Draft Prediction Thread

[earthtone]

With the draft a little over 24 hours away, wanted to see where the board stands on how the draft will play out this year.

It’ll take years to determine who the best players end up being and who the surprise busts & successes will be, so here’s a few prediction questions that we can have answers to by the end of Thursday night:

1. Name three players that you’re confident the Raptors will draft at least one of:

2. Do the Raptors leave the draft with #9 & #39?

3. Most likely Raptor to be traded:

4. Surprise Faller & Surprise Riser?:

5. Other Draft Prediction:

1. I think one (or two) of CMB/Essengue/Raynaud leave New York as a Raptor

2. No. Raptors acquire another first by trading down from 9 or up from 39.

3. Think no one gets dealt, but Ochai is the likeliest if they make a deal

4. Fears for surprise faller, Demin and/or Raynaud for surprise Riser

5. Minnesota trades out of #17. Raptors draft a player out of Europe for the first time in Masai’s tenure.

[planetmars]

1. Name three players that you’re confident the Raptors will draft at least one of:
Essengue, Murray-Boyles, Newell (and for pick #39 Ryan Nembhard).

2. Do the Raptors leave the draft with #9 & #39?
Most probably yes.

3. Most likely Raptor to be traded:
I don't think a Raptor gets traded at the draft. But by July yes, I see RJ as most likely being moved.

4. Surprise Faller & Surprise Riser?:
Surprise Faller: Queen
Surprise Riser: Thiero

5. Other Draft Prediction:
Blazers trade #11 to OKC for #15 and #24.

[OakleyDokely]

1. Name three players that you’re confident the Raptors will draft at least one of: Maluach, Essengue, Murray-Boyles

2. Do the Raptors leave the draft with #9 & #39? Yes

3. Most likely Raptor to be traded: RJ

4. Surprise Faller & Surprise Riser?: Faller: Queen / Riser: Fleming

5. Other Draft Prediction: Ace is drafted by Utah and does this face

[Raptorfan2012]

1. Name three players that you’re confident the Raptors will draft at least one of: Khaman, Carter Bryant, Demin

2. Do the Raptors leave the draft with #9 & #39? 50-50; I think we trade down if Khaman is not available.

3. Most likely Raptor to be traded: RJ, but there may be others like Ochai or Dick to make salaries work.

4. Surprise Faller & Surprise Riser?: Demin may rise, Queen may fall.

5. Other Draft Prediction: Will be an exciting night with lots of other trades.

[niQ]

1. Name three players that you’re confident the Raptors will draft at least one of: Maluach, CMB, Essengue.

2. Do the Raptors leave the draft with #9 & #39? Yes.

3. Most likely Raptor to be traded: RJ.

4. Surprise Faller & Surprise Riser?: Faller-Queen. Riser-Yang

5. Other Draft Prediction: Yang gets drafted in the first round.

[twiggy2]

I have a feeling big men are going to be popular. Maluach ,queen, and maybe Murray boyles are off the board. The raps then take berringer or essengue.

[earthtone]

1. Name three players that you’re confident the Raptors will draft at least one of: Maluach, CMB, Essengue.

2. Do the Raptors leave the draft with #9 & #39? Yes.

3. Most likely Raptor to be traded: RJ.

4. Surprise Faller & Surprise Riser?: Faller-Queen. Riser-Yang

5. Other Draft Prediction: Yang gets drafted in the first round.

Yang in the first round is super interesting, I wonder where he ends up going. If you're a team like Brooklyn with that many picks in the 1st, there's no reason not to take a shot at Yang with one of the later 1sts

[Bruin]

1. Name three players that you’re confident the Raptors will draft at least one of: CMB, Carter Bryant, Essengue

2. Do the Raptors leave the draft with #9 & #39? No. I think 39 is involved in some trade (either down or for a future pick)

3. Most likely Raptor to be traded: RJ or Ochai. I don’t expect either to be moved though

4. Surprise Faller & Surprise Riser?: Queen (Faller), Fleming (Riser)

5. Other Draft Prediction: at least one or two top 10 picks are traded

[TravisScott55]

1. Name three players that you’re confident the Raptors will draft at least one of: Carter Bryant, Khaman Maluach, Noa Essengue

2. Do the Raptors leave the draft with #9 & #39? Yes

3. Most likely Raptor to be traded: RJ Barrett

4. Surprise Faller & Surprise Riser?: Faller: Egor Denim. Riser: Cedric Coward

5. Other Draft Prediction: Philly packages #3 and Paul George in a trade

[bobbyp3588]

1. Name three players that you’re confident the Raptors will draft at least one of: Maluach, Beringer, CMB

2. Do the Raptors leave the draft with #9 & #39? Yes

3. Most likely Raptor to be traded: Boucher S&T will be our next trade.

4. Surprise Faller & Surprise Riser?: Faller: Queen / Riser: Danny Wolf

5. Other Draft Prediction: Ace goes third overall as perceived BPA. Whichever team thought they were lucking into him will have to pay something.

[ArthurVandelay]

1. Name three players that you’re confident the Raptors will draft at least one of: Maluach, essengue, CMB

2. Do the Raptors leave the draft with #9 & #39? No

3. Most likely Raptor to be traded: RJ

4. Surprise Faller & Surprise Riser?: Faller: Fears / Riser: Beringer

5. Other Draft Prediction: Porzingis will be a raptor

[Gold Dragon]

1. Name three players that you’re confident the Raptors will draft at least one of: CMB, Sorber, Raynaud

2. Do the Raptors leave the draft with #9 & #39? No

3. Most likely Raptor to be traded: Gradey Dick

4. Surprise Faller & Surprise Riser?: Faller : Maluach, Riser: Richardson

5. Other Draft Prediction: BKN and OKC package picks to move up.

[Appostis]

1. Name three players that you’re confident the Raptors will draft at least one of: Maluach, Essengue, Murray-Boyles

2. Do the Raptors leave the draft with #9 & #39? Yes

3. Most likely Raptor to be traded: RJ

4. Surprise Faller & Surprise Riser?: Faller: Queen / Riser: Fleming

5. Other Draft Prediction: Ace is drafted by Utah and does this face

Pretty much my awnsers
Don't see Raptors trading 9 unless 2-3 of their guys get drafted.

[OakleyDokely]

also, Raptors take J Watkins at 39.

[onions17]

1. Name three players that you’re confident the Raptors will draft at least one of: Malauch, Traore, Newell

2. Do the Raptors leave the draft with #9 & #39? Yes

3. Most likely Raptor to be traded: Barrett

4. Surprise Faller & Surprise Riser?: Faller : Tre, Fleming. Riser: CMB goes before us

5. Other Draft Prediction: Raptors fans furious

[niQ]

1. Name three players that you’re confident the Raptors will draft at least one of: Malauch, Traore, Newell

2. Do the Raptors leave the draft with #9 & #39? Yes

3. Most likely Raptor to be traded: Barrett

4. Surprise Faller & Surprise Riser?: Faller : Tre, Fleming. Riser: CMB goes before us

5. Other Draft Prediction: Raptors fans furious

Oh, that's a given.

[Morris_Shatford]

1. Name three players that you’re confident the Raptors will draft at least one of:
Maluach, Essengue, Bryant,

2. Do the Raptors leave the draft with #9 & #39?
Yes.

3. Most likely Raptor to be traded:
RJ

4. Surprise Faller & Surprise Riser?:

Faller - Fleming
Its feels like 2005 all over again with all the proper 6' 11" + 230 + guys who are available;
If the Raynaud's, Wolf's, Sorber,'s and Kalkbrenner's of the world all go first round along with the usual C suspects we know will go early in the first round I thinking Fleming falls into the second round

Riser - Wolf
I think he is the third guy weighing over 240lbs drafted tonight.

5. Other Draft Prediction:
Players will be drafted?
I guess the low hanging fruit prediction would be the Nets won't use all their picks

[ArthurVandelay]

1. Name three players that you’re confident the Raptors will draft at least one of: Maluach, essengue, CMB

2. Do the Raptors leave the draft with #9 & #39? No

3. Most likely Raptor to be traded: RJ

4. Surprise Faller & Surprise Riser?: Faller: Fears / Riser: Beringer

5. Other Draft Prediction: Porzingis will be a raptor

I’m adding to #5: Washington takes essengue at 6

[MoneyBall]

1- Maluach, Beringer, Essengue

2- No

3- RJ

4- Dropper: Fears / Riser: Beringer

5- I don't think we keep #9

[TorontoRapsFan]

1. Essengue, Bryant, Wolf
2. No
3. Jakobe and IQ are the likeliest to get dealt
4. Demin surprise riser, Jakucionis drops to like 20th pick
5. Raptors pick is actually televised