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New Orleans Pelicans: 3 targets who could fall to end of 2020 NBA Draft

By Willie Lutz

LEXINGTON, KY - FEBRUARY 04: Ashton Hagans #0 of the Kentucky Wildcats brings the ball up court during the game against the Mississippi State Bulldogs at Rupp Arena on February 4, 2020 in Lexington, Kentucky. (Photo by Michael Hickey/Getty Images)
LEXINGTON, KY - FEBRUARY 04: Ashton Hagans #0 of the Kentucky Wildcats brings the ball up court during the game against the Mississippi State Bulldogs at Rupp Arena on February 4, 2020 in Lexington, Kentucky. (Photo by Michael Hickey/Getty Images) /
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New Orleans Pelicans potential draft target Myles Powell
NEWARK, NJ – MARCH 04: Myles Powell #13 of the Seton Hall Pirates in action against Saddiq Bey #41 of the Villanova Wildcats during a college basketball game at Prudential Center on March 4, 2020 in Newark, New Jersey. Villanova defeated Seton Hall 79-77. (Photo by Rich Schultz/Getty Images) /

Myles Powell, Guard, Seton Hall University

Adding more scorers is always of interest to building teams in the NBA Draft and Myles Powell from Seton Hall was one of the nation’s most prolific college scorers over the last few seasons.

During his senior season with the Pirates, Powell posted 21 points and 4.3 assists per game, finishing as a consensus First-Team NCAA All-American and winner of the Jerry West National Shooting Guard of the Year Award.

The New Orleans Pelicans should keep an eye on Powell. He could end up falling out of the draft due to struggles in his shooting stroke last season despite his impressive resume of awards.

It’s a shame that Powell took such a sharp decline during his senior season as a three-point shooter, hitting just 30.6% from three on 9.2 attempts. During his junior season, he converted 36.3% of his triples on 8.7 attempts and a gorgeous 37.9% on 7.3 attempts during his sophomore season. Across all four years, he shot 34.6% on 7.8 attempts during his time at Seton Hall.

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At least he’s shown consistency from the free-throw line, where he shot 79.5% this season and 81.4% during his four college seasons.

It’d be hard to blame the Pelicans for looking at Powell with their final selection in this year’s draft, that’s if they don’t move that pick to get further up the board; his scoring ability to palpable and working with Fred Vinson could help get his shot back on track.

While it’s likely that Myles Powell ends up someone who goes undrafted and has to try out during the Summer League to make an NBA roster, impact scorers and floor spacers always have value in today’s league.