NBA Draft 2020: 5 under-the-radar returning players

Joe Wieskamp, Sophomore SG, Iowa

Finally, there’s the traditional off-movement shooter archetype, where Joe Wieskamp is likely to follow in Luke Kennard and Fletcher Magee’s footsteps this season.

The freshman’s credentials were impressive – 42.4 percent from 3 on four attempts per game – and he has good size for a wing at 6-foot-6, 205 pounds. That allows him to excel where other elite shooting prospects struggle, as Wieskamp shot an impressive 63 percent at the rim. He even ran some pick-and-rolls for Iowa last year, hinting at some extremely potent potential for lineup flexibility at the next level.

Elite shooters have to be good at something else; whether it’s passing, like J.J. Redick’s ability to pass out of close-outs, Luke Kennard’s pick-and-roll ball-handling, or Danny Green’s lockdown defense.

One-dimensional shooters don’t hang in the NBA; you need to have versatility, and Wieskamp’s finishing definitely could be that skill that takes him to the next level. Repeating that, along with his shooting percentage on increased volume, could put Wieskamp, like many of the other players mentioned here, into the tail end of the first round.