NBA draft first-round winners, losers: Kings strike gold with Carter

NBA draft first-round winners, losers: Kings strike gold with Carter originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area

The first round of the 2024 NBA Draft is in the books.

Zaccharie Risacher from France went first overall to the Atlanta Hawks, with Alex Sarr, also of France, following at No. 2 to the Washington Wizards before Kentucky’s Reed Sheppard went to the Houston Rockets at No. 3.

Elsewhere, UConn’s Donovan Clingan went to the Portland Trail Blazers at No. 7 overall while the Chicago Bulls picked Matas Buzelis at No. 11 overall.

But while those picks feature some of the most prominent names of this class, there are others who could turn out to be better.

Let’s analyze the 2024 draft with five winners and losers:

Drafting players is all about getting their profiles right. Are they unique enough? Do they have room to grow and how much if so? Though the 2024 draft didn’t have the most enticing talent available, Carter of Providence stood out early on.

The Providence guard measured at 6-foot-3 with a 6-foot-9 wingspan while making 37.7% of his 3-pointers on 6.6 attempts in his final year, hauled in 8.4 rebounds and has no issues guarding multiple positions, regardless of his size.

The Kings may already have several guards, most notably De’Aaron Fox, Malik Monk, Davion Mitchell and Keon Ellis, among others, but Carter is a Day 1 rotational player. For Sacramento, he can essentially be a better version of Mitchell since the former first-rounder hasn’t developed much offensively.

At No. 13 overall, Carter could be tremendous value for a Kings squad hoping to bounce back into the playoffs next season.

Let’s make it clear: Holland is one of the better 3-and-D prospects in this class. But he doesn’t feel like who the Pistons should’ve gone for at No. 5 overall.

At 18, he’s one of the youngest players in the class with a 6-foot-6 frame and a 6-foot-11 wingspan. The G League Ignite product isn’t a great spot-up shooter but can attack the basket with his slashing skills. There’s plenty to like defensively, too, but the Pistons didn’t need his profile.

With Cade Cunningham anchoring the team, Detroit hasn’t done too well with…

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Publish date : 2024-06-27 04:45:27

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