• Is Drummond worth the risk?

  • By Chad Ford | May 30, 2012 11:19:59 AM PDT

NEW YORK -- At around 8:30 p.m. Wednesday, some lucky team is going to win the first pick in the NBA draft and land Kentucky big man Anthony Davis.

The other 13 teams that don't land Davis have a major conundrum.

If Anthony Davis is the No. 1 pick, who is No. 2?

I'm pacing up and down 42nd Street on a sweltering Manhattan morning. Less than an hour ago I was in a private gym in Manhattan watching UConn big man Andre Drummond work out with trainer Idan Ravin.

Drummond currently sits at No. 5 on our Big Board. However, a number of lottery teams are seriously considering him with the No. 2 pick in the draft.

I take out my iPhone and make a call to get some help processing what I saw. ESPN high school scouting guru Dave Telep answers.

"I just got out of a workout with Andre Drummond."

Telep chuckles. "Can I guess what you saw?" he asks.

"Go ahead."

"You saw a huge man with incredible athletic ability who can go really hard, elevate above the rim and can handle and shoot the ball like a player much smaller than the guy you saw. And you're thinking this kid could be a superstar. Right?" Telep says.

"Ummmm ... exactly."


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