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Memphis Grizzlies: 5 shooting guards to target in the 2020 NBA Draft

By Josh Mullenix

LEXINGTON, KY - FEBRUARY 29: Immanuel Quickley #5 of the Kentucky Wildcats dribbles the ball during the game against the Auburn Tigers at Rupp Arena on February 29, 2020 in Lexington, Kentucky. (Photo by Michael Hickey/Getty Images)
LEXINGTON, KY - FEBRUARY 29: Immanuel Quickley #5 of the Kentucky Wildcats dribbles the ball during the game against the Auburn Tigers at Rupp Arena on February 29, 2020 in Lexington, Kentucky. (Photo by Michael Hickey/Getty Images) /
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FAYETTEVILLE, AR – MARCH 4: Skylar Mays #4 of the LSU Tigers runs the offense during a game against the Arkansas Razorbacks at Bud Walton Arena on March 4, 2020 in Fayetteville, Arkansas. The Razorbacks defeated the Tigers 99-90. (Photo by Wesley Hitt/Getty Images)
FAYETTEVILLE, AR – MARCH 4: Skylar Mays #4 of the LSU Tigers runs the offense during a game against the Arkansas Razorbacks at Bud Walton Arena on March 4, 2020 in Fayetteville, Arkansas. The Razorbacks defeated the Tigers 99-90. (Photo by Wesley Hitt/Getty Images) /

4. Skylar Mays, LSU

Skyler Mays has a much more polished game out of LSU, due in large part to the fact that he played four years of college basketball. So, yes, he is an older prospect. But the Grizzlies just drafted an older, proven player in Brandon Clarke last year and he was one of the best value picks in the 2019 NBA Draft. Age, especially later in the draft, shouldn’t scare Memphis away.

By the end of his career in Baton Rouge, Mays was taking over 11 shots per game, averaging 16.7 points while shooting 38.4 percent from the 3-point line. He was the No. 1 option on an LSU team that ranked fourth in the country in Adjusted Offensive Efficiency, according to KenPom.

May has off-the-dribble ability, catch-and-shoot ability and limitless range. Also, pay attention to his handles and ability to get to the rim at the 1:38 mark of the video above.

I know what you’re thinking: He looks a little like Dillon Brooks did in college, and that’s completely fair. Mays and Brooks have almost identical senior-year numbers. Is it necessarily a bad thing to have someone who shoots it with confidence like Brooks in the second unit adding a scoring boost?

At 6’4″, 205 pounds, Mays is a little bit quicker than Brooks, and Mays was tasked with some of the tougher defensive assignments in the SEC. His defensive ratings aren’t fantastic, but that has more to do with LSU having a fringe top-180 defense last season than it does with his abilities on that end of the floor.

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