Michigan State basketball star Jase Richardson drops in CBS Sports’ latest NBA Mock Draft.
Michigan State basketball star Jase Richardson is starting to slide in the NBA draft pecking order, according to Kyle Boone of CBS Sports.
Boone released an updated NBA mock draft on Tuesday. In it, Richardson slipped into the later part of the first round. Boone has Richardson going 21st to the Utah Jazz.
Here’s what Boone had to say about Richardson:
“Underwhelming measurements at the NBA Combine — he measured just over 6-foot barefoot — is likely to hurt Richardson’s stock and stunt it from a top-10 ceiling I once thought possible. He’s still a first-round talent, though, and he plays bigger than his measureables suggest, which make the height all the more surprising.”
Richardson had long been considered a lottery pick or at the minimum a fringe lottery pick. However, he has started to slide and his measurements from the NBA combine will not help. Richardson came in a few inches shorter than his listed playing height, which has caused some alarm on how his game will translate to the next level.
Richardson starred for the Spartans in his lone season at Michigan State. He averaged 12.1 points per game, but was even better in the back half of the schedule as he became the Spartans’ best player.
Richardson still return to Michigan State for another season should he continue to slide down the NBA draft board. I doubt that would happen, but he has until May 28 to pull out of the draft should he want to go that route.