Indiana Pacers: Draft Profile

The Pacers have been one of the suprisingly good teams of this year. They have some solid young talent such as Danny Granger, Roy Hibbert and Paul George. They finished off the regular season with a record of 42-24. They are 13th overall in points per game with 97.7, 4th in rebounds per game with 43.9 and 29th in assits per game with 18.6. So as you can probably tell the Pacers should probably be looking for a guard to draft this year. They are projected to one pick in the draft, in the late first round. They could go for either a point guard or a shooting guard to understudy Paul George and Darren Collinson. Thier could still be some solid guards on the board when thier pick comes around. William Bufford of Ohio State will probably not be drafted before them. Marquis Teague might still be on the board but if you have read my past entry I am big on him heading to South Beach. I feel that the best fit for the Pacers would be to draft John Jenkins of Vanderbilt. He is a big time scorer and could definatley shadow Paul George until he is ready for the next level. This dude will make the most of his minutes where ever he goes. The Pacers are a young athletic team and they could add to that structure if they draft Jenkins. He might not have been the most amazing player in college but he is the type of player that could make a nice transition to the NBA. At 6-4, 215 pounds he has a lot of potential to make the Pacers a contending team next year.

John Jenkins, guard for Vanderbilt