Yahoo Sports senior NBA analyst Kevin O’Connor mocks the NBA Draft post lottery where he has the Golden State Warriors drafting New Zealand forward Karim Lopez. Check out the full conversation on “The Kevin O’Connor Show” and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube or wherever you listen.
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Video Transcript
Kareem Lopez.
I got Lopez going to the Warriors.
This is, this is, to me, a really good fit for the Kerr system.
Lopez is a hard-nosed, tough player, a versatile player.
I think the Aaron Gordon comp, that’s a lane for him to try to as- to aspire to become over the course of time, ’cause at 6’8″, with strength and size and beef to him, he can handle the ball a bit, he can pass a bit.
He’s just a do-it-all guy.
He reminds me of Gordon when Gordon was coming out of, college at Arizona.
Gordon was just, like, a significantly better athlete.
He was an all-world athlete, as you know, with the dunk contest stuff that Gordon does.
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But that player type is the vision for him.
And so for Golden State, Steve Kerr signed a two-year contract extension with the Warriors, and I’m sure he’s disappointed that the Warriors didn’t get lottery luck.
but, you know, with the 11th pick here, it’s an opportunity for the Warriors to add another good young guy or maybe trade that pick
