Minnesota Sports Forum

First Round
1 Ben Simmons SF/PF
19 yrs; 6'10"; 239 lbs.
LSU, Fr
2 Brandon Ingram SF
18 yrs; 6'9"; 196 lbs.
Duke, Fr
3 Marquese Chriss PF
18 yrs; 6'10"; 233 lbs.
Washington, Fr
4 Dragan Bender PF
18 yrs; 7'1"; 225 lbs.
Maccabi Tel Aviv, Intl
5 Kris Dunn PG
22 yrs; 6'4"; 205 lbs.
Providence, Jr
6 Buddy Hield SG
22 yrs; 6'5"; 212 lbs.
Oklahoma, Sr
7 Jaylen Brown SG/SF
19 yrs; 6'7"; 223 lbs.
California, Fr
8 Jamal Murray PG/SG
19 yrs; 6'5"; 201 lbs.
Kentucky, Fr
9 Jakob Poeltl C
20 yrs; 7'1"; 239 lbs.
Utah, Soph
10 Wade Baldwin PG
20 yrs; 6'4"; 202 lbs.
Vanderbilt, Soph
11 Skal Labissiere PF/C
20 yrs; 7'0"; 216 lbs.
Kentucky, Fr
12 Timothe Luwawu SG/SF
21 yrs; 6'7"; 205 lbs.
Mega Leks, Intl
13 Deyonta Davis PF/C
19 yrs; 6'11"; 237 lbs.
Michigan St, Fr
14 Furkan Korkmaz SG
18 yrs; 6'7"; 185 lbs.
Anadolu Efes, Intl
15 Henry Ellenson PF
19 yrs; 6'11"; 242 lbs.
Marquette, Fr
16 Taurean Prince SF
21 yrs; 6'8"; 220 lbs.
Baylor, Sr
17 Demetrius Jackson PG
21 yrs; 6'2"; 194 lbs.
Notre Dame, Jr
18 Domantas Sabonis PF/C
20 yrs; 6'10"; 231 lbs.
Gonzaga, Soph
19 Damian Jones C
20 yrs; 7'0"; 244 lbs.
Vanderbilt, Jr
20 Denzel Valentine SG
22 yrs; 6'6"; 210 lbs.
Michigan St, Sr
21 Ante Zizic C
19 yrs; 6'11"; 240 lbs.
Cibona Zagreb, Intl
22 Ivica Zubac C
19 yrs; 7'1"; 265 lbs.
Mega Leks, Intl
23 Cheick Diallo PF/C
19 yrs; 6'9"; 219 lbs.
Kansas, Fr
24 Tyler Ulis PG
20 yrs; 5'10"; 149 lbs.
Kentucky, Soph
25 Juan Hernangomez SF/PF
20 yrs; 6'9"; 220 lbs.
Estudiantes, Intl
26 Petr Cornelie PF
20 yrs; 6'11"; 220 lbs.
Le Mans, Intl
27 Brice Johnson PF
21 yrs; 6'11"; 209 lbs.
North Carolina, Sr
28 DeAndre Bembry SF
21 yrs; 6'6"; 207 lbs.
Saint Joseph's, Jr
29 Zhou Qi C
20 yrs; 7'2"; 218 lbs.
Xinjiang, Intl
30 Malik Beasley SG
19 yrs; 6'5"; 190 lbs.
Florida St, Fr


Second Round
1 Malachi Richardson SG
20 yrs; 6'6"; 200 lbs.
Syracuse, Fr
2 Thon Maker PF
19 yrs; 7'1"; 225 lbs.
, HS Sr
3 Dejounte Murray PG/SG
19 yrs; 6'5"; 170 lbs.
Washington, Fr
4 Diamond Stone C
19 yrs; 6'10"; 254 lbs.
Maryland, Fr
5 Guerschon Yabusele PF
20 yrs; 6'8"; 270 lbs.
Rouen, Intl
6 Stephen Zimmerman C
19 yrs; 7'0"; 234 lbs.
UNLV, Fr
7 Rade Zagorac SF
20 yrs; 6'9"; 205 lbs.
Mega Leks, Intl
8 Chinanu Onuaku C
19 yrs; 6'10"; 245 lbs.
Louisville, Soph
9 Isaia Cordinier SG
19 yrs; 6'5"; 177 lbs.
Denain, Intl
10 Patrick McCaw SG
20 yrs; 6'7"; 181 lbs.
UNLV, Soph
11 Malcolm Brogdon SG
23 yrs; 6'6"; 223 lbs.
Virginia, Sr
12 A.J. Hammons C
23 yrs; 7'0"; 278 lbs.
Purdue, Sr
13 Paul Zipser SF
22 yrs; 6'8"; 210 lbs.
Bayern Muenchen, Intl
14 Robert Carter PF
22 yrs; 6'9"; 251 lbs.
Maryland, Jr
15 Ben Bentil PF
21 yrs; 6'8"; 229 lbs.
Providence, Soph
16 Caris LeVert PG/SG
21 yrs; 6'7"; 191 lbs.
Michigan, Sr
17 Wayne Selden SG
21 yrs; 6'6"; 232 lbs.
Kansas, Jr
18 Gary Payton II PG
23 yrs; 6'3"; 184 lbs.
Oregon St, Sr
19 Jake Layman SF
22 yrs; 6'9"; 209 lbs.
Maryland, Sr
20 Georgios Papagiannis C
18 yrs; 7'2"; 240 lbs.
Panathinaikos, Intl
21 Prince Ibeh C
22 yrs; 6'11"; 261 lbs.
Texas, Sr
22 Pascal Siakam PF
22 yrs; 6'10"; 227 lbs.
New Mexico St, Soph
23 Michael Gbinije SG/SF
23 yrs; 6'7"; 205 lbs.
Syracuse, Sr
24 Cat Barber PG
21 yrs; 6'3"; 173 lbs.
N.C. State, Jr
25 Kay Felder PG
21 yrs; 5'10"; 177 lbs.
Oakland, Jr
26 Isaiah Whitehead SG
21 yrs; 6'5"; 210 lbs.
Seton Hall, Soph
27 Dorian Finney-Smith SF
23 yrs; 6'8"; 215 lbs.
Florida, Sr
28 Joel Bolomboy PF
22 yrs; 6'9"; 224 lbs.
Weber St, Sr
29 Sheldon McClellan SG
23 yrs; 6'6"; 198 lbs.
Miami FL, Sr
30 Andrey Desyatnikov C
22 yrs; 7'3"; 231 lbs.
Zenit St Petersburg, Intl

Risers: Chriss, Baldwin, Luwawu, Zizic, Zubac
Best Bargains: McCaw (40th), Bentil (45th) Maker (32nd) LeVert (46)

Comments: I like Chriss but 3rd overall seems a bit too high but hopefully someone grabs him before our pick. Some of the foreigners are getting more attention and Luwawu and Zizic have great upside. McCaw recently was in the 24 range on three different mock drafts and he's one of the favorite sleeper picks among draftniks who many see as a lottery talent--he may be the "steal" of the draft. Bentil has mostly been mocked in the second round though he's creeped into late first round discussion. He's a steal in the second round. Maker is someone you love or hate and I think he's going in the first round, definitely a boom or bust type, but I love his work ethic. LeVert was a potential lottery pick until his injury.

Of the guys that may be available at 5, (Hield, Dunn, Murray, Brown), I like Dunn the least, because Ricky is here. I know how BPA works, but they seem pretty equal, and I think the others help us more than Dunn, who would play behind Ricky.

I can't help looking at Denver's 15 and 19, and Boston's 16 and 23, to see who's there. I don't know if that's a good idea, but it does appear to be a deep draft. Bentil now at 15.

Just for fun, if the draft end's up in this order, and Philly calls offering Nerlens, do we do it?

papalrep wrote:Of the guys that may be available at 5, (Hield, Dunn, Murray, Brown), I like Dunn the least, because Ricky is here. I know how BPA works, but they seem pretty equal, and I think the others help us more than Dunn, who would play behind Ricky.

I can't help looking at Denver's 15 and 19, and Boston's 16 and 23, to see who's there. I don't know if that's a good idea, but it does appear to be a deep draft. Bentil now at 15.

Just for fun, if the draft end's up in this order, and Philly calls offering Nerlens, do we do it?

Murray and Hield would play behind Zach so how is that any different? If anything Zach has been more durable than Ricky making him an even bigger roadblock.

I guess I see Zach as more of a reserve than you

papalrep wrote:I guess I see Zach as more of a reserve than you

So you think a rookie is going to come in and beat out the incumbent starter who is going into his third year in the league after showing significant signs of improvement for two straight seasons? I get some people think Zach is best as a 6th man, but that doesn't mean he's just gonna get assigned to that role because we draft someone. Someone is going to have to beat him out for his spot and I don't see a rookie doing that.

I think Zach Lavine is better prospect at this stage then anyone not named ingram or simmon in this draft at this point. Nobody drafted will put him on the bench.

So who do you guys like at 5? Are you good with Dunn? I guess I wont be upset unless we draft Dudi Ibi

I think the biggest need is a big who can share minutes with KAT and Dieng, but the only one that might be worth taking at 5 is Bender and if we want to take another big, we should consider a trade down or address it in free agency. If we can't get Bender, I like Hield or Dunn. If we want an offensively advanced player with defensive potential we grab Hield. If we want the opposite-a defensively advanced player who needs work on his outside shooting, we take Dunn. None are bad choices.

papalrep wrote:So who do you guys like at 5? Are you good with Dunn? I guess I wont be upset unless we draft Dudi Ibi

Bender, Dunn, Hield in that order. I'd be happy with any of them, but not totally if we for example take Dunn when Bender is on the board or take Hield if either of the other two are on the board.