Memphis Grizzlies: A reason for and against drafting Ayo Dosunmu

The Memphis Grizzlies already have an elite backup point guard in Tyus Jones

The same argument could have been made when the Grizzlies drafted Desmond Bane last season — there’s really no space on this team for another guard.

With Ja Morant as the star of this Memphis team, he eats up more minutes than most other point guards in the league. Outside of Tyus Jones, there really isn’t a need to bring another point guard onto this team.

That said, Ayo is 6-5 and a scorer first, so hypothetically speaking, he could play the two-guard, where there is even less room on this team.

To backtrack a little bit, Ayo Dosunmu’s shooting isn’t something that draft scouts can be too confident in. He was, by all standards, an elite shooter last season, but that’s the only year that saw him with above-average shooting totals. The season before, he made less than 30% of his long-range shots.

This would be a risky pick with a distinctly low ceiling. The Grizzlies already have a really good backup point guard. At best, Ayo would replace Jones in that role.

At the end of the day, the Grizzlies’ offense has no room to work. There isn’t a single player on the team who can consistently space the floor and it’s unlikely that Dosunmu would help with that.

If he’s available at the No. 17 pick, I wouldn’t be upset to see Memphis draft him, but I believe that this team can find somebody who better compliments the team.