Chart: Best shooting guards in the 2013 NBA draft

June 23, 2013 at 2:04AM
Victor Oladipo of the Indiana Hoosiers in action against the Michigan State Spartans on February 19, 2013 at the Breslin Center, East Lansing, Michigan. Indiana won the game 72-68.(AP Photo/Bruce Schwartzman) ORG XMIT: NYWWP
Victor Oladipo of the Indiana Hoosiers in action against the Michigan State Spartans on February 19, 2013 at the Breslin Center, East Lansing, Michigan. Indiana won the game 72-68.(AP Photo/Bruce Schwartzman) ORG XMIT: NYWWP (The Minnesota Star Tribune)

The Wolves need a traditional-sized shooting guard. Here are the top ones in the draft:

Victor Oladipo

Indiana, 6-4¼, age 20

Draft range: Top 5

Comment: Freakishly athletic, great motor and defender, but will he shoot and score well enough to become a big star?

Ben McLemore

Kansas, 6-4¾, age 20

Draft range: Top 5

Comment: Fluid athlete and effortless three-point shooter who has been compared to longtime NBA sharpshooter Ray Allen, but can he assert himself enough to reach All-Star status?

C.J. McCollum

Lehigh, 6-3¼, age 21

Draft range: 6 through 12

Comment: Explosive scorer with great shooting range, but perhaps more a scoring point guard than full-time shooting guard. Is he, dare we ask, the next Steph Curry?

Kentavious Caldwell-Pope

Georgia, 6-5½, age 20

Draft range: 9 through 15

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Comment: Prototypical-sized shooting guard who has a quick shot with deep range and also can and will defend. He has been a fast riser up draft boards, probably all the way to No. 9.

Shabazz Muhammad

UCLA, 6-6½, age 20

Draft range: 7 through 16

Comment: Natural left-handed scorer who overpowered opponents as a prep star, he is perhaps the draft's most polarizing player. Like Russian prospect Sergey Karasev, he's also more small forward than shooting guard.

Names for Wolves to consider at No. 26: California's Alan Crabbe, Providence's Ricky Ledo, North Carolina's Reggie Bullock, Michigan's Tim Hardaway Jr., Georgia Tech's Glen Rice Jr., New Mexico's Tony Snell, Kentucky's Archie Goodwin, Spain's Alex Abrines.


Phoenix Suns draft prospect Ben McLemore, of Kansas, prepares to speak with the media, Wednesday, June 5, 2013, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Matt York) ORG XMIT: AZMY106
Phoenix Suns draft prospect Ben McLemore, of Kansas, prepares to speak with the media, Wednesday, June 5, 2013, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Matt York) ORG XMIT: AZMY106 (The Minnesota Star Tribune)
FILE - Lehigh's C.J. McCollum (3) shoots over Pittsburgh's Talib Zanna in the second half of their NCAA college basketball game in the NIT Season Tip-Off tournament, in this Nov. 13, 2012 file photo taken in Pittsburgh. As the college basketball season nears its midpoint, the player of year honor appears to be up for grabs with roughly two dozen players who could be considered the best in the country.C.J. McCollum is among a Pick 6 of players having outstanding seasons so far. (AP Photo/Keith Sr
FILE - Lehigh's C.J. McCollum (3) shoots over Pittsburgh's Talib Zanna in the second half of their NCAA college basketball game in the NIT Season Tip-Off tournament, in this Nov. 13, 2012 file photo taken in Pittsburgh. As the college basketball season nears its midpoint, the player of year honor appears to be up for grabs with roughly two dozen players who could be considered the best in the country.C.J. McCollum is among a Pick 6 of players having outstanding seasons so far. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic, File) ORG XMIT: NY115 (The Minnesota Star Tribune)
Georgia guard Kentavious Caldwell-Pope is appealing because he is more than just a standstill shooter and, at 6-6, has the size to defend.
Mississippi guard Jarvis Summers (32) tries to steal the ball from Georgia guard Kentavious Caldwell-Pope (1) in the second half of their NCAA college basketball game in Oxford, Miss., Saturday, Feb. 16, 2013. Mississippi won 84-74. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis) ORG XMIT: MSRS106 (Associated Press/The Minnesota Star Tribune)
Shabazz Muhammad
Shabazz Muhammad of the UCLA Bruins in action against the Arizona State Sun Devils January 26, 2013, Wells Fargo Arena, Tempe, Arizona. Arizona State won the game 78-60(AP Photo/Bruce Schwartzman) ORG XMIT: NYWWP (The Minnesota Star Tribune)
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