People (and some scouts) have soured on Young, with the Oklahoma point guard struggling mightily over the second half of the season. Big 12 defenses began to figure him out, shots stopped falling at their inevitably unsustainable rate, and the rest of his team coudn’t provide much assistance.
Still, Young is an elite talent and should remain the top point guard on everybody’s draft board. Not only is his shooting range a unique weapon, but he’s an advanced facilitator with the ability to break down defenses and set up teammates in a way Collin Sexton and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander can’t yet replicate.
The Magic need a point guard of the future. Sexton has definitely put himself in that coversation, but Young’s ceiling as an elite shot-maker and primary distributor could push Orlando to pull the trigger.