#18 PICK: Josh Green | 6' 5.5" | 6' 9.75" wingspan

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1. The Dallas Mavericks are built to compete right now, but their best basketball could be further down the road since their best players are 21-year-old Luka Doncic and 25-year-old Kristaps Porzingis. Using the 18th pick on Josh Green is a smart way to balance both timelines.He’s a ready-made perimeter stopper with room to grow offensively. If there’s more to his game than he was able to show at Arizona, where he teamed with fellow draft prospects Zeke Nnaji and Nico Mannion, then Mavs fans will love this pick.If Green can put a consistent three-ball in his bag (1.0 threes per game on 36.1 percent shooting), he would offer substantial three-and-D upside and have the bounce to go viral any time he has a head of steam going to the basket."His explosiveness should translate to exciting transition plays and drives through lanes," Wasserman wrote. "But he's also oozing with defensive potential fueled by lateral quickness, fundamentals and a live motor."Green has good instincts, and he seems comfortable and competent as a spot-up shooter. His athleticism should shine even brighter at this level in a better-spaced, more up-and-down game, but he needs some work with his handle and passing.Green will add defense to the NBA’s best offensive team, and he could spawn viral fires on the receiving end of Doncic’s dimes.

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1. Godspeed to opposing defenses.The Dallas Mavericks spent last season setting a new standard for offensive efficiency. Now, they’ll enter the 2020-21 campaign with perhaps the draft’s sharpest shooter—or at least the most versatile marksman—in Tyrell Terry.Optimistic reports on Terry might include comparisons to Stephen Curry and Trae Young, and while he isn't that caliber of player, he's followed the same blueprint as an undersized guard (6'1", 160 lbs) with a lethal shooting touch and the ability to lace triples on the move. Wasserman pegged Terry as the next CJ McCollum.Imagine McCollum running offense with Luka Doncic—and both revolving around 7’3” sniper Kristaps Porzingis. That’s terrifying.Terry’s off-ball movement makes him seem like a long-lost member of the Curry family, and his scoring touch is elite on all types of shots. He can feast on a diet of pull-up and spot-up triples, and when defenders run him off the arc, he has the soft touch on floaters and runners to finish from close range.His wiry frame will make him a target at the defensive end, though, and his still-developing handle may limit his ability to run an NBA offense in the near future.

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1. The Dallas Mavericks traded Seth Curry to the Philadelphia 76ers for Josh Richardson and the No. 36 pick, per Wojnarowski. They then doubled down on defense-first athletes, following the earlier selection of Josh Green with the uber-athletic Tyler Bey.Bey has spring-loaded bounce and a seemingly endless supply of energy. When he channels that energy and keeps it on the right side of overaggression, he can be a defensive weapon who contributes all over.But his offense is raw, and a lot of what he did at Colorado might not have much NBA value. He was an interior player for the Buffaloes, and he'll get pushed out to the perimeter in the pros. He needs to grow much more comfortable as a shooter. He only took 59 three-pointers in 99 games with the Buffs.