Chicago Bulls: 3 draft sleepers with the highest ceiling

2) Chicago Bulls draft sleepers with high ceilings

If we’re just talking pure physical tools and athleticism, there’s not much better at the shooting guard position than the former Duke Blue Devils highly touted four-star recruit and freshman stud Cassius Stanley. This standout 6-foot-6 and 195 pound shooting guard started to round out his game near the end of his freshman campaign.

A lot of pundits and general NBA fans figured that Stanley could benefit by returning to Duke and head coach Mike Krzyzewski for his sophomore season to continue to become a more well-rounded guard. But he wound up declaring early for the 2020 NBA Draft, giving this guard draft class even more depth than it already had.

Stanley played in 29 games during the shortened 2019-20 college hoops season for the Blue Devils (all of which he started in). And he averaged 12.6 points per game, 4.9 rebounds, 1.0 assists, 0.7 steals, and 0.7 blocks. Stanley shot a solid 47.4 percent from the field, 36.0 percent from beyond the arc, and 73.3 percent from the free-throw line.

All in all, Stanley is very vertically gifted and can live above the rim. There’s no questioning what he can do when given an open lane, or with his open shooting abilities. He’s efficient off the catch-and-shoot, or when he has to create his own offense. But there are ways to limit Stanley on his drive and he can be a bit turnover prone at times (1.0-1.9 assist-to-turnover ratio).

If Stanley continues to improve at the rate he did in his one season in college, he could wind up becoming a true quality starter in the NBA.