Yahoo Sports senior NBA analyst Kevin O’Connor takes a look at the Florida guard’s improved play during the NCAA tournament and how it could affect his draft stock this June.
Video Transcript
This is a look at draft stock presented by Greyscale, the guy whose draft stock moved up the most after the Elite Eight.
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It’s gotta be Walter Clayton.
Walter Clayton, 30 points against Texas Tech, hit a number of clutch shots down the stretch of that game.
Down 9, he hits a driving layup.
Down 3, he hits a pull-up 3 pointer to tie it.
Down 2 with a minute left in the game, he hits a shot that just Gives me a vision in my mind’s eye of Stephen Curry with a 3-pointer, dribbling away from the basket.
It’s a shot that so few players can hit Steph, Kyrie, Dane, and Walter Clayton, ice in his veins with a minute left, hits that 3 to put Florida up, win the game for them, and it’s not the first time this year or in his basketball career that he’s hit clutch shots.
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A week ago against UConn, he’s hitting a fadeaway 3 off balance to clinch it, sidestep 3 prior to that.
I mean, he was amazing in the closing minutes of that game against UConn.
And then he does it again in the Elite Eight.
Walter Clayton, man, I had him ranked in the 50s.
I’m moving him up about 1520 spots.
To me, you can’t, you can’t undervalue a shot maker, even if he does have, have some concerns with his playmaking, decision making.
And then it also his defense, you just can’t teach that clutch shot making ability.
So Walter Clayton is our biggest mover with draft stock presented by Greyscale.
