After selecting Kansas guard Ochai Agbaji with the No. 14 pick in the 2022 NBA Draft, the Cleveland Cavaliers continued to bolster their roster Thursday when they took 6-foot-11 center Khalifa Diop at No. 39.

Here’s a quick analysis of Diop’s strengths, weaknesses and his fit in Cleveland.

A big with an elite frame. He’s been on the NBA radar for a while now. Great size at 6-foot-11 with a wingspan in the range of 7-foot-3. Has the frame of a legitimate NBA rim-running big. Has enormous shoulders that make you think he could add real strength in a short time. He also plays hard. Consistently puts himself in the middle of the action for tap-outs and tip-ins on the glass. Think that’s probably where he is best right now. He runs out on the break looking for passes from his guards either as a trailer or filling lanes.

Offensively, Diop’s best skill outside of his motor is that he sets excellent screens. He always works hard to make contact, and he is excellent and flipping and reversing screens to try to get his man a bit of an advantage. He’s also a smart roller and a relatively effective finisher. He is really savvy with his shot selection and generally only takes the ones he can finish. He has good touch around the basket and goes through contact with relative ease.  I also love his roll versatility. He’s comfortable rolling all the way to the rim or cutting it short and drawing a man toward him to pass or to dribble and finish inside. He’s not a great passer yet, but he has some instinct for reading the help-side man. — Sam Vecenie

I don’t find him to be a particularly wild athlete with a lot of twitch. He has a bit of vertical pop off two feet, but he typically has to really load into it. He’s not all that quick off his feet. You see that most with his finishing numbers: He makes about 60 percent of his shots at the rim in half-court settings, not a great number for a true rim runner. You also see it with him in ball screens. Plays very upright. His instincts are not great away from the rim right now. His use of angles is poor, and if you catch him leaning the wrong way, it’s hard for him to get back into the play. Gets caught in no-man’s land between the roller and the ballhandler far too regularly. Also generally don’t love his instincts as a shot blocker and rim protector.

It’s way too easy to get him out of the play with fakes because he’s overaggressive. I also have some real worries with his hands. They aren’t horrible, but there are a lot of times where he doesn’t seem to come down cleanly with the ball. This is where the turnovers come up for him. He has a high turnover rate for someone with this limited of a role. Given how much of his role comes down to catching and finishing, I have some substantial concerns about this being a real issue for his long-term prospects.

Diop also is not a shooter, and I don’t really buy the jumper getting better. Doesn’t seem to have great touch. His balance is all over the place and a mess. His legs go flying everywhere if there is any sort of movement involved. Additionally, his shot is on a straight line toward the rim. — Vecenie

It’s an interesting choice for the Cavs at No. 39, but Diop could provide relief as a backup center behind Jarrett Allen. After Allen’s injury towards the end of the season, Cleveland struggled in the frontcourt without Allen’s level of rim protection and rebounding. The Cavs used Evan Mobley, Kevin Love, Lauri Markkanen and Moses Brown to help fill in, but the team wasn’t the same defensively without Allen. At 6-foot-11, Diop brings height and size at center, which could prove useful for Cleveland.

The Cavs could also technically use Diop as a draft-and-stash player. Considering their tight roster space, that type of move could make sense.

The 20-year-old played for Gran Canaria in Spain in the 2021-22 season. He averaged 14 points, 9.4 rebounds and 1.7 blocks while representing Senegal at the 2021 FIBA U19 Basketball World Cup. — Kelsey Russo 

Diop is a potential stash in the back 10 picks of the draft just because his size and frame make him an intriguing player, but I’m a bit skeptical that he’s got real NBA upside until his positioning improves, his hands improve, his instincts as a rim protector improve and he becomes more capable of staying in the play regularly. He is playing real minutes in a high-level professional league, and that is worth considering, but this is a pure second-round stash play, and I don’t know that he’d be at the top of my list in that regard.  — Vecenie

Russo: Cavs draft Kansas’ Ochai Agbaji No 14: Scouting report and how he fits Latest draft coverage: 2022 NBA Draft live tracker, results Vecenie and Hollinger: Pick-by-pick analysis

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