Celtics Select Duke Forward Jayson Tatum with 3rd Pick in NBA Dr

An athletic 6-8 forward, Jackson has a unique explosiveness and a knack for getting to the rim, where he often throws down highlight-reel dunks over helpless defenders.

The Pelicans drafted Frank Jackson at that spot, taking the freshman guard out of Duke University.

“We were just texting back and forth about who we thought he would go to, who I thought he was going to be drafted by”, Graham said. “We just did what we had to do to move up to get him”. I don’t see him being an immediate impact, and that’s just fine considering how bad the Mavericks are going to be. “It was tough at first”. He ended the season tied for the team’s fourth-leading scorer with 10.9 points per game and also averaged 1.7 assists per contest.

“[Tatum] has Paul Pierce-like moves, he will be the ideal fit for the Celtics“, former Duke point guard Jay Williams said Thursday on SportsCenter.

The Boston Celtics made the first move of this year’s National Basketball Association draft days before it began when they traded the No. 1 overall pick to Philadelphia to build on an already rich cache of future selections. The 19-year-old was a third-team All-ACC selection. But Jackson said he expects to be healthy by the end of July and at 100 percent for training camp. “When I talked to coach [Mike Krzyzewski], he was obviously very complimentary”. His shooting needs work but he is considered by many observers as the best all-around athlete in the draft. We didn’t hold it against him.

That included six from the Triangle and seven from North Carolina (eight counting Pinetown’s Bam Adebayo, who played at Kentucky).

In evaluating the talent in this year’s draft, it sounds like the Boston Celtics were looking for leaders off the court as well as on the court. If that Lakers pick does not convey to Boston next season, the Sixers will send the 2019 Sacramento Kings pick with a No. 1 overall pick protection.

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