Round 5 Pick 196 - SF/PF Derrick McKey
Derrick McKey fits in with my team's philosophy for a few reasons:
1. He's versatile. He could play both SF and PF. I have 4 players who can play multiple positions. With only 9 (or 10) players it's important to have players who can play wherever you need them to. This gives me extreme flexibility with the 6th man position, because I can slide positions over to put in the best bench player I need.
2. He's tall. This gives my team heights of 6-3, 6-6, 6-9, 6-10, and 7-1. I think this is important to avoid size mismatches on the defensive end of the floor while creating them on the offensive end.
3. He could guard anyone on the floor, solidifying my wing D. In fact, he gives me 3 all defensive players, and in the most important positions - the 3, 4, and 5. Good luck scoring in the paint.
4. He could pass pretty well. In Indiana he had ast% ranging from 15-19, and even managed to dish 4.5 a game at 27. While I have no true distributor, Porter, Aguirre, McKey, and Robinson were all good creators and are capable of finding the open man.
5. He scored efficiently - from 24-29 his TS% ranged from .543 to .575.
6. He was good at 24. He scored 15.3 points per game at a .575 ts% with 1.2 steals per game and 5.8 rebounds. The rest of my team was absolutely sick at 24.
Team so far:
PG Terry Porter
SG Mark Aguirre
SF Derrick McKey
PF A.C. Green
C David Robinson