The Washington Wizards traded picks No. 51 and 60 to move up five slots and obtain Felix Okpara, a defensive-minded big man who played most recently for the University of Tennessee.
Okpara has the physical tools to contribute in the NBA. He measured 6-10 at the Combine with a 7-2 wingspan. He’s a good athlete with solid agility and a strong vertical leap.
The Rookie Scale Consensus Mock Draft had him 47th overall. Ye Olde Draft Analyzer (YODA for short) — my stat-based draft prospect evalaution tool
— had him with a don’t draft grade. While he converted above 60% on twos, there were no flashes of stretch shooting potential, and he averaged under 10 rebounds per 40 minutes, and posted less than one assist and steal per 40.
Despite the obvious athletic tools, he averaged just 2.2 blocks per 40 minutes. Not bad, but not impressive either.
