Milwaukee Bucks NBA Draft Prospect Watch: Jahmi’us Ramsey

Fit with the Bucks

It goes without saying that the Bucks will value floor spacers and highly proficient 3-point shooters as their foundation is currently constructed.

Ramsey fits that bill as he showed during his time at Texas Tech and as we previously covered, there’s enough intrigue on the defensive side of the ball that creates the picture or vision of the Texas native being a passable defender in time, at minimum.

But as some draft evaluators have asked in regard to where Ramsey’s development stands, especially in light of his declaration for the draft, is the value of his shooting abilities enough to stand on at the NBA level?

Certainly Bucks fans will have some panic flashbacks when seeing the Rashad Vaughn comparison that The Athletic’s Sam Vecenie ($) made in a past mock draft of his. There are some differences in comparing the games of both players, but Ramsey obviously fits the same profile and 3-point sharpshooter skill set that has clear deficiencies elsewhere offensively.

There’s a fine line between being a lethal shooter and elite shot-maker and Ramsey certainly dabbled between those two types of roles in the best sense at Texas Tech, enough to the point where he’s largely been viewed as a first-round pick this draft.

Ramsey’s gifted scoring and shooting ability obviously has value in the NBA, whether it’s as a Sixth Man/spark plug scorer off the bench. And being paired with a dominant lead ball handler, like Bucks superstar Giannis Antetokounmpo, would work well, given how dynamic of an off-ball shooter Ramsey stands as currently.

But the big question is whether the Bucks believe Ramsey’s secondary skills and defensive aptitude hold enough water to be picked in the first round, and there’s enough skepticism there to believe they would look elsewhere.