The Village Idiot's first cut mock with trades
Posted: Wed Jun 3, 2015 1:47 pm
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
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