Almost 30 years after his father, Jett Howard will he also be a “lottery pick” on Thursday evening? He may not be selected in the Top 10, but there is a growing chance that Adam Silver will call him between 11th and 20th position, according to the most recent information communicated about him.
According to information from Hoopshype, the “freshman” winger in Michigan under the orders of his father this season (14.2 points, 2.8 rebounds and 2 assists) has completed at least three “workouts” with teams ranked in the second half of the Top 20: the Magic (#6 and especially #11), the Raptors (#13) and finally the Rockets (#20). Three teams whose interest in his profile, that of a high-volume outside shooter with fairly good efficiency (almost 37% on 7.3 shots per game), is completely justified in view of their inefficiency this season in this exercise (24 /30 for Orlando, 28/30 for Toronto and 30/30 for Houston), and therefore their need to strengthen.
If we add to this information the fact that Jett Howard was invited by the NBA to the “Green Room”, we understand that it seems a priori certain that he is no longer available after the 20th choice. Especially since some other teams who haven’t done a “workout” with him (at least officially), like the Lakers (#17) or the Heat (#18), will certainly also be interested and will certainly not the dead end.
In their most recent Mock Draft, The Athletic and The Ringer also place him in 17th position at the Lakers, ESPN in 19th position at Golden State. On our side, we place him in 18th position in Miami.
