Sixers Prospect Watch: Jahmi’us Ramsey
The Sixers have the 21st pick this year, and their selection will be pivotal to not only a very important offseason but also to the type of team Doc Rivers will want to work with as he begins the next phase of his coaching career with the 76ers.
Doc Rivers was a defensive standout during his playing days and that carried over to how he coaches, valuing defense much more than most modern-NBA teams. With this in mind, expect the Sixers to strongly target Jahmi’us Ramsey with their first-round selection, a 6-foot-4, 195-pound guard out of Texas Tech with a 6-foot-6 wingspan that helps him be a strong perimeter defender. Pairing Ramsey up with another defensively oriented young player like Matisse Thybulle will give the Sixers a strong foundation for a team coached by a defensive-minded head coach like Doc Rivers.
The Sixers have struggled to score from outside the 3-point line in recent years, and Ramsey would offer yet another young player who can help with that problem. Shooting 42.6% from three in his freshman year at Texas Tech, he established himself as one of the premier perimeter threats in the nation.
As their roster is built now, Ramsey could potentially become the most reliable shooter the Sixers have had since JJ Redick.
If the Sixers were to acquire Ramsey, they’d be getting a promising 3-and-D wing that would work well with Doc Rivers’ style of coaching and fundamental values.
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