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A lengthy ball handler who can play multiple positions. Does this sound like the Oklahoma City Thunder’s type?
Bleacher Report’s latest mock draft has them adding such a player, mocking them to select guard/wing Leandro Bolmaro out of Barcelona with the No. 25 pick.
Bolmaro has very limited time in EuroLeague play, averaging just nine minutes in six games this year, but his 6-foot-6 height in a ball handler role is intriguing for NBA teams.
B/R writer Jonathan Wasserman writes:
Teams received another chance to look at Bolmaro, who recently got minutes with Barcelona in the Spanish ACB SuperCup. It’s worth questioning his skill set for scoring, but at 6’6″, he offers unique ball-handling and passing, as well as high energy and effort defending around the perimeter.
Over the three Barcelona leagues Bolmaro played in during the 2019-20 season, he averaged eight points, 2.5 assists and 1.5 rebounds in 17 minutes per game, according to Real GM,
If the Thunder are confident in his potential as a creator — and confident in their own ability to help him develop — he’d be a player that could be solid that late in the first round.
With the No. 53 pick, Wasserman has the Thunder drafting Mason Jones, a shooting guard out of Arkansas.
Wasserman writes:
Jones deserves looks after leading the SEC in scoring with his improved isolation game and transition offense. He’ll have to adjust to a new off-ball role, but for a 6’5″ guard, his creation, shot-making and strong finishing are worth betting on.
The 6-foot-5, 200-pound player averaged 22 points per game and shot almost 54% from inside the arc. From 3-point range, he shot 35%.
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