Raptors Draft Options: CAM CARR, JAYDEN QUAINTANCE, CHRISTIAN ANDERSON + more

From Brendan’s piece:

“I really struggle to find much wrong with Morez’s game. He’s unselfish, he doesn’t play beyond his skillset offensively and finishes with elite efficiency, he isn’t a shooter but has a good enough of a shot to take the occasional three, he defends and hustles with the best of them, he’s an active rebounder, mobile perimeter defender, strong and reactive rim deterrent, and he’s only 20 years old with championship experience. Do you wish that he was a couple inches taller? Sure, but Morez is the definition of a player who plays bigger than his height, and I have no concerns about his ability to match up against NBA centres. He’s practically unshakeable on both ends of the floor when it comes to playing against physicality, just due to his raw strength. If for some reason he struggles to match up against bigs full time in the league and has to stay as a 4, Morez still projects as being able to give you valuable defensive minutes as a rotation piece, so I can’t really see a scenario where he busts.

I don’t care about positions of need, and neither should you. Go for best player available – that would be Morez at pick 19 regardless of who else is on the board. Yes, Morez is expected to have a bit of a stock bump after posting some very good numbers at the draft combine, but he’s still ultimately expected to go in the Raptors’ range at the end of the day. I have yet to have many discussions with scouts who expect him to go high in the lottery, but I don’t see him falling past the Spurs at 20 either.

Consensus NBA Draft Range: 14-20

Brendan’s Ranking: 11th

Floor Projection: Rotation hustle big, energy minutes off the bench.

Ceiling Projection: High-impact, two-way starting big, capable of making an all-defence team. Fringe all star in the right scenario and if the shot continues to develop.”