When the Nets took Jalen Wilson at No. 51 back in June, the draft room, led by B.J. Johnson, Brooklyn’s Director of Player Evaluation, reportedly was ecstatic, having had him higher on its draft board. That, of course, is a pretty hackneyed story line — every team says that — but Wilson proved in the Summer League that whether the story was true or not, he should’ve gone higher.
Wilson led the Nets to the Summer League Final Four, averaging 17.6 points, 7.8 rebounds and 2.8 assists while shooting 45.8% from deep, way up from the 33.7% he shot his final year at Kansas.