So now that thats out of the way lemme address one of the PG's who've usurped Brunson on their board, Markus Howard, in the 30's...
Talking about how this player projects to the NBA is a whole lot of fun... He's a classic 'spark-plug'... He really is the ultimate type of player where you say "If he was 6'5...." lemme be the first to say that if Markus Howard was 6'5" he'd be like the GOAT SG prospect(I'm serious, at the very least they'd call him the next Ray Allen) and he'd likely make a run at the #1 pick this year...
Back here in reality tho, he's like 5'9" or 5'10 with T-Rex arms!!
Lemme begin by saying he'd be a GREAT fit in Utah, and he'd play the Trey Burke role off the bench but he'd do it with immense efficiency.
Most people you know that are the same height as Markus Howard, say "I'm too small to play basketball" thats just simply the facts and yet here he is projected to make the NBA, he's just a teenager...
U just can;t play defense at that height with any sort of regularity in the NBA anymore.. Thats pretty much all I'ma say on his defense..
He projects as the type of player who can trade 3's for 2's tho.. He's also a Sophomore but the same age as Marvin Bagley, and they both missed their senior year to play in college (see what i'm talking about with the Bagley is young label?)
Howard simply put, and you don't hear me use this word often, is a brilliant offensive player, and he'll make it rain with just the slightest of open looks. He doesn't just get hot either, he goes on a rampage..... He used to drop 40 almost every night in HS, was the nations leading scorer..
If I had to say a comp, Id say think something like Shabazz Napier, but an even more automatic outside shot entering the league..