BATON ROUGE – LSU point guard and first-team All-SEC selection Tremont Waters was selected with pick No. 51 Thursday in the 2019 NBA Draft.
Jay Bilas called it a “good pick” on the ESPN broadcast and said “He’s just a small guard, but he can absolutely play” while highlights from Waters sophomore season played on screen..
Waters played two seasons at LSU and was a part of 46 wins and three postseason victories in earning first-team All-SEC honors in 2019 and was one of five finalists for the Bob Cousy Award for point guards. He was also the SEC Co-Defensive Player of the Year in 2019.