Suns draft Alec Peters at 54

[Indy]

I have no idea who this is.

Dis • cuss

[Indy]

http://www.draftexpress.com/profile/Alec-Peters-77931/

[Indy]

Basically a small 6'8" that can rebound well

[Flagrant Fowl]

Great shooter, terrible defender.

[Split T]

Probably spend the year in the G league

[Sunsfan4life]

He's a better version of Alec Brown. He got hurt end of last year or you would of heard about him in the tournament because Valpo would of won their conference and was a sleeper 12/11 seed heading into the tourney. Not sure if he'll make it, but his skill set is something we can use.

[TOO]

He's a guy. Summer league fodder.

[Shabazz]

There's still a big gap between "a better version of Alec Brown" and NBA Player.

[n4th4n]

Cool. Cool cool cool. I guess?

[Wally_West]

https://twitter.com/SInow/status/878112346652258305

[Shabazz]

Reminds me a little of Josh "Jorts" Harrellson.

[Mori Chu]

Seems like he won't make the roster. Maybe can improve in the D (G) League for a year and we'll see.

[UglyTruth]

This guy's game is similar to that one foreign shooter we had on our team couple years ago and he was actually somewhat decent. Gosh I can't think of his name right now but he was on the Nets before he played for us I think and after he played for us he got overpaid by some other team. Too lazy right now, I'll look it up tomorrow once I wake up.

[rhylek]

This guy's game is similar to that one foreign shooter we had on our team couple years ago and he was actually somewhat decent. Gosh I can't think of his name right now but he was on the Nets before he played for us I think and after he played for us he got overpaid by some other team. Too lazy right now, I'll look it up tomorrow once I wake up.

Teletovic?

[Wormwood]

I REALLY like this pick. He has two (three) college stats that translate extremely well to the NBA: 3 point %, Rebounding, and FT %. He's a better shooter than Reed: in his Junior year he shot 44%. Almost 90% FT shooter. Right around 50% from the field. Teletovic is good comparison.

He had a down year his senior year, but was battling injury. The big knock on him is strength, which can be addressed more easily than some other issues.

Excellent value for the money pick. Gut feeling is that he becomes a NBA stretch 4, and is one of those guys like Frye who always has a good real-plus-minus but not eye popping stats.

[Vladimir_Taltos]

Hidey ho, all...and let's see....isn't that what summer league is for? To see what a guy can give you?

VT

[carey]

He can rebound & shoot. If you can do those things in the NBA when you're tall you can find a home. We just got John Leuer $8M a year. I don't know if we'll have the playing time for this kid but he's no Alec Brown from what I can tell. It's a bummer he won't be healed in time to play Summer League.

Still I'll be interested to watch with Josh Jackson, Reed and hopefully Bender (if he's not playing for his national team this Summer) out there. Chriss is eligible to play so it would be cool if he showed up for a game or two like Booker last year.

[Indy]

It would be cool if Chriss showed up and dominated a few games.

[O_Gardino]

We were pretty good with our deep picks and UFAs last season, so that's a good sign for Peters. If he can shoot half as good as Teletovic and rebound half as good as Williams, he will stick in the NBA. Good luck, kid!

As for summer league, Chriss had better play in every game. He needs the experience and coaching. He's not at Booker's "just dominate" level at all. Looking forward to seeing our summer squad this year. Hopefully Ulis can lead the team to a lot of running and passing.

[Split T]

I think Ulis is out with injury, right? He had surgery I believe. Peters is being held out too, so we've got Reed/Jackson/Chriss/Bender at the 2-5. We need our PG, Kobi Simmons? Or we could just run Reed/Jones Jr/Jackson/Chriss/Bender and just let Reed, Jackson, and Bender share ball handling duties. Could be a good learning opportunity. And that team defensively would be awesome. Literally can just switch everything.