Alabama basketball’s Kira Lewis has continued to climb up the rankings in many recent NBA Mock Drafts. After deciding to test the NBA waters earlier this year, Lewis announced in late April that he was going to stay in the NBA Draft, and that seems to have been the best choice.
In the latest mock drafts by CBS Sports as well as Bleacher Report, both mock drafts have Lewis being drafted in the top 20.
A few weeks ago, CBS’ Gary Parrish has Lewis being drafted in the 28th spot by the New York Knicks, while fellow CBS analyst Kyle Boone has Lewis being the 20th overall pick becoming a Milwaukee Buck.
The latest CBS Sports mock draft by David Cobb has Lewis being drafted by the Dallas Mavericks as the 18th overall pick of the 2020 NBA Draft.
According to Cobb,
“The Mavericks are taking point guard Kira Lewis Jr. after his monster sophomore season at Alabama. Makes sense considering that Avery Johnson made the pick. He’s a former NBA point guard who coached the Mavericks and recruited Lewis to Alabama.”
But Cobb isn’t the only person who sees Lewis being drafted in the top 20. Bleacher Report’s Zach Buckley also sees Kira being drafted in the top 20.
In his mock draft, Buckley sees the Boston Celtics drafting Lewis as the 17th overall pick of the 2020 NBA Draft.
In his two years with the Crimson Tide, Lewis averaged 34.5 minutes, a field goal percentage of 44.7 percent, 1,031 total points, 260 assists and 183 turnovers.
He also averaged 18.5 ppg, 5.2 assists per game, and made 37% percent of his 3 pointers.
Lewis made his announcement to enter into the NBA Draft at the end of March by a heartfelt twitter post.
The NBA draft is scheduled to be held on Thursday, June 25, but Roll Tide Wire will keep you updated on if that changed due to the coronavirus.
