Syracuse’s Wes Johnson Declares For The NBA Draft, Where He’ll Be A Lottery Pick

With the news that Wes Johnson will indeed depart upstate New York and ply his trade in the NBA next season, SB Nation’s Syracuse blog, Troy Nunes Is An Absolute Magician, rreflects on Johnson’s impactful, albeit brief, career for the Orange:

In an unsurprising move, junior Syracuse swingman Wes Johnson has declared for the NBA Draft, according to the Syracuse Post-Standard.

The 6’7”, 195-pound Johnson was the Big East Player of the Year, after pacing the Orange to the Big East regular season title with his 16.5 points and 8.5 rebounds per game. The athletic, versatile Johnson figures to line up as a small forward in the pros, where his 41.5% three-point shooting last season makes him a very valuable commodity. So valuable, in fact, that most draft projections have him solidly in the lottery, and perhaps even in the top-five of what figures to be a deep draft. ESPN’s Chad Ford lists Johnson as the 5th-best prospect in this year’s class, while Draft Express has him 8th and NBADraft.net ranks him 4th.