throughout the draft, it\u2019s just different at the top. I think it\u2019s fair to say that there\u2019s not a player in this year\u2019s draft that I see that would have been taken in the top three, maybe four last year, or maybe even next year. But that\u2019s just an issue of strength at the top. Throughout the rest of the draft, there\u2019s some really good players where if a player went fifth last year you\u2019d be talking about how good the guy is. This year you\u2019re going, \u201cDoesn\u2019t seem like a No. 1 pick,\u201d or \u201cdoesn\u2019t seem like a No. 2 pick,\u201d or something like that, and I get that. I think it\u2019s fair for people to compare drafts and say, \u201cWell, this draft is not as good as last year\u2019s,\u201d or whatever, and maybe it\u2019s not as powerful at the top as what we\u2019re gonna have next year \u2014 that\u2019s all true, I think. I\u2019ve said before that if Jalen Brunson were coming out of Villanova, and Tyrese Haliburton were coming out of Iowa State this year and in this draft, we\u2019d probably still say the same things about the draft.<\/p>\n
Q: What is the best draft you recall?<\/p>\n
A: It might be the first one I did, which was 2003 that had LeBron [James], Carmelo, Dwyane Wade. That was ridiculous. And we\u2019ve had some really talented ones since then, but maybe it\u2019s because it was my first, but I can\u2019t imagine a more interesting first one. I don\u2019t remember there being much more excitement than there was around that first one that we did in 2003. It was really incredible.<\/p>\n
Q: Thoughts on J.J. Redick as Lakers coach?<\/p>\n
A: I\u2019m really excited for him. I grew up in Los Angeles and grew up a huge Laker fan. It\u2019s fantastic for him, and I think he\u2019ll do a great job. It\u2019s always kind of made me smile a little bit that people on our job that have no experience in the NBA will criticize J.J. for taking a head coaching job when he\u2019s got no head coaching experience. But it\u2019s worked out in the past for guys like Steve Kerr, Jason Kidd, Mark Jackson. [Redick] spent 15 years in the league as a player, and he\u2019s got a great mind for basketball, and he\u2019s a great communicator. And he knows what it\u2019s like to be in a locker room and knows all the players. He played against the overwhelming majority of \u2019em, they\u2019re still in the league, or at least most of \u2019em. So I don\u2019t have any doubt he\u2019ll do well.<\/p>\n
Q: How would Danny Hurley had done if he had decided to leave UConn?<\/p>\n
A: I think he would have done great. Great coaching doesn\u2019t know a level. Most coaches that have coached in the NBA in the past started out in college. There became this narrative at some point that college coaches couldn\u2019t make it in the NBA. That was because they always got the worst jobs. You can look at the NBA and see coaches that have been miserable failures and then failures that have nothing but NBA experience. I don\u2019t think it works that way, and I think we\u2019ve seen over the last decade or so coaches that spent a lot of time in college who\u2019ve gone into the NBA and done really well. Brad Stevens did really well as a coach with the Celtics and then has been extraordinary as a front-office person. And Billy Donovan, there\u2019s been a bunch of college guys. But years ago they never got a good job. They were always taking over a franchise that\u2019s down at the bottom, and it takes a little bit of time to turn those things around. It\u2019s not just the coach, it\u2019s an entire franchise effort.<\/p>\n
Q: So you have no doubt that your Duke coach, Mike Krzyzewski, could have mastered the NBA?<\/p>\n
A: I don\u2019t doubt that, but he chose not to do it. But yeah, he figured out the Olympics, that doesn\u2019t seem to be a big deal for him, and I don\u2019t have any doubt that he would have figured it out and done really well. Similar to if an NBA coach goes to the college ranks. It\u2019s not a game you can\u2019t figure out, it\u2019s just different. Mike Woodson has done it at Indiana. It\u2019s not that big of a deal.<\/p>\n
Q: Do smart NBA offices pick your brain?<\/p>\n
A: I don\u2019t know about that. I talk to people all the time about players. The NBA teams are constantly looking for information. They do an unbelievable job evaluating. They talk to all kinds of people. They talk to the custodian at the gym to see what time guys are getting in there and stuff like that, how they treat people, and their teachers and all that stuff. Their intelligence gathering is really high level \u2019cause these are multi-million dollar decisions made by multi-billion dollar corporations \u2026 like in any decision, nobody\u2019s going off what one person says.<\/p>\n
Q: Would a GM job appeal to you?<\/p>\n
A: Sure, yeah. You always think about stuff like that. But I\u2019m really happy in the job I\u2019ve had, and I don\u2019t see a better job out there. Nobody\u2019s been able to pull me out of it yet.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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