Optimism is never lacking on draft night, and that was certainly the case Thursday after the NBA conducted its annual selection of players.
That’s especially true from Michigan State’s Jaren Jackson Jr. and Miles Bridges, who became the sixth Spartans duo to go in the first round of the same draft. Jackson was taken No. 4 overall by the Memphis Grizzlies while Bridges was taken No. 12 by the L.A. Clippers then sent to the Charlotte Hornets for Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, who was taken with the 11th pick by the Hornets.
Some called Jackson the best shot-blocker in the draft with the potential to become a dominant NBA player, while Hornets general manager Mitch Kupchak gushed about Bridges, saying, “There is not much to not like about Miles Bridges.