Being small in the NBA in 2019 is difficult. With the league ever trending towards bigger players, surviving as a small requires a rare level of excellence.
Don’t have an elite pull-up jumper like Steph Curry, Damian Lillard, or Trae Young? Aren’t an elite shot maker like Kyrie Irving or Lou Williams? Not a generational floor general like Chris Paul? Probably not good enough.
The above statement makes drafting small guards a risky proposition. If a player is not clearly special, drafting him high is a risk.
And if a player profiles as nothing more than a backup point guard, it’s probably not worth drafting him.