Dorkiest Mock Draft

[dorkestra]

1 - Cleveland Cavaliers - Otto Porter - SF - Georgetown
2 - Orlando Magic - Ben McLemore - SG - Kansas
3 - Washington Wizards - Nerlens Noel - C/PF - Kentucky
4 - Charlotte Bobcats - Anthony Bennett - PF/SF - UNLV
5 - Phoenix Suns - Victor Oladipo - SG/SF - Indiana
6 - New Orleans Pelicans - Trey Burke - PG - Michigan
7 - Sacramento Kings - Shabazz Muhammad - SF/SG - UCLA
8 - Detroit Pistons - C.J. McCollum - SG/PG - Lehigh
9 - Minnesota Timberwolves - Alex Len - C - Maryland
10 - Portland Trailblazers - Giannis Adetokunbo - SF - Greece
11 - Philadelphia 76ers - Steven Adams - C - Pittsburgh
12 - Oklahoma City Thunder - Cody Zeller - PF/C - Indiana
13 - Dallas Mavericks - Dario Saric - SF/PF - Croatia
14 - Utah Jazz - Dennis Schroeder - PG - Germany
15 - Milwaukee Bucks - Michael Carter-Williams - PG - Syracuse
16 - Boston Celtics - Kelly Olynyk - C/PF - Gonzaga
17 - Atlanta Hawks - Jamaal Franklin - SG/SF - San Diego State
18 - Atlanta Hawks - Mason Plumlee - PF - Duke
19 - Cleveland Cavaliers - Allen Crabbe - SG - California
20 - Chicago Bulls - Kentavious Caldwell-Pope - SG/SF - Georgia
21 - Utah Jazz - Tim Hardaway Jr. - SG - Michigan
22 - Brooklyn Nets - Rudy Gobert - C - France
23 - Indiana Pacers - Shane Larkin - PG - Miami
24 - New York Knicks - Glen Rice Jr. - SG - NBDL
25 - Los Angeles Clippers - Tony Snell - SG/SF - New Mexico
26 - Minnesota Timberwolves - Reggie Bullock - SG/SF - North Carolina
27 - Denver Nuggets - Livio Jean-Charles - PF - France
28 - San Antonio Spurs - Lucas Nogueira - C - Brazil
29 - Oklahoma City Thunder - Sergey Karasev - SF - Russia
30 - Phoenix Suns - Gorgui Dieng - C - Louisville

[dorkestra]

1 - Cleveland Cavaliers - Otto Porter - SF - Georgetown
2 - Orlando Magic - Nerlens Noel - C/PF - Kentucky
3 - Washington Wizards - Anthony Bennett - PF/SF - UNLV
4 - Charlotte Bobcats - Ben McLemore - SG - Kansas
5 - Phoenix Suns - Victor Oladipo - SG/SF - Indiana
6 - New Orleans Pelicans - Trey Burke - PG - Michigan
7 - Sacramento Kings - C.J. McCollum - SG/PG - Lehigh
8 - Detroit Pistons - Shabazz Muhammad - SF/SG - UCLA
9 - Minnesota Timberwolves - Kentavious Caldwell-Pope - SG/SF - Georgia
10 - Portland Trailblazers - Giannis Adetokunbo - SF - Greece
11 - Philadelphia 76ers - Alex Len - C - Maryland
12 - Oklahoma City Thunder - Cody Zeller - PF/C - Indiana
13 - Dallas Mavericks - Michael Carter-Williams - PG - Syracuse
14 - Utah Jazz - Dennis Schroeder - PG - Germany
15 - Milwaukee Bucks - Shane Larkin - PG - Miami
16 - Boston Celtics - Kelly Olynyk - C/PF - Gonzaga
17 - Atlanta Hawks - Steven Adams - C - Pittsburgh
18 - Atlanta Hawks - Allen Crabbe - SG - California
19 - Cleveland Cavaliers - Rudy Gobert - C - France
20 - Chicago Bulls - Jamaal Franklin - SG/SF - San Diego State
21 - Utah Jazz - Tim Hardaway Jr. - SG - Michigan
22 - Brooklyn Nets - Mason Plumlee - PF - Duke
23 - Indiana Pacers - Dario Saric - SF/PF - Croatia
24 - New York Knicks - Glen Rice Jr. - SG - NBDL
25 - Los Angeles Clippers - Reggie Bullock - SG/SF - North Carolina
26 - Minnesota Timberwolves - Gorgui Dieng - C - Louisville
27 - Denver Nuggets - Archie Goodwin - SG - Kentucky
28 - San Antonio Spurs - Lucas Nogueira - C - Brazil
29 - Oklahoma City Thunder - Sergey Karasev - SF - Russia
30 - Phoenix Suns - Livio Jean-Charles - PF - France

[dorkestra]

1 - Cleveland Cavaliers - Nerlens Noel - C/PF - Kentucky
2 - Orlando Magic - Ben McLemore - SG - Kansas
3 - Washington Wizards - Otto Porter - SF - Georgetown
4 - Charlotte Bobcats - Anthony Bennett - PF/SF - UNLV
5 - Phoenix Suns - Victor Oladipo - SG/SF - Indiana
6 - New Orleans Pelicans - Alex Len - C - Maryland
7 - Sacramento Kings - Michael Carter-Williams - PG - Syracuse
8 - Detroit Pistons - Trey Burke - PG - Michigan
9 - Minnesota Timberwolves - Shabazz Muhammad - SF/SG - UCLA
10 - Portland Trailblazers - Rudy Gobert - C - France
11 - Philadelphia 76ers - Giannis Adetokunbo - SF - Greece
12 - Oklahoma City Thunder - Cody Zeller - PF/C - Indiana
13 - Dallas Mavericks - Dennis Schroeder - PG - Germany
14 - Utah Jazz - C.J. McCollum - SG/PG - Lehigh
15 - Milwaukee Bucks - Shane Larkin - PG - Miami
16 - Boston Celtics - Steven Adams - C - Pittsburgh
17 - Atlanta Hawks - Kentavious Caldwell-Pope - SG/SF - Georgia
18 - Atlanta Hawks - Gorgui Dieng - C - Louisville
19 - Cleveland Cavaliers - Kelly Olynyk - C/PF - Gonzaga
20 - Chicago Bulls - Jamaal Franklin - SG/SF - San Diego State
21 - Utah Jazz - Tim Hardaway Jr. - SG - Michigan
22 - Brooklyn Nets - Mason Plumlee - PF - Duke
23 - Indiana Pacers - Livio Jean-Charles - PF - France
24 - New York Knicks - Glen Rice Jr. - SG - NBDL
25 - Los Angeles Clippers - Reggie Bullock - SG/SF - North Carolina
26 - Minnesota Timberwolves - Lucas Nogueira - C - Brazil
27 - Denver Nuggets - Archie Goodwin - SG - Kentucky
28 - San Antonio Spurs - Mohammadou Jaiteh - C - France
29 - Oklahoma City Thunder - Allen Crabbe - SG - California
30 - Phoenix Suns - Sergey Karasev - SF - Russia

[djthesonicsfan]

Awesome draft for us!

Who would we get at #32?

[Bulldog424]

Can't see Milwaukee passing on KCP for Shane Larkin, seems like he's their top realistic option at #15. Then again, color me surprised if he lasts past Minny and Portland.

As a Bucks fan I'd personally rather have KCP, Franklin, Karasev, or Ledo over Larkin.

[dorkestra]

Awesome draft for us!

Who would we get at #32?

Thanks

In this particular draft, I have you already picking two guys who have played multiple years in college and should be fairly ready to contribute. In spite of this, whoever they pick will likely spend some time in Tulsa as Lamb and Jones have.

(I personally think the Thunder are smart to actively utilize their NBDL league for player development. Other teams are starting to get the idea as well; the Sixers bought their own NBDL team this offseason which is based in Newark, Delaware called the Eighty-Seventers I'm not joking. The Delaware '87ers.) http://www.nba.com/dleague/delaware/)

So I think if they haven't picked an FCL (foreigner coming later) already then they'll take one here. I say that at the complete risk of being cliche. Feels like a copout to say "oh yeah, they'll pick a foreigner". But in this case, I think they would.

I think if Mouhammed Jaiteh is still available, that would be too easy. Great roll of the dice in a low risk potentially high reward proposition.

[dorkestra]

Can't see Milwaukee passing on KCP for Shane Larkin, seems like he's their top realistic option at #15. Then again, color me surprised if he lasts past Minny and Portland.

As a Bucks fan I'd personally rather have KCP, Franklin, Karasev, or Ledo over Larkin.

You know - I've been steering clear of trigger-happy wings on the basis that I feel Ellis will be back as a Buck on a three year deal. I think PG would be a greater need only because it seems like Jennings has burned all bridges. There are other options out there though for PG so maybe you are right. I guess we'll see. I think KCP is going to be a very similar player to Nick Young. I don't know if that is really a good or bad thing, but I didn't think that's what the Bucks were looking for.

Thanks for your thoughts though man. The latter three wings you listed I think are going to be pretty good. Ledo will be included in my next mock for sure.

[Bulldog424]

Can't see Milwaukee passing on KCP for Shane Larkin, seems like he's their top realistic option at #15. Then again, color me surprised if he lasts past Minny and Portland.

As a Bucks fan I'd personally rather have KCP, Franklin, Karasev, or Ledo over Larkin.

You know - I've been steering clear of trigger-happy wings on the basis that I feel Ellis will be back as a Buck on a three year deal. I think PG would be a greater need only because it seems like Jennings has burned all bridges. There are other options out there though for PG so maybe you are right. I guess we'll see. I think KCP is going to be a very similar player to Nick Young. I don't know if that is really a good or bad thing, but I didn't think that's what the Bucks were looking for.

Thanks for your thoughts though man. The latter three wings you listed I think are going to be pretty good. Ledo will be included in my next mock for sure.

Yeah you bet, enjoy following your mocks. As far as my thoughts on the draft ideas go, I'm kind of mixing my personal opinion of draft prospects with what I've seen pertaining to our free agents to be on the Bucks forum. We have a couple guys that have inside scoops and Ellis sounds as good as gone, he's willing to take less money to play somewhere else. Redick gone too. Jennings evidently has made it known to the front office he wants to be gone and was a cancer in the locker room last season. Odds on Jennings returning are 50-50, if the team can get anything of decent value for him he'll probably be moved, but the front office might panic based on what happens in the draft and try and keep him.

[KF10]

What's your thought process in the choosing MCW over Burke for the Kings?

MCW is a good player but his lack of quality on the offensive end is a turn off.

imo Burke is the guy if he's available to Sacramento.

McCollum is another guy in the mix for the Kings too.

[dorkestra]

Can't see Milwaukee passing on KCP for Shane Larkin, seems like he's their top realistic option at #15. Then again, color me surprised if he lasts past Minny and Portland.

As a Bucks fan I'd personally rather have KCP, Franklin, Karasev, or Ledo over Larkin.

You know - I've been steering clear of trigger-happy wings on the basis that I feel Ellis will be back as a Buck on a three year deal. I think PG would be a greater need only because it seems like Jennings has burned all bridges. There are other options out there though for PG so maybe you are right. I guess we'll see. I think KCP is going to be a very similar player to Nick Young. I don't know if that is really a good or bad thing, but I didn't think that's what the Bucks were looking for.

Thanks for your thoughts though man. The latter three wings you listed I think are going to be pretty good. Ledo will be included in my next mock for sure.

Yeah you bet, enjoy following your mocks. As far as my thoughts on the draft ideas go, I'm kind of mixing my personal opinion of draft prospects with what I've seen pertaining to our free agents to be on the Bucks forum. We have a couple guys that have inside scoops and Ellis sounds as good as gone, he's willing to take less money to play somewhere else. Redick gone too. Jennings evidently has made it known to the front office he wants to be gone and was a cancer in the locker room last season. Odds on Jennings returning are 50-50, if the team can get anything of decent value for him he'll probably be moved, but the front office might panic based on what happens in the draft and try and keep him.

Hey, thanks for the compliment

That's interesting, re: Bucks insider info on Ellis and Jennings. I haven't heard that Ellis would forgo money to leave the team. Of course insider info is tough to qualify, but I appreciate hearing what the Bucks board has to offer - especially as a team with a starting backcourt potentially in flux.

As far as Jennings, do you really feel it would be a 50/50 chance if he has let it known he wants out and was a team cancer? Given he's an RFA, I consider him a good S&T possibility with one of the handful of teams in the point guard market this off-season.

If your information is correct, then I agree KCP could be a better fit than Larkin. However, I think that mental apporach will limit KCP to being, at best, a sixth man chucker type player. I think that Crabbe will be a better pro, although it doesn't appear that most scouts would agree with me at the moment.

[dorkestra]

What's your thought process in the choosing MCW over Burke for the Kings?

MCW is a good player but his lack of quality on the offensive end is a turn off.

imo Burke is the guy if he's available to Sacramento.

McCollum is another guy in the mix for the Kings too.

I have MCW over both Burke and McCollum for the Kings, but I must confess that this is more based on who I think would be a better fit than who I think they will pick. I don't have a ton of background info on D'Allesandro, but I do have the understanding that he is more appreciative of team chemistry than the Kings have been in recent years. My hesitation with guys like McCollum and Burke for this Kings is that they're primarily scoring guards. With the current makeup of the roster and the existing skill sets on the team, it makes more sense to me to take a player who is a distributor before a scorer. MCW's length will also allow him to play alongside a shoot-first player with point guard size such as Isaiah or Jimmer.