Celtics Updated 2021 NBA Draft Targets After Lottery Drawing
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Breaking Down the New Guys Likely Starting at QB for Top 25 Teams
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While every NBA team wants a star in the draft, most are focused on trying to find value in the second round or undrafted pool.
One of Bleacher Report s best kept secrets from last year, Naji Marshall just signed a multiyear deal with the New Orleans Pelicans after nobody picked him.
These are prospects who are being overlooked for different reasons by various media and scouts Bleacher Report has spoken to.
Day Ron Sharpe (North Carolina, C, Freshman)
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Projected draft range: Nos. 31-45
Going from Montverde Academy to North Carolina, Day Ron Sharpe is hardly a secret by name. But it doesn t sound like there is a ton of excitement regarding his pro potential.
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If you re an NFL draft viewer, three short phrases likely dominate your living room during Round 1 every year.
1. That s a steal!
2. That s a reach!
3. That s a surprise!
Steals, of course, are players who should have come off the board earlier than they did. Reaches are players in the opposite circumstance. Surprises are, well, surprises sometimes positive, sometimes negative, always unexpected by definition.
With that in mind, let s review the opening round of the 2021 draft through those lenses.
Steal: Atlanta Falcons Select Florida TE Kyle Pitts Fourth Overall
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A tight end is drafted in the top four for the first time in modern NFL history, and we re calling it a steal? Yup, because Kyle Pitts is so much more than a typical tight end. He s arguably the top non-quarterback in this class.