No. 5 – Vernon Carey Jr., Duke
Another prospect profiled previously by the Celtics Wire, his reliance on his post game and lack of skill in switching schema suggest he’ll have a limited role in the NBA, even with a high motor and solid-if-rare outside shot at 38.1 % from three.
Another high-profile collegiate casualty of the modern game at the NBA level, Carey is still worth a look late in the first, but his limitations are too great to consider with Boston’s best pick at 17th overall.
He’s a young 19, rebounds blocks shots and gets to the line well enough, but needs to convert more at 67 % and tends to turn the ball over too much. A five-star recruit with a Blue Devil pedigree ought to be higher, but the times, they are a-changed.
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