Portland Trail Blazers: 5 options for pick No. 26 in 2017 NBA Draft

4. Wesley Iwundu, SG, Kansas State

Wesley Iwundu is another impressive prospect, showing tools on both sides of the ball to be a good player.

Iwundu is a 6’7″, 193-pound guard with a 7’1″ wingspan. His length allows him to rebound well (8.1 per 40 minutes) and be fairly disruptive in the passing lanes (1.3 steals per 40 minutes). He’s also a talented playmaker despite his size and position. Iwundu averaged 4.4 assists per 40 minutes in 2016-17 with a 1.5 assist-to-turnover ratio. He’s particularly adept at playmaking in transition, either finding the right pass ahead or taking it coast-to-coast himself.

He also showed some good shooting touch. Iwundu shot 48.1 percent from the field and 37.6 percent from three in 2016-17. Oddly enough, The Ringer’s shot chart indicates that he struggles from the right side of the rim. Iwundu shot 25.0 percent (14-for-56) on that end and 53.1 percent elsewhere on the floor.

Even with his wingspan, he still has some room to grow defensively. While his steals per 40 are on par for the course, he only averages 0.4 blocks per 40 minutes. He brings plenty of effort on that end, but tends to gamble on steals and blocks. Also, when Iwundu makes a mistake on defense, there are instances where he doesn’t recover right away.

However, Iwundu has put in a lot of work to improve over his four years at Kansas State. He’ll likely seek to work hard at whatever is lacking in his game.

Iwundu would be a good pick for Portland if it desires another wing player that can do it all. It would make him a viable backup to similar players like C.J. McCollum and Evan Turner. Adding another mature two-way player would make Portland even tougher for opponents to deal with.