We begin our examination of potential selections for the Toronto Raptors in the June 23 NBA draft with a power forward prospect. As promised, I’m going to concentrate on players who are likely to still be on the board with the Raptors pick, which is projected to be around #8. Of course, it isn’t really the Raptors pick, but the less valuable of the picks owned by Denver and the New York Knicks, which Masai Ujiri acquired in the Andrea Bargnani trade.
I’m zeroing in on Brice Johnson, an intriguing senior at North Carolina. He’s a tweener, tall enough to play the 4-spot, yet wiry and mobile like a 3.