4 potential Miami Heat draft targets in the Oregon – Kansas game

Dillon Brooks, SF/PF, Oregon

The highest-rated prospect (per DX, at least) in this Elite Eight bout is Oregon’s Dillon Brooks. The junior swing forward is one of the most efficient players in college basketball, shooting 50.1 percent from the floor, 41.2 percent from three and 74.2 percent from the foul line.

Brooks is merely 6-foot-7, meaning he’s undersized to play power forward full time at the NBA level. But what he lacks in stature, he makes up for by being a mismatch nightmare against traditional 4s.

Here’s an excellent breakdown from the incomparable draft gurus at DX.

Brooks’ potential fit on the Heat would be intriguing. He plays a position of need, and could give Miami an extremely versatile 3-4 punch if he became a starter next to Justise Winslow. Brooks can knock down threes at an above-average clip, distribute from the wing, and do the dirty work head coach Erik Spoelstra covets from his players.

Through the first three games of the tourney, Brooks is converting 40 percent of this triples while averaging 16.3 points, 5.0 rebounds and 3.0 assists.

DX has him as the 36th pick in the draft, but if he takes Oregon on a Final Four run, Brooks’ stock will only continue to rise.