Turn in your mock draft

[Volans19]

The draft is now only a week away so let's see where everyone is with their mocks. You should turn in at least your top 10 but if you want to go all 30.

-------PLEASE TAKE INTO ACCOUNT ROSTER FIT---------

1. Wolves - Towns
2. Lakers - Okafor
3. Sixers - Russel
4. Kincks - Porzingis
5. Magic - WCS
6. Kings - Muiday
7. Nuggets - Hezonga
8. Pistons - Winslow
9. Hornets - Booker
10. Heat - Stanley Johnson
11. Pacers - Payne
12. Jazz - Oubre
13. Suns - Kaminsky
14. OKC - Myles Turner
15. Hawks - Dekker
16. Boston - Trey Lyles
17. Bucks - Portis
18. Rockets - Tyus Jones

[Camden [enjin:6601484]]

This is what I think will happen; not what I would select for each team in their best interest. Also, this mock does not take into account potential trades.

1. MIN - K. Towns
2. LAL - J. Okafor
3. PHI - D. Russell
4. NYK - K. Porzingis
5. ORL - J. Winslow
6. SAC - E. Mudiay
7. DEN - M. Hezonja
8. DET - W. Cauley-Stein
9. CHA - D. Booker
10. MIA - S. Johnson
11. IND - F. Kaminsky
12. UTA - M. Turner
13. PHO - K. Oubre
14. OKC - C. Payne
15. ATL - B. Portis

[Volans19]

This is what I think will happen; not what I would select for each team in their best interest. Also, this mock does not take into account potential trades.

1. MIN - K. Towns
2. LAL - J. Okafor
3. PHI - D. Russell
4. NYK - K. Porzingis
5. ORL - J. Winslow
6. SAC - E. Mudiay
7. DEN - M. Hezonja
8. DET - W. Cauley-Stein
9. CHA - D. Booker
10. MIA - S. Johnson
11. IND - F. Kaminsky
12. UTA - M. Turner
13. PHO - K. Oubre
14. OKC - C. Payne
15. ATL - B. Portis

Do you think that the Pistons would play WCS next to Drummond or back him up?

I think that the Jazz and the Magic are in an interesting position here, they already have young players at every position. Are they going to draft for need or just pick best player available?

[TAFKASP]

1. MIN - TheSP
2. LAL - Fold
3. PHI - Fold
4. NYK - Fold
5. ORL - Fold
6. SAC - Fold
7. DEN - Fold
8. DET - Fold
9. CHA - Fold
10. MIA - Fold
11. IND - Fold
12. UTA - Fold
13. PHO - Fold
14. OKC - Fold
15. ATL - Fold

[Coolbreeze44]

1. MIN - TheSP
2. LAL - Fold
3. PHI - Fold
4. NYK - Fold
5. ORL - Fold
6. SAC - Fold
7. DEN - Fold
8. DET - Fold
9. CHA - Fold
10. MIA - Fold
11. IND - Fold
12. UTA - Fold
13. PHO - Fold
14. OKC - Fold
15. ATL - Fold

I had it that way too.

[Monster]

1. MIN - TheSP
2. LAL - Fold
3. PHI - Fold
4. NYK - Fold
5. ORL - Fold
6. SAC - Fold
7. DEN - Fold
8. DET - Fold
9. CHA - Fold
10. MIA - Fold
11. IND - Fold
12. UTA - Fold
13. PHO - Fold
14. OKC - Fold
15. ATL - Fold

I had it that way too.

For a second there I thought the Lakers we're getting Sam Fuld.

[Camden [enjin:6601484]]

This is what I think will happen; not what I would select for each team in their best interest. Also, this mock does not take into account potential trades.

1. MIN - K. Towns
2. LAL - J. Okafor
3. PHI - D. Russell
4. NYK - K. Porzingis
5. ORL - J. Winslow
6. SAC - E. Mudiay
7. DEN - M. Hezonja
8. DET - W. Cauley-Stein
9. CHA - D. Booker
10. MIA - S. Johnson
11. IND - F. Kaminsky
12. UTA - M. Turner
13. PHO - K. Oubre
14. OKC - C. Payne
15. ATL - B. Portis

Do you think that the Pistons would play WCS next to Drummond or back him up?

I think that the Jazz and the Magic are in an interesting position here, they already have young players at every position. Are they going to draft for need or just pick best player available?

I think SVG would play Cauley-Stein behind Drummond for the most part, similar to the Howard and Gortat situation he had in Orlando. Maybe they could play together when they need a stop considering Cauley-Stein could guard 4s. I think it's almost written in stone that Monroe is gone. He's also the BPA in my situation there. Ilyasova could play with both.

Orlando's likely to take a wing, I think. Harris is a FA and they have four core guys outside of SF. They could play Gordon there, but they already have a non-shooter at PG and Dipo's improved, but not a huge threat there either. Payton-Oladipo-Winslow-Gordon-Vucevic looks very, very solid.

Utah's going to go BPA. They tend to stick to that model pretty well. They also have a lot of their key guys locked up moving forward so they can afford to do that.

[TheFuture]

1. Wolves - Towns
2. Lakers - Okafor
3. Sixers - Winslow
4. Kincks - Russell
5. Magic - Porzingis
6. Kings - Mudiay
7. Nuggets - Hezonja
8. Pistons - Stanley Johnson
9. Hornets - WCS
10. Heat - Booker
11. Pacers - Payne
12. Jazz - Oubre
13. Suns - Myles Turner
14. OKC - Kaminsky
15. Hawks - Portis
16. Boston - Dekker
17. Bucks - Trey Lyles
18. Rockets - Tyus Jones

[Camden [enjin:6601484]]

Russell and Porzingis are pretty much the only guys I see with a chance at going to Philly. Winslow doesn't have the ceilings those two have.

[TheFuture]

Russell and Porzingis are pretty much the only guys I see with a chance at going to Philly. Winslow doesn't have the ceilings those two have.

I agree on russells ceiling but I am almost positive porzingis will be a bust.

As for the pick, I believe philly chooses Winslow or hezonja.

I recently read that Russell stated he does not want to play for philly, which doesn't hold a ton of value but it would be yet another distraction there that I don't think they willingly invite. Complete Speculation, yes.

My main reasoning is the article that I believe LST posted awhile back about the way the philly front office goes about choosing players. Their motto has been defense first, athleticism, length, and then shooting.

Winslow and hezonja offer all of that at a position of possibly greater need. Russell provides a lot, but not much on defense at this point. their current pg, wroten I believe, shows promise.