NBA Draft 2018: Top 10 undrafted players with pro potential

The 2018 NBA Draft is over, with 60 young men getting selected. There were others that went undrafted but who are most likely to have productive pro careers?

Most of the focus of the NBA Draft is usually around the lottery, with fans and analysts wondering who are the next franchise players. The rest of the first round concerns future starters, while the second-round picks try to create roles on their new teams.

As far as the rest of the players who didn’t get drafted, the road doesn’t end there. All 30 NBA teams will sign several players each to a Summer League deal and give them an opportunity to earn a roster spot.

Even if they get cut, there is either the G-League for those still with NBA aspirations, or Europe who has paid players very well in their top leagues. So even for the college underclassmen who went undrafted, there are still plenty of ways to earn good money after playing basketball for free their whole lives.

There is a countless number of examples of players who have succeeded in the NBA after not getting drafted. Some of the most recent names include JJ Barea, Jeremy Lin, Wes Mathews, Kent Bazemore and 2004 NBA Champion Ben Wallace. These players literally started out from the bottom and made it big-time in the top basketball league.

The following list contains 10 former college basketball stars who weren’t among the 60 players to hear their name selected from this draft. All of these players (if they hadn’t already) will get signed to a deal and will have another chance to prove themselves.

I ranked them in terms of their odds of succeeding. Each of them has weaknesses to deal with, but also have strengths that would make them an asset in the NBA.