Davion Mitchell, Chris Duarte rises in latest 2021 NBA Draft Big Board
13. SO James Bouknight – UConn Huskies
Bouknight is an athletic guard who can score, he averaged 18.7 points per game on 44.7 % shooting. He’s pretty quick off the dribble who should benefit from the extra spacing at the next level. He shot only 36.9 percent and 29.3 percent on two-point jump shots and three-pointers.
But only 16.7 and 50.0 percent of his two-point jumpers and three-point jump shots were assisted. That means he’s very comfortable shooting off the dribble and with the extra spacing in the NBA and the opportunity to get more shots off the catch he should be an average shooter. Defensively, Bouknight is solid but needs to be more consistent. Anyways Bouknight is worth a lottery pick and should be a good player at the next level.
14. Fr Moses Moody – Arkansas Razorbacks
Moody is a nice player he was all SEC and SEC rookie of the year averaging 16.8 points on 5.8 rebounds per game while shooting 42.7 percent from the field and 35.8 percent from three. He’s an excellent scorer at 6’6 who does a good job letting the game come to him. With being a quality defender it is easy to imagine Moody being a successful player at the next level.
He can knock down three’s, knock shots down off of motion and create his own. With his defense, it’s easy for him to have a role in the league and could become a 3 and D type guy.
15. SR Chris Duarte – Oregon Ducks
I wrote about Duarte pretty in-depth here
The only downside to him is that he’s an older prospect turning 24 in June but he does a solid job at everything on the Basketball court. He was an all Pac-12 and Pac-12 defensive team performer who also averaged 17.1 points per game on 42.4 percent shooting from three. He can shoot from distance, get to the rim and guard multiple positions.
dark. Next. No. 2 overall prospect Jalen Duren down to 11 teams
With the age, you have to worry that there isn’t as high of celling as other prospects. But since he does everything well on the basketball court I have a hard time thinking 15 dudes are gonna have better careers than him.