Yancy Gates: Draft Profile

Big Yancy, senior on Cincinnati will be looking to bring his talents to the next level. Standing at 6 feet 9 inches and wieghing in at 290 pounds, Gates is extremely difficult to overpower in the post. Over the season he has almost averaged a double, double with 12.4 points per game and 9.2 rebounds per game. Some NBA scouts may say that Yancy is not in as good shape as most of the NBA players but after training camp he might be set. Yancy lead the bearcats to the Sweet 16 where they lost to Ohio State. He had no less than 7 points and 5 rebounds over the course of the tourny. The highlight of his tournament play weas his double, double against Texas in the first round, with 15 points and 10 rebounds. Over the course of the season he had 12 games with 15 or more points. He also had 23 games where he had at least 8 rebounds. Gates is projected to go in the mid to late second round to the Denver Nuggets. My prediction for him is that he will go in the middle of the second round to the Sacramento Kings. There he will be able to learn from one of the better power forwards in the league, DeMarcus Cousins. He will be a nice fit for a team that will be rising up in the next few years. The Kings are also projected to get star shooting guard from Florida, Bradley Beal. The Kings will be a team to watch out for in the next few years and Big Yancy can only help them out even more.

Yancy Gates, forward/ center for Cincinnati