NBA Draft: Luka Doncic rises to first in 2018 NBA Redraft

Duke’s quartet of basketball players originally drafted in 2018 all make it into the first round of our redraft, with shooting guard Grayson Allen landing at 26. The hero of Duke’s 2015 title bid as a freshman, he became something of a national villain during the rest of his career.

Allen was then the 21st pick in the 2018 draft, going to the Utah Jazz and playing a very minimal role off the bench. Then he was part of the Mike Conley trade and joined the Memphis Grizzlies, where he increased his playing time and upgraded his shot. Over two seasons in Memphis he shot 39.5 percent from 3-point range and 86.8 percent from the free-throw line, eventually becoming the starter down the stretch and into the playoffs.

Other than shoot Allen doesn’t go any one thing exceptionally well, but he does a lot of things decently well. He cleans the glass well for a guard, can distribute the ball and has grown as a defender both in sticking with his man and in poking away the ball for steals.

The Milwaukee Bucks just traded for Allen, but in our redraft, he goes to another Eastern Conference foe in the Philadelphia 76ers. They originally took Landry Shamet, and Allen would provide a somewhat similar player as a 2-guard who can shoot and be a secondary creator.