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Draft Notes: Green Room, Mock Drafts, Samuel

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Four more players received invitations to the green room for the 2024 NBA Draft. Dayton’s DaRon Holmes IIthat of Indiana Kel’el Warethat of Colorado Tristan Da Silva and that of Pittsburgh Carlton Carrington have all accepted invitations to attend the draft in person, according to ESPN’s Jonathan Givony (all Twitter links here).

Holmes, the A-10 Player of the Year, averaged 20.4 points, 8.5 rebounds, 2.6 assists and 2.1 blocks per game last season while shooting 54.4 percent. from the field and 38.6% from three. He’s listed at No. 39 on ESPN’s big board and is the lowest-ranked prospect on that list to be invited.

Ware (No. 24 on the ESPN list) averaged 15.9 points and 9.9 rebounds this season in 30 games with Indiana after transferring from Oregon. Da Silva (No. 17 on ESPN) is a tool forward who spent all four seasons of his college career at Colorado. He averaged 16.0 PPG this season while making 39.5% of his 4.8 three-point attempts per game. Carrington (No. 19) made the ACC All-Freshman team this season after averaging 13.8 PPG and 4.1 APG, establishing himself as one of the best midfield shooters of range.

Holmes, Ware, Da Silva and Carrington join France Zacharie Risacher, Alex Sarr And Tidjane SalaunSerbia Topic NikolaUConn Donovan Clingan And Stephon Castlefrom Kentucky Reed Sheppard And Rob Dillinghamduke Jared McCain And Kyle Filipowskithat of Colorado Cody Williamsthat of Tennessee Dalton KnechtProvidence Devin Carterat Baylor Yves Missi And Ja’Kobe Walterthat of Kansas Johnny Furphythat of Miami Kyshawn GeorgeU.S.C. Isaiah Necklace and the Ignite of the G League Matas Buzelis And Ron Holland just like the 24 players who accepted invitations to the green room. Purdue Zach Edey also received an invitation, which he declined.

We have more notes related to the draft:

  • There’s plenty of room for change over the next week before the draft, but for now, James L. Edwards of The Athletic rates Sarr as the top prospect in this class and thinks he’s the player more efficient. Falcons should take first place if they don’t drop. In a new mock draft also involving Kelly Iko and Josh Robbins, The Athletic places Risacher second behind Wizards and Castle goes third in the Rockets. Carter becomes No. 8 in Spurs and Holland falling to 11th against Chicago are among the most intriguing picks in the simulation.
  • The Ringer’s Kevin O’Connor doesn’t view Sarr or Risacher as the best players in this class, according to his latest big board, but Atlanta still selects Risacher in its latest mock. O’Connor ranks Castle, Clingan and Buzelis among the top three players in the class, in that order. He has Holland as the 13th best player and Bobi Klintman as the No. 18 prospect in the class. Terrence Shannon Jr., Nikola Djurisic And Trentyn Flowers are other prospects O’Connor has first-round grades on, deviating from the consensus. As for his simulation, O’Connor has Sarr second behind Washington, Sheppard third in Houston and Buzelis fourth behind San Antonio.
  • Former Florida and Seton Hall forward Tyrese Samuel worked for the Knicks, Spurs, Nets, Heat, Jazz, Bulls, Pelicans, Riders, Raptors, Suns, Lakers And Pistons, tweets Adam Zagoria of NJ.com. The 6-10 Samuel averaged 13.9 points, 7.4 rebounds, 1.1 steals and 1.1 blocks last season for Florida.