2019 NBA Draft: Full Mock Draft 3.0, Atlanta Hawks Pick #8 & #10 After Lottery
By Chris Guest
#6. Phoenix Suns — Coby White
Though many outlets have Coby White out of North Carolina a bit lower than this, to this writer, this beautifully coiffed guard prospect is the second-best guard in this class, behind only Ja Morant.
Beyond just being generally cool because of his amazing hair and herky-jerky style of play, White fills a position of need for the Suns as they look to continue to build around Devin Booker and Deandre Ayton.
With the Igor Kokoskov experiment completed, the Suns can focus on developing its stacked young core, which features the likes of Booker and Ayton as well as less heralded but no less intriguing players such as Mikal Bridges, De’Anthony Melton and Elie Okobo.
Sure, the latter of those two are both guards, but they don’t come in with the pedigree of White – who helped lead the UNC Tar Heels to a #1 seed in the NCAA Tournament.
The most intriguing aspect of White’s game is his pull-up shooting ability, which helped boost his stock significantly. According to The Stepien’s shot chart tool, White hit 58 of 160 attempts in college from NBA three-point range – showing the willingness and ability to pull up from long range.
Though that’s only a league-average 36.25 percent clip, that would be fairly solid for an NBA rookie.