2024 NBA Draft true or false: Donovan Clingan worthy of No. 1 overall? Bronny James goes to Lakers at No. 17?

Will the No. 1 pick in the 2024 NBA Draft be the next Anthony Davis or Anthony Bennett? Is the best shooter in this year’s class from one blueblood school from the Bluegrass State, or a Blue Devil? And is it realistic to expect two-time National Player of the Year Zach Edey to become a starter in the NBA?

We dove into all those — and more — in a roundtable discussion below answering true or false to some of this year’s most polarizing evals. CBS Sports’ Cameron Salerno and 247Sports’ Adam Finkelstein made their cases below to five burning questions I posed in true/false form — and I submitted my own responses as well.

You’ll see there’s a lot of agreement between us and just as much disagreement, which is to be expected in a draft class that remains wide open even with us barreling towards the homestretch of the cycle. Each of us view players and their respective future and current values differently which made for a good temperature check as we get closer to the draft on June 26.

1. True or false: Donovan Clingan is worth the No. 1 pick?

Finkelstein: In this draft? True. Clingan is certainly worth exploring and the Hawks are doing just that. The two-time national champ has been in to Atlanta and…


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Author : Kyle Boone

Publish date : 2024-06-18 16:34:23

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