NC State Basketball
Cat Barber #23 ACC NBA Prospect
DraftExpress ranked the Top 31 NBA prospects in the ACC, and they ranked NC State point guard 23rd. Here is a breakdown of the Top 31 ACC NBA prospects.
- Brandon Ingram – Duke
- Demetrius Jackson – Notre Dame
- Justin Jackson – UNC
- Chinanu Onuaku – Louisville
- Grayson Allen – Duke
- Derryck Thornton – Duke
- Kennedy Meeks – UNC
- Theo Pinson – UNC
- Chase Jeter – Duke
- Luke Kennard – Duke
- Malcolm Brogdon – UVA
- Donovan Mitchell – Louisville
- Brice Johnson – UNC
- Michael Gbinije – Syracuse
- Tyler Lydon – Syracuse
- Xavier Rathan-Mayes – FSU
- Dwayne Bacon – FSU
- Marcus Paige – UNC
- Zach Auguste – Notre Dame
- Mike Tobey – UVA
- Sheldon McClellan – Miami
- V.J. Beachem – Notre Dame
- Cat Barber – NC State
- Damion Lee – Louisville
- Steve Vasturia – Notre Dame
- Davon Reed – Miami
- Donte Grantham – Clemson
- Jaron Blossomgame – Clemson
- Konstantinos Mitoglou – Wake Forest
- Jalen Hudson – Virginia Tech
- Jamel Artis – Pittsburgh
Here is a small excerpt of what DraftExpress had to say about Barber.
After dealing with some difficult circumstances off the floor, Cat Barber showed scouts what he was capable of at the collegiate level with a surge in his confidence and production late in the year. As a junior, he must do the same and more, continuing to display his versatile skill set while improving as a distributor. Barber’s frame may limit his potential at the next level, but he shows elite quickness and his ability to operate out of the pick-and-roll should draw NBA interest if he can become more consistent. Regardless of his prospects at this stage, North Carolina State will need Cat Barber more than ever during his junior season and scouts will be watching to see if he can rise to the occasion. (DraftExpress)
Hopefully this will eliminate talk that Cat will jump to the NBA after his junior year (never understood why you’d push one of your best players to bounce). Just because we have a game-changing PG recruit coming in doesn’t mean they can’t coexist for a single season.