Pelicans Select Jeremiah Fears With The 7th Overall Pick

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00:00the pick is in as well for the new orleans pelicans at seventh overall made official now the guy that

00:06kevin was just in uh talking about influenced by ace bailey with the seventh overall pick in the

00:132025 nba draft the pelicans select jeremiah fears out of oklahoma so jy as kev was alluding to over

00:22his draft position prop of five and a half closing in the betting market as a minus 195 favorite to

00:28be the fifth overall pick he has to wait but just ever so slightly goes seventh to the big easy what

00:35did the peles just get with the freshman from oklahoma well i think they got a silky smooth

00:39point guard that can run your offense and lead your offense but also can score with the addition of

00:44jordan pool and the trade for cj mccullum this selection makes perfect sense you slide them

00:50into the point guard spot jordan pool can be your score can still score the ball jeremiah but doesn't

00:54have to be this you know 18 19 20 point game score like he was in oklahoma so good pickup there good

01:00backcourt jordan pool in the long term college should be there for a while good pickup here for

01:04new orleans pelicans jeremiah fears a bit of everything last year in norman for porter moser in

01:09his lone year playing for the sooners average 17 points per game four dimes four boards a steel point

01:16six per game as well the only d1 freshman in the entirety of the country a season ago to average 17

01:22four four and at least a steel and a half per game also average nearly 23 points per game

01:28in the final nine games now of his collegiate basketball career at oklahoma so the slide on

01:34jeremiah fears very very brief he goes seventh overall to the new orleans pelicans despite being

01:40a minus money favorite to be a top five pick