Re-Drafting the 2013 NBA Draft

Kentucky. Archie Goodwin. 22. player. 147. <p><strong>Original pick: Mason Plumlee</strong></p> <p>It takes some real belief to put Archie Goodwin this high. On one hand, the former Kentucky guard has actually under-performed when compared to his draft slot. On the other, he is <em>extremely</em> young for this class and there are real signs of life.</p> <p>Goodwin will turn only 22 years old in August, and he is a relative baby when considering he has three years of NBA experience. That fact, along with an uber-athletic and long frame for a combo guard, leaves reason to believe that he will continue to improve as an NBA player, even in a limited role.</p> <p>However, Goodwin has not been very good to this point. He holds a career PER of 10.9 with a true shooting south of 50 percent, and even in his best season (2015-2016), Goodwin made only 23.2 percent of his threes. That is a glaring issue for a guard in today’s NBA, but even if he never matures into even a reasonable shooter, there are things to like.</p> <p>Goodwin has the tools to become a stopper defensively, and he can handle the ball well enough to fake some time at point guard in a pinch. That combination (again, along with his age) could be tantalizing when evaluating him and, frankly, the rest of the players on the board can’t match his ceiling.</p>. PG/SG