The top half of recent drafts are littered with ultra-athletic wings (Josh Jackson, Stanley Johnson, Thomas Robinson) who busted because they couldn’t shoot.
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Meanwhile, there’s reason to wonder if the shots of Kuminga (24.6% from 3-point range, 62.5% on free throws) and Florida State’s Scottie Barnes (27.5% from 3-point range, 62.1% on free throws) will ever come around. Though his 34.3% clip from 3-point range isn’t itself impressive, his 83.5% rate from the free-throw line indicates that he is a natural shooter. Who will replace Bob Myers as Warriors general manager?Ĭompared to the draft’s top wings, Wagner also projects as the best shooter. He smoothly switched from guarding smaller players on the perimeter to protecting the rim. Considered one of the top team defenders in the draft, Wagner helped anchor Michigan’s fourth-ranked defense last season. Though he doesn’t have an elite handle or above-the-rim athleticism, players with Wagner’s blend of size (6-foot-9), ability to defend multiple positions and promising shooting stroke are rare. Selecting Wagner would guarantee that the Warriors would have another body on the perimeter. and Kent Bazemore seeking long-term deals as free agents, it’s unclear if either will return.
Neither would help address the immediate need at the wing, a position that will be limited to only Thompson and Wiggins once free agency begins next week. Plus, his skillset may be redundant of Jordan Poole. Bouknight may offer some immediate scoring and star potential but still needs to grow as a playmaker and defender. Kuminga is as physically gifted as anyone in this draft but is widely considered as raw and not immediately playable. When it comes to “supplemental and playable,” no prospect likely to be available to Golden State checks those boxes better than Wagner. “But we would like, whoever we take, to be supplemental and to be playable.”
“I think realistically having them as beating out our top four, five, six guys is going to be a challenge no matter who we take, even if we were draft, one, two, three, four, five, that’s a challenge for even those guys,” he continued. “I don’t know whether they beat (core players Stephen Curry, Draymond Green, Klay Thompson and Andrew Wiggins) out but we would like them to provide depth. “We would like this draft pick, whether it’s seven or 14, to come in and play,” Myers said. Speaking to reporters about what the Warriors hope to accomplish in Thursday’s draft, general manager Bob Myers hinted that he is not looking to take a complete project at No. They just move a lot off the ball and pass the ball and move the ball a lot and move their bodies and that requires high-IQ players and players that play the game well with each other. I can read the game well and play a free game - that’s what I would call it. “I think the way I defend multiple positions and also shoot the three well is what’s going to help me stay on the floor or get on the court. “My versatility can help that team a lot,” Wagner said. When I asked Wagner recently about the workout with the Warriors, he elected not to disclose that information but did say he would “fit in really well” alongside Stephen Curry, Klay Thompson and Draymond Green in Steve Kerr’s system.
But, according to a league source, Wagner did conduct a private workout with Golden State and the possibility of the Warriors making him the seventh pick is gaining steam. There’s a growing belief across the league that Wagner has a promise from the Sacramento Kings that would set his floor at No. In an effort to control his eventual landing spot, Wagner skipped the draft combine and was selective with the workouts he participated in. Among players projected to go in the top 10 of Thursday’s draft, Michigan’s Franz Wagner has had the most secretive pre-draft process.
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