2027 NBA Draft Class

[codydaze]

A freshman I'm looking forward to watching this season is Jalyn Collingwood at Mississippi State. I've been rewatching some tape and came away pretty impressed with his game.

[BigGargamel]

Doing my first mock of the 2027 cycle and man, I have a huge run on foreign born players playing in the NBA. I have...

Miikaa Muurinen
Luigi Suigo
Motiejus Krivas
Sayon Keita
Johann Grunloh
Dame Sarr
Matas Vokieaitis
Killyan Toure
Ivan Kharchenkov
Thijs De Ridder

I also have

Hugo Yimga Moukori
Stefan Joksimovic

Obviously not all of these guys are going to be good or declare or even be heard of a year from now, but it's a cool storyline to follow. Just because we aren't getting as many Euro's heading straight to the NBA, doesn't mean they still aren't taking over.

Thijs De Ridder and Senande Fru were both auto eligible for the draft before they were in college, so neither can actually be drafted in the future, they will just be free agents.

Did not know this, thanks. I'll be taking him off my draft board then. College sports is a mess, I can't keep up.

[djw]

Doing my first mock of the 2027 cycle and man, I have a huge run on foreign born players playing in the NBA. I have...

Miikaa Muurinen
Luigi Suigo
Motiejus Krivas
Sayon Keita
Johann Grunloh
Dame Sarr
Matas Vokieaitis
Killyan Toure
Ivan Kharchenkov
Thijs De Ridder

I also have

Hugo Yimga Moukori
Stefan Joksimovic

Obviously not all of these guys are going to be good or declare or even be heard of a year from now, but it's a cool storyline to follow. Just because we aren't getting as many Euro's heading straight to the NBA, doesn't mean they still aren't taking over.

Thijs De Ridder and Senande Fru were both auto eligible for the draft before they were in college, so neither can actually be drafted in the future, they will just be free agents.

So if for example Marquette won't make the torunament, could an NBA team just sign Fru in early March?

[babyjax13]

Doing my first mock of the 2027 cycle and man, I have a huge run on foreign born players playing in the NBA. I have...

Miikaa Muurinen
Luigi Suigo
Motiejus Krivas
Sayon Keita
Johann Grunloh
Dame Sarr
Matas Vokieaitis
Killyan Toure
Ivan Kharchenkov
Thijs De Ridder

I also have

Hugo Yimga Moukori
Stefan Joksimovic

Obviously not all of these guys are going to be good or declare or even be heard of a year from now, but it's a cool storyline to follow. Just because we aren't getting as many Euro's heading straight to the NBA, doesn't mean they still aren't taking over.

Thijs De Ridder and Senande Fru were both auto eligible for the draft before they were in college, so neither can actually be drafted in the future, they will just be free agents.

So if for example Marquette won't make the torunament, could an NBA team just sign Fru in early March?

I believe so. He was already auto eligible so he should be someone teams can sign.

[sisibilio]

I don't see NBA potential in Keita tbh, nor De Riider.
Missing Mario Saint-Supery and maybe Massamba Diop.

[babyjax13]

Stokes kind of reminds me of Lamar Odom in Miles Bridges' body.

[TheSuzerain]

Can the Spears guy declare after 1?

[babyjax13]

Can the Spears guy declare after 1?

No, he will be too young.

[CptCrunch]

2027 smells like a class of dogturd headlined by one of the worst archtype, non shooting, non shooting SF in Stokes.

In 2028, we got Rosser, Boum Boum, Kusturica, Spears, Beckham Black. I'll proabbly take the first 4 over Stokes unconditionally right now.

Yes, I'm sure some freshman in the top 30 is going to breakout in college, and some unranked 3 star is going to go lotto like a Keaton Wagler.

[babyjax13]

2027 smells like a class of dogturd headlined by one of the worst archtype, non shooting, non shooting SF in Stokes.

In 2028, we got Rosser, Boum Boum, Kusturica, Spears, Beckham Black. I'll proabbly take the first 4 over Stokes unconditionally right now.

Yes, I'm sure some freshman in the top 30 is going to breakout in college, and some unranked 3 star is going to go lotto like a Keaton Wagler.

I really like Stokes. His passing is great, he is physical and competes. A lot depends on his size or whether his shot develops. If he shoots 35 percent from 3 in college I think he will be a reasonable first pick.

[sisibilio]

Mario Saint-Supery leaves Gonzaga to join Valencia, current ACB champion.

[CptCrunch]

2027 smells like a class of dogturd headlined by one of the worst archtype, non shooting, non shooting SF in Stokes.

In 2028, we got Rosser, Boum Boum, Kusturica, Spears, Beckham Black. I'll proabbly take the first 4 over Stokes unconditionally right now.

Yes, I'm sure some freshman in the top 30 is going to breakout in college, and some unranked 3 star is going to go lotto like a Keaton Wagler.

I really like Stokes. His passing is great, he is physical and competes. A lot depends on his size or whether his shot develops. If he shoots 35 percent from 3 in college I think he will be a reasonable first pick.

Don't think he can shoot, he shot 16 for 29 on FT, 4 for 14 on 3 pointer in 2024 during FIBAU17.

65.3% on 277 attempts as a junior; no one seems to have his senior shooting stats.

The FT shooting show lacks of deep shooting fundamentals.

[babyjax13]

2027 smells like a class of dogturd headlined by one of the worst archtype, non shooting, non shooting SF in Stokes.

In 2028, we got Rosser, Boum Boum, Kusturica, Spears, Beckham Black. I'll proabbly take the first 4 over Stokes unconditionally right now.

Yes, I'm sure some freshman in the top 30 is going to breakout in college, and some unranked 3 star is going to go lotto like a Keaton Wagler.

I really like Stokes. His passing is great, he is physical and competes. A lot depends on his size or whether his shot develops. If he shoots 35 percent from 3 in college I think he will be a reasonable first pick.

Don't think he can shoot, he shot 16 for 29 on FT, 4 for 14 on 3 pointer in 2024 during FIBAU17.

65.3% on 277 attempts as a junior; no one seems to have his senior shooting stats.

The FT shooting show lacks of deep shooting fundamentals.

It might not, but I think as long as he continues to rebound and be a good defender he is kind of in that Aaron Gordon to Lamar Odom spectrum. Not #1 worthy, but I think a fun player to have on a roster.

[CptCrunch]

2027 smells like a class of dogturd headlined by one of the worst archtype, non shooting, non shooting SF in Stokes.

In 2028, we got Rosser, Boum Boum, Kusturica, Spears, Beckham Black. I'll proabbly take the first 4 over Stokes unconditionally right now.

Yes, I'm sure some freshman in the top 30 is going to breakout in college, and some unranked 3 star is going to go lotto like a Keaton Wagler.

I really like Stokes. His passing is great, he is physical and competes. A lot depends on his size or whether his shot develops. If he shoots 35 percent from 3 in college I think he will be a reasonable first pick.

Don't think he can shoot, he shot 16 for 29 on FT, 4 for 14 on 3 pointer in 2024 during FIBAU17.

65.3% on 277 attempts as a junior; no one seems to have his senior shooting stats.

The FT shooting show lacks of deep shooting fundamentals.

As I mention earlier, Stokes has so many red flags from my perspective.


Cons

- Physically dominant game as a plus one aged player, will be age 20 by start of rookie season.

- Has had a mature physical build since high school, 230 lbs truck ball playing against underdeveloped competition.

- Has bust level red-flag shooting signals. The last prospect who is considered good with these stats were Barnes and Josh Jackson, both of whom are 50-60 FT shooters. Without him cleaning up his shooting, I really don't see a high end outcome for Stokes.

- Is reported to be emotionally immature.

His saving grace is that he is quite advanced as a play maker and a good processors, arguably better than AJ and Peterson in natural vision talent.

[babyjax13]

I really like Stokes. His passing is great, he is physical and competes. A lot depends on his size or whether his shot develops. If he shoots 35 percent from 3 in college I think he will be a reasonable first pick.

Don't think he can shoot, he shot 16 for 29 on FT, 4 for 14 on 3 pointer in 2024 during FIBAU17.

65.3% on 277 attempts as a junior; no one seems to have his senior shooting stats.

The FT shooting show lacks of deep shooting fundamentals.

As I mention earlier, Stokes has so many red flags from my perspective.


Cons

- Physically dominant game as a plus one aged player, will be age 20 by start of rookie season.

- Has had a mature physical build since high school, 230 lbs truck ball playing against underdeveloped competition.

- Has bust level red-flag shooting signals. The last prospect who is considered good with these stats were Barnes and Josh Jackson, both of whom are 50-60 FT shooters. Without him cleaning up his shooting, I really don't see a high end outcome for Stokes.

- Is reported to be emotionally immature.

His saving grace is that he is quite advanced as a play maker and a good processors, arguably better than AJ and Peterson in natural vision talent.

I tend to buy that last point as being more important than the other things, but he could easily dissapoint in college.

[Caneman786]

Consensus top ten draft rankings based on 3 mock drafts by Vecenie, Wasserman, and Lee (also have added their age on draft day):

1. 19 years, 8 months old: Tyran Stokes (unanimously)
2. 19 years, 9 months old: Jordan Smith Jr.
3. 19 years, 6 months old: Caleb Holt
4. 18 years, 7 months old: Stefan Joksimovic
5. 21 years, 2 months old: Braylon Mullins
6. 18 years, 9 months old: Bruce Branch III
7. 23 years, 11 months old: Thomas Haugh
8. 22 years, 6 months old: Motiejus Krivas
9. 18 years, 10 months old: Anthony Thompson
10. 18 years, 11 months old: Hugo Yimga-Moukouri

Sources (all weighted equally):

(30 players) (updated June 25) Mock draft by Sam Vecenie via The Athletic: https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7368866/2026/06/25/nba-draft-2027-prospects-tyran-stokes/?unlocked_article_code=1.tFA.FlN_.ACCEUn8phVgz&source=athletic_user_shared_gift_article_copylink&smid=url-share-ta
(30 players) (updated June 25) Mock draft by Jonathan Wasserman via Bleacher Report: https://bleacherreport.com/articles/25444308-jonathan-wassermans-2027-nba-mock-draft-way-too-early-predictions
(60 players) (updated June 25) Mock draft by Jeremy Woo via ESPN: https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/49101766/2027-nba-mock-draft-no-1-pick-options-top-players-race-picks

There's a noticeable age gap between the younger players (particularly Joksimovic and Branch) and the top three prospects (all of whom were theoretically old enough to have been drafted this year had they reclassified up).

[babyjax13]

From what little I've watched Yimga-Moukouri doesn't look that skilled. Obviously has a really nice frame, though. I like JJ Andrews a lot if he gets to start, and Brandon McCoy seems really interesting, too. Definitely a year with a lot of really physically interesting players, and some who are really skilled, but missing the cross-section you'd like. Oladotun is kind of interesting but I think he might be such a bad athlete right now that he isn't ready for serious college minutes (but a year or two of strength training will help).

[Caneman786]

Both Joksimovic and Yimga-Moukouri are still active and playing for their teams in the 2026 FIBA U18 Eurobasket.

Slovenia (with Joksimovic) faces Spain tomorrow in one semifinal matchup.

France (with Yimga-Moukouri) faces Italy tomorrow in the other semifinal matchup.

So far, over the tournament. These are the two prospects' statistical profiles (both of them have played five games):

Stefan Joksimovic: https://www.fiba.basketball/en/events/fiba-u18-eurobasket-2026/teams/slovenia/349181-stefan-joksimovic

Spoiler:

Counting statistics

26.7 minutes per game (133 minutes played total)

22.4 points per game (112 points total)
6.6 rebounds per game (0.6 offensive, 6.0 defensive) (33 rebounds total, 3 being offensive and 30 being defensive)
3.4 assists per game (17 assists total)

1.6 steals per game (8 steals total)
0.6 blocks per game (3 blocks total)

2.2 turnovers per game (11 turnovers total)
1.2 personal fouls per game (6 personal fouls total)

Shooting statistics

49.3% field goal percentage (7.4 / 15.0 attempts per game) (37 / 75)

53.5% two-point percentage (4.6 / 8.6 attempts per game) (23 / 43)
43.8% three-point percentage (2.8 / 6.4 attempts per game) (14 / 32)

.427 three-point attempt rate

75.0% free throw percentage (4.8 / 6.4 attempts per game) (24 / 32)

.427 free throw rate

Plus-minus statistics

+4.2 plus / minus per game (+21 total)

+5.1 on-court point differential per 32 minutes (over a 133 minute sample size)
+7.6 off-court point differential per 32 minutes (over a 67 minute sample size) (Slovenia went +16 total in minutes without Joksimovic)

-2.6 on-off per 32 minutes

Hugo Yimga-Moukouri: https://www.fiba.basketball/en/events/fiba-u18-eurobasket-2026/teams/france/344991-hugo-yimga

Spoiler:

Counting statistics

23.8 minutes per game (119 minutes played total)

18.2 points per game (91 points total)
6.2 rebounds per game (1.6 offensive, 4.6 defensive) (31 rebounds total, 8 being offensive and 23 being defensive)
1.2 assists per game (6 assists total)

0.2 steals per game (1 steal total)
0.4 blocks per game (2 blocks total)

1.0 turnovers per game (5 turnovers total)
2.2 personal fouls per game (11 personal fouls total)

Shooting statistics

45.0% field goal percentage (5.4 / 12.0 attempts per game) (27 / 60)

51.2% two-point percentage (4.2 / 8.2 attempts per game) (21 / 41)
31.6% three-point percentage (1.2 / 3.8 attempts per game) (6 / 19)

.317 three-point attempt rate

83.8% free throw percentage (6.2 / 7.4 attempts per game) (31 / 37)

.617 free throw rate

Plus-minus statistics

+2.8 plus / minus per game (+14 total)

+3.8 on-court point differential per 32 minutes (over a 119 minute sample size)
+10.3 off-court point differential per 32 minutes (over an 81 minute sample size) (France went +26 total in minutes without Yimga-Moukouri)

-6.5 on-off per 32 minutes

[TYO23]

I have a hard time viewing Tyran being 20 as he starts his rookie year as a huge negative. It’s not like he’s Yaxel’s age as a rookie.

[Hook_Em]

I have a hard time viewing Tyran being 20 as he starts his rookie year as a huge negative. It’s not like he’s Yaxel’s age as a rookie.

Stokes is 18 what am I missing?