We all like different players at #12, you could argue for about 8-10 players in that range.
Here is my case for Kevon Looney, barring nobody from the top-10 falls.
Looney measured at 6'9, 222 lbs, 7'3.5 wingspan, 9'2 standing reach at the combine.
Has length comparable to Favors who has a 7'4 wingspan, 9'2 standing reach.
Looney averaged 11.6 PPG, 9.2 RPG, 1.4 APG, 1.3 SPG, 1.0 BPG, and shot 42% from three this year.
He led the Pac-12 in offensive rebounds as a freshman with a little more than 3.3 a game.
2nd team All Pac-12 player, was top-10 in defensive win shares and top-15 in defensive rating.
Was 8th in the Pac-12 as well in steals, he can become a great defender.
Everybody wants a stretch-4, well Looney made 22 out of 53 threes this year.
Also he just turned 19 in February, making him one of the youngest prospects in the draft.
Chad Ford had him as high as #6 on his big board and DX had him as high as #9.
I think he could play the 3 or 4, making him even more valuable as a pick.
A core of Exum, Burks, Hayward, Favors, Gobert, Hood, Looney would be nice.
That would be an average age of 21.8 for those seven players.
Everybody in that core is 6'6+ and the average wingspan is 7'0.5, talk about height and length.
tl;dr
Looney is bawse
Here is my case for Kevon Looney, barring nobody from the top-10 falls.
Looney measured at 6'9, 222 lbs, 7'3.5 wingspan, 9'2 standing reach at the combine.
Has length comparable to Favors who has a 7'4 wingspan, 9'2 standing reach.
Looney averaged 11.6 PPG, 9.2 RPG, 1.4 APG, 1.3 SPG, 1.0 BPG, and shot 42% from three this year.
He led the Pac-12 in offensive rebounds as a freshman with a little more than 3.3 a game.
2nd team All Pac-12 player, was top-10 in defensive win shares and top-15 in defensive rating.
Was 8th in the Pac-12 as well in steals, he can become a great defender.
Everybody wants a stretch-4, well Looney made 22 out of 53 threes this year.
Also he just turned 19 in February, making him one of the youngest prospects in the draft.
Chad Ford had him as high as #6 on his big board and DX had him as high as #9.
I think he could play the 3 or 4, making him even more valuable as a pick.
A core of Exum, Burks, Hayward, Favors, Gobert, Hood, Looney would be nice.
That would be an average age of 21.8 for those seven players.
Everybody in that core is 6'6+ and the average wingspan is 7'0.5, talk about height and length.
tl;dr
Looney is bawse
