Though I am a huge college basketball fan, I didn't really see most of the guys projected to be available to us enough times to comment on them at length.

Fortunately, one of the beautiful things about this here Internet is there are many blogs out there that follow these guys all year long and can give insight into what kinds of players they are and what they are capable of becoming.

When you draft at #19, it can be tough to gauge which players will still be available. Therefore, we'll be previewing some players that could be intriguing to the team, even if in the end they end up going much higher or much lower than where the Hawks make their selection.

We continue the series with one of the many point guards predicted to go in the first round, North Carolina junior Ty Lawson.

Our guest expert today is Brian from Tar Heel Fan:

Ty Lawson:
Draft Express profile

How he got here: McDonalds All-American from Clinton, MD via Oak Hill Academy. Rated the #1 PG in the HS class of 2006. Became the starting PG at UNC early in his freshman year. During his junior season, was named ACC Player of the Year and won the Bob Cousy Award given to the nation's best college basketball PG.

Strengths: Quick and strong. Lawson possesses incredible speed and used it to run the most potent fast break in college basketball. Lawson also has great upper body strength and the uncanny ability to hang in the air and get a shot up against taller defenders, especially around the basket. Nearly as important as those two attributes is his ridiculous A/TO ratio. During his junior season, Lawson posted an A/TO of 3.48. That in itself is incredible, more so considering the tempo the Tar Heel played. Lawson also became a reliable shooter from the perimeter hitting 48% of his threes this past season to go along with an over FG% of 53%.

Weaknesses: Lawson's height might be an issue. He stands 5-11 and did have issues playing against bigger guards, especially on the defensive side of the ball. UNC dealt with multiple combo guards who put up 30+ point games throughout the season. Lawson has also been tagged as injury prone and had his toughness questioned. Some felt Lawson took too much time to recover from an ankle injury suffered last February and those same detractors piped up once more after a toe injury just before the 2nd Duke game this season. Where the toe was concerned, it appeared that Lawson dispatched the toughness questions but the general propensity for injury remains a concern seeing it happened two straight seasons.

Why Hawks fans should want him: Lawson runs the break extremely well and would do a great job feeding a team's primary scorers but also hitting his own shots if necessary. Lawson also was a major cog on a national title team proving he is a winner. In the three years Lawson was at UNC, the Tar Heels went 101-15 capped off by dominating the 2009 NCAA Tournament.

What might give Hawks fans pause: The injuries/toughness questions probably stick out the most. Lawson's height and questions of whether his game will be effective in the NBA also come to mind.

What (if any) current player he reminds you of: UNC fans most often compare Lawson to former Tar Heel and current Charlotte Bobcat Raymond Felton. Incindentally Lawson and Felton had similar career archs at UNC in terms of their production. The general consensus among Tar Heel fans is that Lawson ended up being better that Felton. If that happens in the NBA, whoever snags Lawson will be getting a solid PG.