New York Knicks: NBA Draft Point Guards To Watch In 2016-17
Devonte Graham, Kansas Jayhawks
Class: Junior
Age: 21 (2/22/1995)
Height & Weight: 6’2″ & 175 pounds
2015-16 Slash Line: .460/.441/.744
2015-16 Season Averages: 32.6 MPG, 11.3 PPG, 3.7 APG, 3.3 RPG, 1.4 SPG, 2.0 3PM
The Kansas Jayhawks have retooled and reloaded, but it’s junior point guard Devonte Graham whom the New York Knicks should be looking at. Graham is a 6’2″ and 175-pound playmaker with one of the prettiest jump shots in the country.
The NBA has always been about spacing, and the New York Knicks can create significantly more space by adding Graham to the roster and rotation.
Graham finished the 2015-16 college basketball season with 75 3-point field goals made in 38 games played. He did so on 44.1 percent shooting from beyond the arc, which creates an elite combination of volume and efficiency.
If Graham continues to shoot the lights out into the 2016-17 college basketball season, then he’d have to be considered for a late first-round draft pick.
It’s worth noting that Graham scored 17 points against the Villanova Wildcats in the Elite Eight and 27 points during the Big 12 Championship Game. That creates the reputation of a big-game player.
If Graham displays progress as a facilitator and continuity as a shooter, he should be one of the Knicks’ more coveted targets.