NBA Draft 2018: 5 best pure shooters available

2. Svi Mykhailiuk, Kansas

Despite playing four years at Kansas, Svi Mykhailiuk is the third youngest prospect (20 years old) amongst this group of shooters. Mykhailiuk struggled in his freshman season, shooting a ghastly 28.8 percent on 3-pointers. However, the Ukranian wing only attempted 52 total 3s that year. He nearly quintupled that as a senior where he attempted 259 3-pointers and converted on a career-high 44.4 percent from downtown.

Bill Self has been known as a big man oriented coach during his career, but in Mykhailiuk’s final two years as a Jayhawk, the team started playing more perimeter-oriented basketball. Not only did this keep Kansas as one of the top teams in college basketball, but also helped Mykhailiuk explode into the player we saw at the end of his career in Lawrence.

At 6-foot-8 with a sweet stroke and the past two years of playing small-ball four under his belt, Mykhailiuk is tailored-made for today’s NBA. He also possesses some on-ball and playmaking skills that he didn’t always get the chance to show at Kansas with the likes of Frank Mason and Devonte Graham sharing the floor with him. We’ve seen glimpses of those abilities whenever he’s played with the Ukrainian national team.

Mykhailiuk has the enviable ability to make every shot he takes look as if it was on its way to drop through the bottom of the net. His effortless shot helped him break the Jayhawks 27-year single-season 3-pointers made record as a senior with 115 — usurping “Downtown” Terry Brown who made 111 during the 1990-91 season. Usually, players who stay all four years in school are thought to have limited upside once in the league, yet, at only 20 years old Mykhailiuk is nothing close to a finished product right now. He has the experience of a college veteran but is just a year younger than most one-and-done prospects in the draft this year.