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The NBA Draft Lottery is finished and we now know which teams will be picking in what order. This means there is pretty much 20/20 vision as to where Arizona standouts Brayden Burries and Koa Peat will be heading. It would be the third consecutive year that a Wildcat was taken in the NBA Draft and the second straight year that one was taken in the first round.
If Burries and Peat are taken, they would be players six and seven taken in the Tommy Lloyd era. Overall, they would be the eighth and ninth players under Lloyd to make it to the NBA.
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Last year it was Carter Bryant going to the San Antonio Spurs in the first round, while the year before it was Pelle Larsson taken by the Miami Heat in the second round. Bennedict Mathurin, Dalen Terry, and Christian Koloko were taken in the 2022 NBA Draft. Undrafted free agents Keshad Johnson and Caleb Love have also played in the NBA.
While Burries and Peat are the standouts from Arizona who have entered this year’s draft, Jaden Bradley is also projected to be taken in the second round.
Here are some projections as to where all three players could be taken on various mock drafts. Analysis from each site is included in italics when provided:
Brayden Burries
ESPN: No. 9 to Dallas Mavericks
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Burries endeared himself to teams over the course of the season as a steady two-way contributor with room to grow as a scorer. Scouts see an intriguing upside as he continues to improve as an on-ball playmaker, but he is a solid enough shooter to play the 2, giving him appealing versatility. He is older than other freshman guards in the lottery and not as toolsy or flashy, but he might be closer to directly impacting winning.
New York Times: No. 9 to Mavericks
Burries was the leading scorer on one of the top three teams in the country, despite a slow start that saw him average just 7.8 points in his first five games. From that point, he averaged 17.3 points while shooting 51 percent from the field, 41 percent from 3 and 81 percent from the foul line in his final 34 games. He’s also an aggressive rebounder who grabbed 5.5 boards per game in that time, while…
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