Warriors 2020 Draft Pick Tournament, Round 1 Final Results, Round 2 Upcoming

We scouted, you routed. Wait, that makes no sense.

We just wrapped up the first round of a Tournament to choose the Warriors 2020 Draft Pick and we’ll continue the second round in a couple of days. We presented scouting reports, and you voted. For details on how these prospects were selected and seeded, see the master tournament post.

First Round Results

I listed the final weighted vote percentages (LGW comment votes = 10 Twitter votes), but also put a * next to the winner of the LGW comment vote

• 1. Anthony Edwards* vs 16. Tyrell Terry (85.6% - 14.4%). Some question marks for Edwards for the voters, but more for Terry.

• 2. LaMelo Ball* vs 15. R.J. Hampton (72.2% - 27.8%). There’s not exactly a huge groundswell of support for Hampton, so this is more of a public no-confidence vote in LaMelo. I think LaMelo is ripe for a second round upset.

• 3. Killian Hayes* vs 14. Kira Lewis Jr. (79.6% - 20.4%) The lowest voting round. People didn’t have strong feelings either way about these two, and Hayes may also be upset next round.

• 4. Obi Toppin vs 13. Saddiq Bey* (56.9% - 43.1%). Twitter for Obi, but massive support for Bey at LGW made this a close one.

• 5. James Wiseman vs 12. Aaron Nesmith*. (67.2% - 32.8%) Massive LGW support for Nesmith cannot overcome Twitter support for Wiseman.

• 6. Onyeka Okongwu* vs 11. Cole Anthony. (81.8% - 18.2%).

• 7. Isaac Okoro vs 10. Devin Vassell*. (39.2% - 60.8%). Our first upset!!

• 8. Tyrese Haliburton* vs 9. Deni Avdija (71.9% - 28.1%). A close vote on Twitter, a landslide for Haliburton on LGW.

My personal ballot goes:

• Edwards, reluctantly, over Terry

• LaMelo, very reluctantly, over Hampton

• Hayes, lukewarm, over Lewis

• Toppin over Bey

• Nesmith over Wiseman

• Okongwu over Anthony

• Vassell over Okoro

• Haliburton over Avdija

Second Round Matchups

I can definitely imagine some upsets are coming…

• 1. Anthony Edwards vs 8. Tyrese Haliburton

• 2. LaMelo Ball vs 10. Devin Vassell

• 3. Killian Hayes vs 6. Onyeka Okongwu

• 4. Obi Toppin vs 5. James Wiseman

Next round starts in a couple of days! See you soon…