2018 NBA Mock Draft: What’s in store for the second round?

The myth of Shamet’s supposed 7-0 wingspan will be definitively answered this weekend in Chicago, and his stock could rise if it turns out true. A low usage playmaker who knocks down shots and defends at a high level is a valuable player in a league full of wing stars, and Shamet would be no exception.

Terry Stotts appears set to keep his job this summer, but Portland will have to come back in a different form to compete with the best teams in the league. Shamet could defend bigger players next to both CJ McCollum and Damian Lillard or take over some of the playmaking responsibility when one of those two sits. Stotts is smart and adaptable, and maybe fearing for his job at this point. Shamet is a player who fits the team and has potentially the highest floor of any prospect outside the lottery.

One can imagine Shamet excelling outside the measurement room as well, taking a fellow prospect isolated on defense and hounding him into submission. With endless arms and the intelligence to use that length well, Shamet might allow only a couple baskets collectively all weekend.

Portland should be looking closely for players exactly like Shamet, and pounce if they have the chance to take him.