3 Players Blazers must draft in second round after landing Donovan Clingan

The Blazers should target these three players with their No. 34 and No. 40 second-round picks.
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2. Cam Christie, Minnesota

If they don't select Kansas' Johnny Furphy, another excellent shooter that should go towards the top of the second round is Minnesota Gophers' Cam Christie, brother of Los Angeles Lakers' Max Christie. The Trail Blazers should consider Cam as a draft-day sleeper due to his pure shooting ability, connecting on 39.1 percent of his attempts his freshman season.

He's more of a flier as one of the youngest prospects in the class at 18 years old. But the Blazers desperately need to add more floor spacing in the draft and didn't address the need with the No. 7 overall selection of UConn center Donovan Clingan. Christie could get minutes right away due to his shooting, but the appeal for him with Portland in the second round is his upside as a two-way guard with the potential to be a playmaker who can also create shots off the dribble.

Christie has solid positional size at 6-foot-5, and due to his age and shooting ability, he is worth the Blazers taking a stab at in the second round, especially since they have two picks. He'd be a great role player to bring off the bench to complement the Blazers' future backcourt of Scoot Henerson and Shaedon Sharpe, who prefer to attack the paint and thrive when the floor is spaced for them to operate in isolation situations.