Washington Wizards Draft Prospects: Perth Wildcats Center Alexandre Sarr

Breaking down the top ten draft prospects for the Washington Wizards over the next ten weeks.

As the season continues to drown into misery for the Washington Wizards, it's safe to say we can start looking forward towards the NBA draft.

For the Wizards, this season was really always about the future, not many people figured that they would be any good this year.

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Saying that let's move on to the first draft prospect for the 2024 draft: Perth Wildcats center Alex Sarr.

Sarr plays for the Wildcats of the Australian National Basketball League.

Originally from Bordeaux, France, Sarr has also played in America already when he played in the Overtime Elite league for two years in Atlanta, Georgia.

After signing with Perth, he has flown up the draft boards and as of now, he is the consensus number one overall pick in mock drafts.

Alex Sarr, our new projected No. 1 pick, plays a compact, efficient role for Perth, with plenty of freedom to demonstrate his versatile skill set pushing off the glass, as a facilitator, making shots dynamically, and showing excellent footwork and touch as a finisher. pic.twitter.com/BsHtCB7GCT

— Jonathan Givony (@DraftExpress) January 2, 2024

Sarr has shown his elite upside this year and has an extremely high ceiling, probably the highest of anyone in this draft.

He is 7-1 and weighs in over 200 pounds, he still has room to grow but at only 18 he is well built.

This season he is averaging 9.6 points per game, four rebounds and one steal in just under 18 minutes played per game but is currently sidelined with a hip strain.

Shooting has been a struggle this year as he is only making 29 percent of his three-pointers and 61 percent of his free throws.

Bilal Coulibaly with NBA commissioner Adam Silver after being selected seventh by the Indiana Pacers in the first round of the 2023 NBA Draft at Barclays Arena / Mandatory Credit: Wendell Cruz-USA TODAY Sports

The shooting is improving though and with NBA instruction, Sarr can turn into a decent threat that at least commands attention as a pick-and-pop big, but it is doubtful he will ever turn into a really effective shooter from outside.

Watching his tape, you see Sarr can really move, he runs the floor just about as well as you can ask and is an effective finisher in transition.

In the pick-and-roll he has great hands, great footwork and finishes strong, but in the NBA, teams will make him pay at the free throw line, so it is imperative he improves from the line.

Sarr isn't the greatest facilitator but has shown ability to find the open man when double-teamed.

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The most impressive part of Sarr's game is his length on the defensive end, which is of course intriguing for Washington fans with how porous the interior defense is.

Sarr would get playing time immediately for the Wizards and fit right beside his French countrymate Washington guard Bilal Coulibaly, which could form a very scary pick-and-roll tandem in the future.

Next week we will look into the University of Colorado forward Cody Williams.

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