Top five prospects for Cavs at fifth overall in the 2019 NBA Draft

#3: Jarrett Culver – Texas Tech

Standing at a listed 6-foot-6-and-3/4, and 194 pounds (per Tankathon), Texas Tech’s Jarrett Culver has excellent size for a guy at his position at the 2 and feasibly could be the 3 in the NBA, and is seemingly still growing, based on reports.

Last year, Culver averaged 18.5 points per game on 50.5% effective field goal shooting, to go with 6.4 rebounds, 3.7 assists, 1.5 steals, and 0.6 blocks (according to Sports Reference).

When you watched Culver at Texas Tech this year, he likely wasn’t doing one thing exceptionally, but he’s very versatile and does a bunch of things very well.

Again, wing is such a glaring need for the Cleveland Cavaliers, and Culver is another wing that would help strengthen that weakness in the rotation.

Culver would bring a much-needed defensive mentality to the Cavs, and he is a guy that likes to have the ball in his hands and could be a capable playmaker at the next level. A key to his upside will be how he improves as a three-point shooter with a considerable volume.

If he can’t improve as a perimeter shooter (he shot just 30.4% from deep in 2018-19) to go with a solid mid-range game, and fix his shooting mechanics, which don’t seem to be completely fluid right now, it will somewhat limit how high his ceiling will be, but if he can his ceiling can be a lot higher.

Depending how Cleveland feels about Collin Sexton as the starting point guard long-term, pairing Culver with Sexton in the backcourt could be a nice tandem for the coming years.