NBA mock draft compilation: Who might Utah Jazz take at No. 21?
Landry Shamet, PG, Wichita State
Height: 6’5″ | Weight: 190 | Age: 21
Stats: 14.9 PPG, 5.2 APG, 44.2% 3FG
TheStepien.com doesn’t exactly have a mock draft put together, per se, with specific teams picking specific players, but instead ranks each of the NBA Draft prospects. It just so happens that those rankings have Wichita State’s Landry Shamet at number 21.
The insight there is limited, but I enjoyed these Jazz-related comments about Shamet from Basketball Insiders’ Ben Dowsett:
Little Combine scuttle for Jazz fans: I'm told Utah interviewed former Wichita State guard Landry Shamet (@landryshamet) in Chicago this week. Shamet is a 6'4 guard who shot 44% from 3 in 3 years with the Shockers.
— Ben Dowsett (@Ben_Dowsett) May 19, 2018
Shamet has been projected in Utah's range with the 21st pick by some mocks - that's exactly where @TheStepien has him right now, in fact. Others have him lower - @DraftExpress had him 42nd in his most recent mock. https://t.co/7yb9CNGaw4
— Ben Dowsett (@Ben_Dowsett) May 19, 2018
My two cents: I’m probably a little biased because I tend to like guys that come out of Wichita State, who are largely overlooked and play a scrappy brand of basketball such as Fred VanVleet and Ron Baker, but I’d be good with Utah going with Shamet. He’s a lights out three-point shooter and seems like exactly the kind of guy that the Jazz could develop into a difference maker.