Time for some Wire-writer-on-Wire-writer violence.
A couple days ago, the NBA Wires crew published a 60-pick mock 2021 NBA Draft, complete with trades and all. Warriors Wire site editor Tommy Call III made the Warriors’ picks at no. 7 and no. 14 in the first round, taking UConn’s James Bouknight and Oregon’s Chris Duarte.
The Warriors have a lot of positional needs to fill this offseason if they want to compete for a title. At the same time, with an aging core, they’re left with the difficult decision in this draft of trying to take instant-impact players or higher-upside guys with larger potential.
The wild card, of course, is that they say to heck with all that and jettison those picks and other pieces for a big star to go all in. Bradley Beal, anyone?
With all that in mind, I’m here to grade Tommy’s selections of Bouknight and Duarte in this mock. If I’m not a fan of a pick, I’ll explain why and offer alternate options at that draft slot.