Fischella's 2016 Mock Draft

[GimmeDat]

I appreciate the way in which you do the rankings in your mocks, and I think that needs to be stressed, but I still think there's a degree of a false premise when you rank certain guys so far away from their consensus range.

If it's a ranked list of your predictions of how each player will go in the NBA, then it's totally acceptable, but the people that respond skeptically to your rankings are doing so because everyone knows the actually draft will never pan out like this. For instance, Skal, and Maker for that matter. I wouldn't say it's overly controversial to predict that they'll bust, but at the end of the day they both have very high ceilings (more so Skal imo) and the chance of them reaching it, even if it's less than 50%, is what boosts their stock in to the lottery range. Ditto for Hield at 26, Murray at 17, and the rest of 'controversial' picks. If someone said to me 'I think Murray and Hield will both turn out as role player SG's that can't play D or create' I'd say that's a very possible scenario, but it's not a definite. At minimum, there's clear potential for them to become starting level players, if not more, and that's what makes them lottery talents.

I guess what I'm saying is it seems more like a big board to me.

Anyway, once I somewhat understood that you don't do a conventional mock, and then analyzing the mock for what it is, I definitely like a lot of things about it, in particular we share similar views on Luwawu, Zubac, Carter Jnr., Bembry, Onuaku and McCaw being underrated.

[No-Man]

Sort of a Big Board for this Draft, tiers for potential 1st round guys, rated by position til top100

Tier 1 NBA All Stars, potentially franchise changers

Brandon Ingram combo-F Duke
Ben Simmons big LSU
Dragan Bender big Croatia

Tier 2 possibly All Stars, starters

Kris Dunn G Providence
Wade Baldwin IV G Vanderbilt
Timothé Luwawu-Cabarrot wing France
Marquese Chriss big Washington
Jaylen Brown combo-F California
Furkan Korkmaz wing Turkey

Tier 3 NBA solid contributors, could be as starters or bench players

Patrick McCaw G UNLV
Denzel Valentine wing Michigan St.
DeAndre Bembry wing St.Joseph's
Juancho Hernangómez combo-F Spain
Ivica Zubac big Croatia
Domantas Sabonis big Gonzaga
Robert Carter Jr. big Maryland
Deyonta Davis big Michigan St.
Chinanu Onuaku big Louisville
Jakob Poeltl big Utah
Ante Zizic big Croatia
Guerschon Yabusele big France
Brice Johnson big North Carolina
Jamal Murray G Kentucky
Isaia Cordinier G France
Rade Zagorac combo-F Serbia
Taurean Prince combo-F Baylor
Pascal Siakam big New Mexico St.
Malik Beasley G Florida St.
Henry Ellenson big Marquette
Stephen Zimmerman big UNLV
Gary Payton II G Oregon St.
AJ Hammons big Purdue
Caris LeVert G Michigan
Paul Zipser combo-F Germany
Dorian Finney-Smith combo-F Florida
Tyler Ulis G Kentucky
Kay Felder G Oakland
Ron Baker G Wichita St.
Malcolm Brogdon G Virginia
Dejounte Murray G Washington

The rest of the guys per position to make a top100

Guards

Fred VanVleet Wichita St.
Julian Jacobs USC
Isaiah Cousins Oklahoma
Demetrius Jackson Notre Dame
Isaiah Whitehead Seton Hall
Sheldon McClellan Miami
Josh Adams Wyoming
Anthony Barber North Carolina St.
Rasheed Sulaimon Maryland
Terry Tarpey William & Mary
Tim Quarterman LSU
Yogi Ferrell Indiana
Isaiah Taylor Texas
David Michineau France
Danilo Fuzaro Brazil
Shaquille Harrison Tulsa
Marcus Paige North Carolina
Nic Moore SMU
Alex Caruso Texas A&M
David Walker Northeastern
Nikola Ivanovic Montenegro

Wings

Buddy Hield Oklahoma
Michael Gbinije Syracuse
Malachi Richardson Syracuse
Danuel House Texas A&M
Wayne Selden Jr. Kansas
Daniel Hamilton Connecticut
Brannen Greene Kansas
Thomas Walkup Stephen F. Austin
Damion Lee Louisville

Combo-Fs

Derrick Jones Jr. UNLV
Jake Layman Maryland
Troy Williams Indiana
James Webb III Boise St.
Jordan Fouse Green Bay
Jalen Jones Texas A&M
Jarrod Uthoff Iowa
Isaiah Miles combo-F St.Joseph's
Dyshawn Pierre Dayton
John Brown High Point
Elgin Cook Oregon
Georges Niang Iowa St.
Perry Ellis Kansas

Bigs

Zhou Qi China
Cheick Diallo Kansas
Ben Bentil Providence
Joel Bolomboy Weber St.
Damian Jones Vanderbilt
Petr Cornelie France
Skal Labissiere Kentucky
Georgios Papagiannis Greece
Gracin Bakumanya Congo
Prince Ibeh Texas
Thon Maker Australia
Diamond Stone Maryland
Jameel Warney Stony Brook
Moussa Diagné Senegal
Daniel Ochefu Villanova
Egidijus Mockevicius Evansville
Andrey Desyatnikov Russia