2021 NBA Redraft: Does Evan Mobley go first overall this time?

We just covered the most highly-drafted of the Houston Rockets’ four first-round picks in 2021, and now we come to their second back-to-back. Alperen Sengun has been a better player than Jalen Green through two seasons, is arguably the best player on their team right now, and rises up our redraft board to go at six to the Oklahoma City Thunder.

Sengun is one of the most creative passers and finishers around the rim in the entire league, residing in the tier just below Nikola Jokic and bearing a lot of stylistic similarities to the reigning MVP. He is a great rebounder, an excellent passer and has a developing outside shot. He isn’t much of a rim protector, so pairing him with secondary rim protection at the 4 will be important, but he is a unique offensive player and deserving of a rise up redraft boards.

The Golden State Warriors originally drafted Jonathan Kuminga here, and it would be reasonable for them to take him again here. Instead, they take a player who originally went 25th to the New York Knicks, Quentin Grimes, who has been a revelation and developed into a starter for a Knicks team that has been better than the Warriors this season.

Grimes is a rugged wing defender, able to check the opposing team’s most dangerous wing threat. On top of that, he has a smooth outside jumper and is developing into a high-volume 3-point shooter; in a year or two he will likely be among the league leaders in 3-pointers made. He is a 3-and-D wing with the potential to improve even more, the kind of player who would fit perfectly on the Warriors (or any team).