Arizona Wildcats standouts Brayden Burries and Koa Peat, along with North Carolina Tar Heels guard Caleb Wilson, share the same sentiment about the most important factors in deciding which NBA team suits them best. All three players are expected to be chosen in this year’s NBA draft after stellar college basketball tenures.
In an interview with sports agent Rich Paul on the Game Over podcast, Burries, Peat and Wilson were asked what matters to them more: the fit or the pick.
“ For me, it’s the fit. It doesn’t matter where I go. As long as the coach trusts me, let me go out there and just try to just be me and play hard,” Burries said.
Wilson agreed, saying: “For me, it’s all fit. I mean, shoot, I’ll go 50 if the team fit me, man. That’s really all I care about.” (0:06)
Peat had the same answer as his counterparts but went into more detail.
“Yeah, I think it’s fit, for sure, and knowing your role. Getting picked by these teams, you know, they probably already have their best player. So I’m trying to go into it and make the best player better, and always also have the coach like you. I feel like those are two that you need to be able to like you.”
The draft is scheduled for June 23-24.
Burries and Peat helped Tommy Lloyd’s Wildcats to the Final Four of the NCAA tournament last season. However, Wilson’s freshman stint was cut short by a fractured left hand after he led the team in scoring.
ESPN predicts Brayden Burries, Koa Peat, and Caleb Wilson to be selected in the first round of the NBA Draft
In its latest mock draft on May 19, ESPN projected that Brayden Burries, Koa Peat, and Caleb Willson would all be picked in the first round of this year’s NBA draft.
Wilson is slated to be the highest pick, going fourth to the Chicago Bulls. Burries is then expected to be chosen by the Golden State Warriors with the 11th pick, while Koa Peat is projected to be selected with the 27th pick by the Boston Celtics.
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