During the 2016-17 season, Aaron Holiday was UCLA’s sixth man, coming off the bench as a spark-plug scorer behind Bryce Alford and Lonzo Ball, the No. 2 pick in the draft. He cracked the top-60 on some boards, but few expected him to make the leap he did last season.
Holiday now projects as a top-20 pick, soaring up draft boards after strong individual workouts and one of the most productive individual campaigns in college basketball. The Ball-less UCLA team struggled, but Holiday was still able to carry them to an NCAA Tournament appearance.