Earlier this year, Charlie Stanton laid out the argument in favor of the Golden State Warriors drafting 6-foot-5 Virginia junior Ty Jerome with their draft pick because of his defense, shooting and basketball IQ.
With the Warriors having lost both Kevin Durant and Klay Thompson to severe injuries during the 2019 NBA Finals, the demand for a shooter became even more dire.
As has been well-documented elsewhere, Durant and Thompson can be expected to miss most of the 2019-20 NBA season if not the whole thing — in the meantime, the Warriors will have to find a way to put a roster around stars Steph Curry, Draymond Green and a bench rotation that was the subject of intense scrutiny throughout the 2019 NBA Playoffs.