Five shooters that could be available to Warriors late in draft

Five shooters that could be available to Warriors late in draft originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area

The NBA often is described as a copycat league in which the champion sets an example for the other 29 teams. With the newest champ, the Boston Celtics, leaning on defense and 3-point shots, the blueprint is set.

Many teams, like the Warriors, already were on the route.

“We’ve got to get better in a lot of areas, but the ones that I think immediately jump off the page is defensively we got to be better,” general manager Mike Dunleavy said at the end of the 2023-24 regular season. “This is an organization, a team, that when we’ve been really good and won championships, it’s been mostly with defense, and then you got some great exciting offensive moments that everybody thinks about …

“And then from there, as Steph [Curry] and Draymond [Green] and Klay [Thompson], as those guys kind of age, shooting is important. Shooting’s important in this league. It’s important to have guys that can shoot around them, so I think addressing that will always be a thing.”

The Warriors can address this need next Wednesday in the 2024 NBA Draft. They don’t have a first-round pick, and they’re sitting at No. 52 in the second round. Can they find a shooter that late?

Yes.

Of the 30 players atop the active list of 3-point shooting percentage, 10 either were second-round picks or not drafted at all. The highest belongs to Seth Curry (43.1, third overall), who went undrafted. The lowest belongs to Monte Morris (39.1, 30th), who went 51st overall in 2017.

In between are the likes of Sam Hauser (42.5), Duncan Robinson (39.8), Georges Niang (39.2) and Isaiah Joe (39.7) – none of whom were drafted.

The 3-point shooting revolution has resulted in greater emphasis on shooting from puberty through high school and college. There is plenty of shooting in the amateur ranks, thanks to the exploits of Revolutionary One, the Warriors’ own Stephen Curry.

There are at least 30 players worth considering, but here are five that could be available at No. 52:

At 6-foot-7, 220 pounds, with a 6-foot-10 wingspan, the small forward has an…

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Publish date : 2024-06-20 14:38:32

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