NBA Mock Draft 2017, Week 10: Markelle Fultz lands in Boston

This pick belongs to the Brooklyn Nets as a result of their pick swap with the Boston Celtics. Here’s an instance where Brooklyn simply grabs the best player available off the board.

Duke’s Grayson Allen has fallen out of favor among many analysts largely because he doesn’t project to have superstar upside (and the whole tripping thing generates some character questions). Allen, though, is still an incredibly solid prospect. On the offensive end, he’s a great scorer and can get buckets either on or off the ball. Allen’s 3-point shooting numbers are down this season, but he’s maintained a better than 80 percent mark from the free throw line and should start to see some positive regression as the season progresses. For his career, the 6-foot-4 guard has connected on 38.7 percent of his 354 3-point attempts.

Where Allen has grown in recent times is as a distributor. Duke’s offense doesn’t play with a traditional point guard — and didn’t last season either. As a sophomore, Allen averaged 3.9 assists per 40 minutes and he’s bumped that number up to 4.4 as a junior. There’s some secondary creation ability there that could be useful if Allen fills a role as a bench scorer at the next level.

Learn more about Grayson Allen and Duke’s other draft prospects at The Step Back.