NBA Draft: Best team fit for each of the top 10 prospects
By Kyle Crabbe
DeAndre Hunter, F, Virginia
HT: 6-foot-7 (7-foot- wingspan)
WT: 220 Lbs
Strengths: High-level defender, great 3-and D potential, excellent off the ball player
Pro Comparisons: Trevor Ariza, Wesley Johnson
Best Team Fit: Los Angeles Lakers
DeAndre Hunter is coming off a college season in which he improved his draft stock and proved he belongs in the lottery. Hunter is an excellent team-first player that possesses great versatility for both ends of the basketball court.
Hunter plays the game smart and is an excellent team defender and a high-level individual defensive player. Hunter’s game features him as a smart offensive player that plays very well off the ball with his abilities to make great cuts to the basketball and shoot the 3-ball very well on kick outs to him.
After this past season, we saw the Los Angeles Lakers struggle to spread the court for LeBron James and as a team struggles to play defense at a high level, DeAndre Hunter might be the perfect player for the Lakers to draft in the 2019 NBA Draft.
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Hunter could easily play alongside the Lakers current core players and off the Lakers main playmakers of Lonzo Ball and the aforementioned LeBron James. As Hunter’s spot-up jumper continues to improve and he matures as an NBA defender, whoever drafts Hunter might be getting the next elite 3-and-D wing.