Despite entertaining trade offers and witnessing a couple of unexpected frontcourt prospects — Memphis native Arnett Moultrie and Baylor forward Perry Jones III — remain on the board, the Grizzlies chose University of Washington freshman point guard Tony Wroten Jr. with the #25 pick in Thursday night’s draft, sticking with one of the most likely picks among the players the team had worked out in the pre-draft process.
While I would have been very tempted to take the extremely talented Jones — who fell due to questions about his passive make-up and red-flagged knee issues — and was on record as favoring Michigan State forward Draymond Green among the players the Grizzlies worked out, I like Wroten as a pure prospect in this draft range.
A big guard with significant defensive potential and what seems to be natural playmaking abilities, Wroten was the highest-upside player the Grizzlies worked out. I went into more detail about his game here.
