Adam Silver cited Nikola Jokic And Draymond Green as examples of players selected in the second round of their Draft to justify the choice of devoting an additional evening to players chosen from 31st to 60th place. The list of future great players who have passed through the radars of league scouts over the years is indeed numerous and the second round therefore deserves a little more attention.
This is also the meaning of the message transmitted by Josh Richardson and Thomas Bryant, respectively drafted in 40th position in 2015 and 45th choice in 2017, who approved the new measure taken for the next Draft. For the two Heat players, this great moment did not have the expected impact. Especially for Josh Richardson, who experienced the same misadventure as Nikola Jokic…
“There was a commercial break when I was chosen. I saw my name scroll across the bottom of the screen. This is how it went for me,” he rememberedwhile his teammate also recalled a very brief memory. “My choice was not revealed during the advertising. But I only saw my name for a quick second,” added Thomas Bryant.
Other issues to highlight
In addition to allowing the 30 teams to have more time to put together potential trades, the players selected in the second round will now benefit from a little more attention. Nine years ago, Richardson did not travel for the occasion, and watched the ceremony from Oklahoma. The new format could also encourage more people to make the trip.
“I think it would be great. Just to give a little more weight to their choice, to make it a little more of a spectacle. Maybe more of them will go to New York, and go to the Green Room, if they have their own day. he added.
Same story for Thomas Bryant, delighted to see the second round players being put more forward. Enough to also relaunch the race for future “steals”.
“I think that would be a good thing. Let them have their own selection day, just so they can enjoy this moment a little more,” he continued. “And you never know what can happen in the second round. You can always find a diamond in the rough, and have that memory that you will always remember.”
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| Players | MJ | Min | Shots | 3pts | L.F. | Off | Def | Early | Pd | Bp | Int | Ct | Party | Pts |
| Tyler Herro | 19 | 34.3 | 43.5 | 41.2 | 86.0 | 0.6 | 4.7 | 5.3 | 4.5 | 2.4 | 1.3 | 0.1 | 1.5 | 22.4 |
| Bam Adebayo | 27 | 34.4 | 51.3 | 14.3 | 78.2 | 2.2 | 8.1 | 10.4 | 4.0 | 2.5 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 2.4 | 22.1 |
| Jimmy Butler | 24 | 33.6 | 46.4 | 37.7 | 88.1 | 1.9 | 3.2 | 5.0 | 4.5 | 1.8 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 1.1 | 21.0 |
| Duncan Robinson | 35 | 29.0 | 45.5 | 41.4 | 86.0 | 0.3 | 2.3 | 2.6 | 3.1 | 1.3 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 2.4 | 13.9 |
| Jaime Jaquez, Jr. | 37 | 30.5 | 51.0 | 36.0 | 83.0 | 1.2 | 2.6 | 3.8 | 2.7 | 1.7 | 1.1 | 0.3 | 2.5 | 13.9 |
| Caleb Martin | 20 | 26.5 | 44.3 | 37.9 | 67.6 | 1.3 | 3.8 | 5.1 | 2.3 | 1.4 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 2.3 | 11.0 |
| Kevin Love | 30 | 19.2 | 45.5 | 35.2 | 79.0 | 1.1 | 5.7 | 6.8 | 2.6 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 1.8 | 10.3 |
| Josh Richardson | 28 | 27.3 | 43.9 | 33.9 | 92.9 | 0.4 | 2.3 | 2.8 | 3.0 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 1.8 | 10.0 |
| Kyle Lowry | 32 | 28.4 | 46.2 | 43.4 | 83.3 | 0.7 | 2.9 | 3.6 | 4.0 | 1.5 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 2.6 | 9.2 |
| Nikola Jovic | 11 | 17.0 | 48.1 | 46.7 | 60.0 | 0.8 | 4.0 | 4.8 | 2.4 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 2.5 | 6.6 |
| Haywood Highsmith | 23 | 21.5 | 42.1 | 36.4 | 77.8 | 0.9 | 2.1 | 3.0 | 1.4 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 2.1 | 6.4 |
| Jamal Cain | 14 | 14.9 | 43.9 | 32.0 | 73.7 | 0.9 | 1.2 | 2.1 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 1.1 | 5.7 |
| Orlando Robinson | 15 | 14.3 | 52.5 | 58.3 | 68.8 | 1.2 | 2.7 | 3.9 | 1.6 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 1.9 | 5.3 |
| Thomas Bryant | 20 | 11.4 | 55.6 | 0.0 | 85.0 | 1.1 | 2.5 | 3.6 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 1.2 | 4.9 |
| Dru Smith | 9 | 14.5 | 45.5 | 41.2 | 100.0 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 1.3 | 4.3 |
| Cole Swider | 7 | 5.0 | 47.1 | 38.5 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 3.0 |
| Rj Hampton | 8 | 9.5 | 28.6 | 12.5 | 50.0 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.3 |
