2022 NBA Draft: #37 Jaden Hardy (6' 3", 6' 9" WS) to DAL | two 2nds to SAC

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This draft, like last draft, is filled with specialty big guys who should be able to be NBA players.  My favorite, I think, is Koloko at Arizona based on hightlights, but here are two more. 

Purdue has two big guys that are really interesting.   They can't play together.   I mentioned Zach Edey already but they also have senior Trevion Wiliams, who is a fantastic passer.   He is not much of a shot blocker (.8 blocks per game) or a shooter but he is a big body player who has a really nice feel.   He should probably be somewhere in the second round.

Agree that this is going to be another bigmen heavy draft class. Especially among the top picks. With the exception of Jaden Ivy the consensus top 5 are all 6´10 or even bigger.

Edey is an interesting prospect. Easily a first round pick ten years ago. As you mentioned most likely a 2nd round pick in the current NBA. A solid option if the Mavs want to replace Boban with a younger version of himself.

Koloko is another skinny shot blocker with incredible measurements. Feels like a few years ago he would have been a rarity but these days we are seeing at least 2-3 players with a similar body type in each draft class. Haven´t seen enough of him to have a strong opinion so I trust your knowledge. Can he move his feet on the perimeter? Is he more than just a garbage man on offense?

My favorite bigmen prospect is out of reach for the Mavs Already mentioned him a few posts ago. Jalen Duren is not only by far the most athletic big in the draft. He is also the youngest. Just turned 18 and is build like a young David Robinson. For comparisation...Koloko is nearly 3 1/2 years older.

From a Mavs perspective it is probably futile to talk about bigs as long as they haven´t figured out which way they want to go with the roster. Is KP a center?
Do they want to keep KP? What about the current platoon squad (Powell, Boban, Moses, WCS, maybe Chriss). Mavs would need to clean up the front court rotation if they want to use a first round pick on a big.