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Never too early...just did a top twenty Big Board for now, mock will come as the season tips off and some sort of indication of a draft order is available. Link here for a little write up.

As of now, my board looks like:


1] Nassir Little (North Carolina)
2] RJ Barrett (Duke)
3] Cameron Reddish (Duke)
4] Bol Bol (Oregon)
5] Zion Williamson (Duke)
6] Sekou Doumbouya (France)
7] Rui Hachimura (Gonzaga)
8] De’Andre Hunter (Virginia)
9] Charles Bassey (Western Kentucky)
10] Cameron Reddish (Duke)
11] Romeo Langford (Indiana)
12] Simi Shittu (Vanderbilt)
13] Quentin Grimes (Kansas)
14] Jaylen Hoard (Wake Forest)
15] Kris Wilkes (UCLA)
16] Jaylen Hands (UCLA)
17] Nazeron Reid (LSU)
18] Jalen Smith (Wake Forest)
19] Daniel Gafford (Arkansas)
20] Luka Samanic (Croatia)

ejftw wrote:Never too early...just did a top twenty Big Board for now, mock will come as the season tips off and some sort of indication of a draft order is available. Link here for a little write up.

As of now, my board looks like:


1] Nassir Little (North Carolina)
2] RJ Barrett (Duke)
3] Cameron Reddish (Duke)
4] Bol Bol (Oregon)
5] Zion Williamson (Duke)
6] Sekou Doumbouya (France)
7] Rui Hachimura (Gonzaga)
8] De’Andre Hunter (Virginia)
9] Charles Bassey (Western Kentucky)
10] Cameron Reddish (Duke)
11] Romeo Langford (Indiana)
12] Simi **** (Vanderbilt)
13] Quentin Grimes (Kansas)
14] Jaylen Hoard (Wake Forest)
15] Kris Wilkes (UCLA)
16] Jaylen Hands (UCLA)
17] Nazeron Reid (LSU)
18] Jalen Smith (Wake Forest)
19] Daniel Gafford (Arkansas)
20] Luka Samanic (Croatia)

You have Reddish at 3 and 10

Homerclease wrote:You have Reddish at 3 and 10

Welp, 10 was supposed to be Jontay. Don't know how I messed that up.

ejftw wrote:

Homerclease wrote:You have Reddish at 3 and 10

Welp, 10 was supposed to be Jontay. Don't know how I messed that up.

Why so low on Naz Reid? I think he has an outside shot at cracking the top 5 next year

Nice. I'm a Barrett over Little man myself, as awesome as Little is. Don't think I'd have Bol that high either but I understand the appeal. Ditto Hachimura.

Welp, forgot about this. Might as well respond now.

Homerclease wrote:

ejftw wrote:

Homerclease wrote:You have Reddish at 3 and 10

Welp, 10 was supposed to be Jontay. Don't know how I messed that up.

Why so low on Naz Reid? I think he has an outside shot at cracking the top 5 next year

It isn't that I'm low on Reid himself directly but moreso that bigs have been dropping like flies in recent drafts and think Reid is oging to be a victim of that.

GimmeDat wrote:Nice. I'm a Barrett over Little man myself, as awesome as Little is. Don't think I'd have Bol that high either but I understand the appeal. Ditto Hachimura.

Can't go wrong with either, excited for the NC2A to start to see who separates themselves from the other.

As far as Bol goes, a bit of it is bias as I had the opportunity to watch Bol play at Mater Dei and AAU basketball, along with the opportunity to talk to him on a few occasions. He's very smart and fluid out there, I see him being the high risk/high ceiling prospect among the top level prospects.



Another guy I could see potentially declaring and shooting up 19 boards is Shareef O'Neal. A bit of bias exists there as well.

ejftw wrote:https://mikeksmind.wordpress.com/2019/05/21/nba-mock-draft-1-0/

There's no chance the Magic go for Herro over Langford. Our FO will not select anyone with a short wingspan, and especially not a undersized wingspan.

NotACat wrote:

ejftw wrote:https://mikeksmind.wordpress.com/2019/05/21/nba-mock-draft-1-0/

There's no chance the Magic go for Herro over Langford. Our FO will not select anyone with a short wingspan, and especially not a undersized wingspan.

I was thinking Langford to Orlando as well, but a feeling tells me they'll fall in love with Herro's shot.

FWIW, I did this entire thing without really looking at who is impressing during the combine, or the other way around.

ejftw wrote:

NotACat wrote:

ejftw wrote:https://mikeksmind.wordpress.com/2019/05/21/nba-mock-draft-1-0/

There's no chance the Magic go for Herro over Langford. Our FO will not select anyone with a short wingspan, and especially not a undersized wingspan.

I was thinking Langford to Orlando as well, but a feeling tells me they'll fall in love with Herro's shot.

FWIW, I did this entire thing without really looking at who is impressing during the combine, or the other way around.

No worries. I really like Herro and think he would be great in Orlando, I just don't think our front office will value him as much as NAW, Langford, Keldon Johnson or even THT due to how much they value wingspan and standing reach.