Jul 29, 2021; Brooklyn, New York, USA; Scottie Barnes (Florida State) poses with NBA commissioner Adam Silver after being selected as the number four overall pick by the Toronto Raptors Mandatory Credit: Brad Penner-USA TODAY Sports
We were hearing the Scottie Barnes rumors for weeks now with a somewhat healthy degree of skepticism, but the Toronto Raptors actually pulled the trigger on the Florida State product over Jalen Suggs with the No. 4 pick in the 2021 NBA Draft.
The mock boards all agreed that Suggs was the pick at 4, and while Masai Ujiri probably couldn’t care less about the mocks have to say, he isn’t the type of GM to take unnecessary risks.