The Nets selected UNC C Day'Ron Sharpe with the 29th pick in the 2021 NBA Draft.
Here's a closer look at who Brooklyn is getting...
What you need to know about Nets' No. 29 pick C Day'Ron Sharpe in 2021 NBA Draft
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BY THE NUMBERS
Height: 6-foot-11
Weight: 265 pounds
Age: 19
Position: Center
School: UNC
2020 Stats (29 Games): 9.5 PPG, 1.4 APG, 7.6 RPG, 51.9 FG%, 50.5 FT%
BEGLEY'S INSTANT REACTION
Sharpe gives the Nets something they’ll need next season: Depth on the front line.
The 6-foot-11, 265-pound freshman averaged 7.6 rebounds in 19 minutes per game last year at North Carolina. Scouts were impressed by his motor/energy. It’s probably asking too much of Sharpe to crack the Nets’ rotation as a rookie.
But, in time, he and Nic Claxton can help fortify Brooklyn’s front line.
BUZZ ON SHARPE
NBA Draft Room: A powerful, bruising, interior-oriented big man who impacts all aspects of the game, from rebounding, defending in the lane and running the court. He’s a highly productive player who is too much for most college defenders to handle and his interior scoring ability is as good as there is in this draft class.
Tar Heel Blog: I think his success as an NBA player hinges on two (and a half) things: first, developing a counter for the baseline spin when it doesn’t get him under the basket as well as a reliable post move that doesn’t require being on the baseline, and second, getting comfortable in a stance on the perimeter (the half is consistently finishing as a roll man in PnR, but I think that’s already so close to true that it’s barely worth mentioning). If he can do those two things, along with all his other gifts, he’ll make an NBA team better off the bench and potentially as a starter down the line.