Top undrafted free agents

At the end of the 2017 NBA Draft, there were still a handful of interesting names available. As always.

We don’t know how the Raptors will have ranked these guys, but this exercise a year ago revealed Fred VanVleet as a potential target of the team ahead of Las Vegas Summer League, so I’m deeming it worthwhile again. The Raptors, after all, will have Summer League spots to fill (including an extra one since OG Anunoby won’t be playing), and the two new two-way contracts available to teams could make sense for undrafted free agents. Unfortunately, a lot of the really intriguing players that seemed to be slipping got scooped up eventually. Still, some decent fliers are out there.

Here are the top names still available, based on our weighted composite rankings:

Rank	Player	Ford	Express	O’Connor	Riddell	Vecenie	Pelton	Average	High	Low
42	Cameron Oliver	46	55	38	30	48	41	43.2	30	55
44	Johnathan Motley	40	39	41	47	36	99	45.9	36	47
49	Devin Robinson	45	49	37	45	52	94	50.0	37	52
54	P.J. Dozier	52	52	52	46	47	105	54.8	46	52
56	L.J. Peak	86	46	49	37	53	105	58.8	37	86
61	Derrick Walton Jr.	59	73		77	70	14	63.6	59	77
62	Andrew White	69	68	54	68	60	85	65.7	54	69
63	V.J. Beachem	66	67	55	76	67	64	66.0	55	76
65	Kobi Simmons	51	76		58	74	82	66.7	51	76
67	Alberto Abalde	105	48		66	63	55	68.8	48	105
68	Jeremy Morgan	68	105		78	55	10	69.1	55	105
69	Luke Kornet	71	69		87	78	27	70.8	69	87
70	Nigel Hayes	73	80		60	83	59	72.3	60	83
72	Eric Mika	63	82		81	84	57	75.2	63	84
73	Jonathan Jeanne	83	42		105	105	15	76.1	42	105
74	James Blackmon Jr.	84	83		86	76	29	76.3	76	86
75	Chris Boucher	56	86		93	97	24	76.4	56	97
76	Jake Wiley	105	63		71	69	87	78.1	63	105
77	Melo Trimble	77	84		83	81	54	78.2	77	84
79	Isaiah Briscoe	67	71		98	71	105	79.9	67	98
80	George de Paula	105	72		56	94		81.8	56	105

(Note: Oliver, Blackmon, and Boucher have already signed with Houston, Philly, and Golden State, respectively. Damn this stuff moves quick.)

And here’s a look at the list of undrafted players who the Raptors worked out in the pre-draft process:

Player	Date	Average	High	Low
Johnathan Motley	23-May	45.9	36	47
Devin Robinson	6-Jun	50.0	37	52
P.J. Dozier	5-Jun	54.8	46	52
Kobi Simmons	22-May	66.7	51	76
Nigel Hayes	7-Jun	72.3	60	83
Jonathan Jeanne	7-Jun	76.1	42	105
Isaiah Briscoe	23-May	79.9	67	98
Kennedy Meeks	5-Jun	85.6	65	105
Isaac Humphries	13-Jun	87.2	81	105
Antonius Cleveland	30-May	95.2	85	105
T.J. Williams	17-May	97.9	89	105
Troy Caupain	7-Jun	98.2	105	105
Austin Nichols	30-May	98.9	93	105
Chance Comanche	13-Jun	101.2	88	105
Xavier Rathan-Mayes	23-May	102.6	94	105
Dylan Ennis	17-May	#N/A	#N/A	#N/A
Jeremy Hollowell	17-May	#N/A	#N/A	#N/A
Rashawn Thomas	17-May	#N/A	#N/A	#N/A
Tyler Cavanaugh	18-May	#N/A	#N/A	#N/A
Sebastian Saiz	23-May	#N/A	#N/A	#N/A
Nate Britt	30-May	#N/A	#N/A	#N/A
Scoochie Smith	30-May	#N/A	#N/A	#N/A
Matt Jones	5-Jun	#N/A	#N/A	#N/A
Jordan Matthews	5-Jun	#N/A	#N/A	#N/A
Matt Thomas	5-Jun	#N/A	#N/A	#N/A
Justin Tuoyo	5-Jun	#N/A	#N/A	#N/A
J.J. Frazier	6-Jun	#N/A	#N/A	#N/A
Quinton Hooker	6-Jun	#N/A	#N/A	#N/A
Hassan Martin	6-Jun	#N/A	#N/A	#N/A
Paul Watson	6-Jun	#N/A	#N/A	#N/A
Kasey Hill	7-Jun	#N/A	#N/A	#N/A
Luke Fischer	7-Jun	#N/A	#N/A	#N/A
Seth Allen	13-Jun	#N/A	#N/A	#N/A
Naz Mitrou-Long	13-Jun	#N/A	#N/A	#N/A

Will any of these wind up on the roster in Vegas or, like VanVleet, earn a spot with the main team? It’s way too early to figure. The Raptors have done well by undrafted free agents in recent years, have earned a strong reputation for player development, and have a solid situation to offer undrafted free agents.

(As a side-note, it was rumored to be quite expensive to buy into the second round before the draft, and things played out that way. Golden State paid $3.5M for the No. 38 pick, and the Raptors only had $2.5M to offer in any deal. That probably could have gotten them a pick in the 50s, but maybe not the early-40s, and that would have been a hefty price once the juicy names started flying off the board.)