Effercon's 2014 NBA Mock Draft

Effercon · Post #1 » by **Effercon** » Wed May 21, 2014 8:38 am

1. Cleveland - Exum
2. Milwaukee - Embiid
3. Philadelphia - Wiggins
4. Orlando - Gordon
5. Utah - Parker
6. Boston - Saric
7. LA Lakers - Vonleh
8. Sacramento - Randle
9. Charlotte - LaVine
10. Philadelphia - Stauskas
11. Denver - Nurkic
12. Orlando - Smart
13. Minnesota - Hood
14. Phoenix - McGary
15. Atlanta - Young
16. Chicago - Ennis
17. Boston - McDermott
18. Phoenix - Harris
19. Chicago - Hairston
20. Toronto - Capela
21. Oklahoma City - Austin
22. Memphis - Robinson
23. Utah - Warren
24. Charlotte - Payne
25. Houston - Brown
26. Miami - Stokes
27. Phoenix - McDaniels
28. LA Clippers - Grant
29. Oklahoma City - Klimenko
30. San Antonio - Bogdanovic

31. Milwaukee - Christon
32. Philadelphia - Antetokounmpo
33. Cleveland - McAdoo
34. Dallas - Anderson
35. Utah - Adams
36. Milwaukee - Wilcox
37. Toronto - Clarkson
38. Detroit - Early
39. Philadelphia - Ross
40. Minnesota - Daniels
41. Denver - Payton
42. Houston - Porzingis
43. Atlanta - Carr
44. Minnesota - Powell
45. Charlotte - Jokic
46. Washington - Tavares
47. Philadelphia - Micic
48. Milwaukee - Inglis
49. Chicago - Bhullar
50. Phoenix - Carson
51. Dallas - Dinwiddie
52. Philadelphia - Diagne
53. Minnesota - Burton
54. Philadelphia - O'Bryant
55. Miami - Birch
56. Denver - Eriksson
57. Indiana - Papapetrou
58. San Antonio - Sampson
59. Toronto - Moungoro
60. San Antonio - Kirk

j-ragg · Post #2 » by **j-ragg** » Wed May 21, 2014 3:02 pm

Effercon wrote:4. Orlando - Gordon

Post #3 » by **loserX** » Wed May 21, 2014 4:02 pm

Cleveland has Irving and Waiters and not much else to shout about...so with the #1 pick they take a combo guard? That doesn't sound very wise to me.

And as a Jazz fan I'd obviously love for Parker to fall to #5 but it's not going to happen.

Effercon · Post #4 » by **Effercon** » Thu May 22, 2014 12:15 pm

j-ragg wrote:
Effercon wrote:4. Orlando - Gordon

If Orlando moves Harris to SF, the result becomes:

Oladipo
Afflalo
Harris
Gordon
Vucevic
Bench: Harkless, Nelson

That could possibly be as high as a 7-seed next season, in my opinion.

loserX wrote:Cleveland has Irving and Waiters and not much else to shout about...so with the #1 pick they take a combo guard? That doesn't sound very wise to me.

Trade Waiters or Jack for a better PF, then start Exum at SG, leading to a starting five of:

Kyrie
Exum
Deng
Monroe? Smith?
Hawes
Bench: Varejao, Waiters or Jack

Effercon · Post #5 » by **Effercon** » Thu May 22, 2014 12:16 pm

Also, I've added the 2nd round.

dancooper · Post #6 » by **dancooper** » Thu May 22, 2014 1:19 pm

I don't see why Cleveland would draft another pg, they aready have kyrie.

Orlando would not pass on jabari, not even for gordon.

and I don't agree with boston picking saric. they should go for randle or vonleh.

Effercon · Post #7 » by **Effercon** » Fri May 23, 2014 1:34 pm

dancooper wrote:I don't see why Cleveland would draft another pg, they aready have kyrie.

Orlando would not pass on jabari, not even for gordon.

and I don't agree with boston picking saric. they should go for randle or vonleh.

I already explained Cleveland/Orlando in my previous post.

Furthermore, the combination of Kyrie/Exum is just too good to pass up, in my opinion. Besides, Cleveland's big needs are PF and SG. Exum can definitely play SG, but I don't like Jabari at PF, and no player who can play PF is first-pick material to me.

As for Orlando, while they do need a power forward, it should be a power forward who could fill in at center if necessary. Yes, Vucevic is a stud and a possible 20/10 player, but he won't be on the court all the time. When such is the case, if they take Parker, who plays at center? Parker? Harris? Harkless? It's about fit here.

And as for Boston, a frontcourt pairing of Sullinger/Saric seems very appealing. A good rebounder and a 4 who can pass it. With Sullinger at C, Vonleh/Randle seem redundant.

Effercon · Post #8 » by **Effercon** » Sat Jun 21, 2014 7:28 am

Updated with my thoughts on my picks.

Fo11ower91 · Post #9 » by **Fo11ower91** » Mon Jun 23, 2014 8:55 pm

this is terrible and this will never happen.

Effercon · Post #10 » by **Effercon** » Tue Jun 24, 2014 8:08 am

Fo11ower91 wrote:this is terrible and this will never happen.

Because?

phx#7 · Post #11 » by **phx#7** » Tue Jun 24, 2014 1:32 pm

Effercon wrote:
Fo11ower91 wrote:this is terrible and this will never happen.

Because?

For one you have Isaiah Austin going 21 and his basketball career is over.

Effercon · Post #12 » by **Effercon** » Tue Jun 24, 2014 2:34 pm

phx#7 wrote:
Effercon wrote:
Fo11ower91 wrote:this is terrible and this will never happen.

Because?

For one you have Isaiah Austin going 21 and his basketball career is over.

I haven't updated it yet. Also, my slightly edited draft is here:

Effercon wrote:Updated with my thoughts on my picks.

djthesonicsfan · Post #13 » by **djthesonicsfan** » Wed Jun 25, 2014 12:41 am

Did you realize that Isaiah Austin's bball career has tragically ended? We're not likely to spend our #21 on him.

Effercon · Post #14 » by **Effercon** » Thu Jun 26, 2014 2:11 pm

I've made my final picks. Check the link in one of my posts here.

Phila Tough · Post #15 » by **Phila Tough** » Mon Dec 29, 2014 10:43 pm

j-ragg wrote:
Effercon wrote:4. Orlando - Gordon

j-ragg · Post #16 » by **j-ragg** » Tue Dec 30, 2014 5:53 pm

Lurk Nowitzki wrote:
j-ragg wrote:
Effercon wrote:4. Orlando - Gordon

Guess I'm the idiot. Oh well, I'm happy with it!