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CptCrunch wrote:At this rate, half the board here will look like dumbasses if Amen hits as a prospect. Reddit nba_draft is about 95/5 with Amen bring a top 4 prospect.

Overrated based on ESPN mock:
4. Amen
12. Smith Jr
6. Ausar
9. Hood-Schifino

EvanZ wrote:Bilabong Coulilaby and RayAnne Rupert Murdoch also highly overrated.

BostonCouchGM wrote:Based on where guys are mocked

Underrated: Clowney, Whitehead, Sheppard, Gueye, Clark

Overrated: Whitmore, Dick, Bufkin, Cissoko

NBA Draft Predictions

Ben Sheppard Goes Top 20

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Ben Sheppard spent the past season putting up big numbers, but since he compiled them at Belmont—and never faced a ranked team—NBA teams were perhaps uncertain how much stock to put in those stats.

Then, Sheppard took a blowtorch to his competition at the combine, and it appears everyone is finally on board.

You could argue they should have been there all along. It's hard to sneeze at any Division I hooper going for 18.8 points a night while shooting 47.5 percent from the field and 41.5 percent from distance. But for those numbers to come from a 6'6" guard who can run pick-and-rolls, score on the move and defend multiple positions, you'd think this league would be all over him.

Maybe they will be after he cooked his competition at the combine. In his final scrimmage, he erupted for 25 points on 8-of-10 shooting (3-of-5 from range) with four rebounds, three assists and two steals in 20 minutes.

He looks like a plug-and-play, starting-caliber 2-guard at the NBA level. Teams won't let a prospect like that sit on the board for too long.

You may not see Sheppard listed on every mock first round you'll find, but when the real event gets rolling, he'll be among the top 20 players selected.