Nets 2020 NBA mock draft radar: Oklahoma wing Kristian Doolittle

Among the uncertainties surrounding the NBA as the novel coronavirus continues to be a major issue in the U.S. is the 2020 draft.

NBA teams won’t be able to look at college players during March Madness, and the rest of the pre-draft process is expected to be limited. The matter of when the draft will actually happen is up in the air, as well. Especially if the league tries to crown a 2020 champion.

For the Brooklyn Nets, based on where the standings were when the league went on hiatus, their first-round pick would convey to the Timberwolves. Minnesota acquired Brooklyn’s top-14 protected pick from the Hawks, which the Nets sent to Atlanta in a trade that delivered Taurean Prince.

But the Nets will not be without a first-round selection. They have Philadelphia’s top-14 protected pick, which Brooklyn acquired when they sent the No. 27 pick in the 2019 NBA Draft — which wound up being Mfiondu Kabengele — to the Los Angeles Clippers.

The Nets’ second-round pick belongs to the Boston Celtics, but Brooklyn the Denver Nuggets’ second-round selection.

Right now, the Nets fall have the No. 20 and No. 55 picks.

Here’s a look at one player Brooklyn could take at No. 55:

Kristian Doolittle | Oklahoma | Wing

STATS: 15.8 PPG | 44.1 FG% | 8.9 RPG

Coming into his senior season, Doolittle was averaging 0.6 3-point attempts per game. Oddly enough, the only season in which he averaged at least one long-range attempt per game was his freshman year (1.4).

Then the 6-foot-7 forward’s approach changed in 2019-20, nearly averaging three attempts from deep per game (2.8). And he shot 37.5% from beyond the arc in the process.

As a second-round selection, this wing is worth the flier for the Nets — even if their approach to developing players has changed with Kenny Atkinson gone.