The Village Idiot's first cut mock with trades

[Village Idiot]

I haven't done one of these in a few years but it's always fun to speculate:

1. Minnesota - Towns - no-brainer, great fit
2. Milwaukee - Okafor Milwaukee trades Giannis Antetukompo for Kelly and the #2 pick. Okafor comes in and plays alongside his good friend Parker
3. Philadelphia- Russell- provides the play-maker and shooter they need
4. New York- Cauley-Stein - can develop into a better Joakim Noah
5. Orlando- Winslow - loading up on talented athletes
6. Sacramento- Hezonja - fits a need but might be a tough fit
7. Denver- Mudiay - gets lucky that he doesn't really fit on the above teams
8. Detroit- Kaminsky - great compliment to Drummond
9. Portland- Stanley Johnson - heir apparent at SF, Ron Artest with a brain pick acquired via 3-way trade
10. Miami- Payne - potentially a great long-term fit at PG
11. Indiana- Turner - will take time but the talent is there
12. Utah - Porzingas - has some question marks that will cause him to drop but Utah will be happy to have him
13. Phoenix- Dekker - another multi-talented combo player/tweener to add to the collection
14. OKC - Booker - hoping he can be the answer at SG but will have to battle for playing time
15. Atlanta - Portis - PF who can shoot from deep and rebound. Great fit
16. Boston - Oubre - nice fit for the C's
17. Milwaukee - Grant - another tall PG protege for Kidd. Could be a great fit alongside MCW
18. Houston - Wright - tall PG who can shoot and play D alongside Harden and who has a similar bag of dribble-drive tricks
19. Washington - Anderson - Could be the SG of the future for them and a local product
20. Toronto - Lyles - tweener status drops him down
21. Dallas - Hollis-Jefferson - could fit nicely alongside Parsons
22. Minnesota - Looney - does a little bit of everything. The next Shane Battier? traded by Chicago for the #31 and #36
23. Charlotte - RJ Hunter - they need more shooters - see 9th pick comment
24. Portland - Robert Upshaw - high risk, high reward - pick purchased for $3.3 million
25. Memphis - Wood - lots of upside
26. San Antonio - Michael Qualls - a Kawhi Leonard type of pick, has the physical tools to be a stud, with the right coaching and system
27. LA Lakers - Andrew Harrison - was regarded as a sure-fire lotto pick not too long ago
28. Boston - Mouhammadou Jaiteh - big, physical kid
29. Charlotte - Harrell - love the motor on this kid- acquired from Brooklyn, see 9th pick comment
30. Philadelphia - George de Paula - potentially a great value pick, high upside - acquired from Golden State for the #37 and #47

[djthesonicsfan]

14. OKC - Booker - hoping he can be the answer at SG but will have to battle for playing time

I like that you incorporated trades. Makes for a more interesting mock. Also like the Booker pick. At 18 years old, ya, he probably plays NBADL next season. But he's got a legit stroke. The dream scenario is Winslow, but it's extremely doubtful Presti would pay the ransom for that. Alternatively, trading down to the late teens and grabbing Anderson is another good scenario. Any thoughts on that?

[BeesWax]

I don't think the Charlotte trade makes sense. A lot to give up for very little gain.