Josh Christopher, a 6’4 shooting guard with a 6’9 wingspan, was the No. 10 overall recruit coming out of high school in 2020, but a leg injury ended his up-and-down freshman year at Arizona State after just 15 games. His peaks proved he could score — including a 28-point outing versus Villanova on just 17 shots — but he wasn’t always the most efficient (he shot just 43% from the field and 31% from 3 on 59 attempts), and some scouts are skeptical that he can do much else at an NBA level.
In a preseason aggregate of six mock drafts, he was projected to be selected 14th in the upcoming draft, but questions about his shooting mechanics, shot selection, and basketball feel have dropped him to 29th on Rookie Scale’s most recent Consensus Big Board.