Duke's
Jahlil Okafor has been penciled in as the projected top pick in this summer's NBA Draft for some time.
And the freshman phenom hasn't done much to dissuade that notion this season, averaging 17.9 points and 9.4 rebounds per game while shooting 66.1 percent from the field for the 24-3 Blue Devils this season as a major national player of the year candidate.
But the play of fellow freshman, Kentucky's
Karl-Anthony Towns, especially of late, has suggested that the gap between Okafor and everyone else may not be as big as originally thought.
In his last six games, Towns is averaging 12.8 points 8.7 rebounds, 2.5 blocks and 1.7 assists in just 23.7 minutes while shooting 63.8 percent from the floor and 94.4 percent from the free throw line.
Both ESPN and Draft Express project Okafor and Towns to go 1-2 overall but as
Draft Express' Jonathan Givony told
CatsPause.com, it's not definitive.
"If I were an NBA team and I got No. 1 and needed a big guy, it's not cut and dry at this point," Givony said.
LINK: CatsPause.com
@ChrisFisher247
Duke's Jahlil Okafor has been penciled in as the projected top pick in this summer's NBA Draft for some time.
And the freshman phenom hasn't done much to dissuade that notion this season, averaging 17.9 points and 9.4 rebounds per game while shooting 66.1 percent from the field for the 24-3 Blue Devils this season as a major national player of the year candidate.
But the play of fellow freshman, Kentucky's Karl-Anthony Towns, especially of late, has suggested that the gap between Okafor and everyone else may not be as big as originally thought.
In his last six games, Towns is averaging 12.8 points 8.7 rebounds, 2.5 blocks and 1.7 assists in just 23.7 minutes while shooting 63.8 percent from the floor and 94.4 percent from the free throw line.
Both ESPN and Draft Express project Okafor and Towns to go 1-2 overall but as Draft Express' Jonathan Givony told CatsPause.com, it's not definitive.
"If I were an NBA team and I got No. 1 and needed a big guy, it's not cut and dry at this point," Givony said.
LINK: CatsPause.com
@ChrisFisher247
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