NYRaider Posted June 10, 2021 Author Share Posted June 10, 2021 5 hours ago, TitanSlim said: Ok, as a Zion Williamson stan I’ve been trying to figure out who’s the best fit of the top guys if the Pelicans jump into the top 4. I think I’d have it (outside of Cunningham)…. 1. Mobley-The ideal big man beside Zion if he truly becomes AD/Chris Bosh lite 2. Green-Blasphemous to say but him and Zion 2020s, homeless man down the block version of Kobe/Shaq??? 3. Suggs-I know they have NAW and Kira Lewis but man I love Suggs. A cool headed, high IQ floor general is always of high value. If Lonzo stays things change here but I think he’s gone. 4a/4b. Kumingha/Barnes-The Pelicans have needed a wing defender forever. Both would fit that need while having the upside of being more than just a “wing defender”. That’s my list but I defer to the draft guys here and Pelicans fans when it comes to this. Probably won't jump into the top 4 but assuming you let Lonzo walk in free agency I think Davion Mitchell would be a great pick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYRaider Posted June 10, 2021 Author Share Posted June 10, 2021 (edited) Houston, Minnesota, and Orlando have so much riding on the lottery. Houston could lose their pick potentially, Minnesota could keep/lose their pick, and the Magic could lose the Bulls pick. Edited June 12, 2021 by NYRaider Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYRaider Posted June 12, 2021 Author Share Posted June 12, 2021 On 6/9/2021 at 12:28 PM, beekay414 said: I may or may not get much into this draft but, without a first round Bucks pick, it's hard for me to care. Plus, we likely trade that Houston 2nd, even though we shouldn't. I feel that it's hard to really care about the draft unless your team has a high pick. Unless the Nuggets gift you superstars for free like they've done with us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYRaider Posted June 12, 2021 Author Share Posted June 12, 2021 On 6/10/2021 at 6:46 AM, Texansfan713 said: Mobley with Zion would be unfair. Mobley could hide Zion's bad defense with his ability to be an elite rim protecting big man. Yeah Mobley with Zion would be nice, especially if he continues to improve as a 3 point shooter, they need as much spacing around BI/Zion as possible. If their pick is in the 10-14 range, Kai Jones would be a nice pick as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYRaider Posted June 12, 2021 Author Share Posted June 12, 2021 On 6/10/2021 at 4:38 AM, TitanSlim said: If Lonzo stays things change here but I think he’s gone. Yeah, I could see New York, Dallas, and Chicago all trying to throw the bag at Lonzo in free agency. Tough to match a $20M+ APY offer sheet for him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beekay414 Posted June 14, 2021 Share Posted June 14, 2021 (edited) My "I have done no research yet and I'm really bored" full mock draft. First Round 1. Houston - Cade Cunningham | GF | Oklahoma State 2. Detroit - Evan Mobley | FC | USC 3. Orlando - Jalen Green | GF | G League Ignite 4. OKC - Jalen Suggs | G | Gonzaga 5. Cleveland - Jonathan Kuminga | F | G League Ignite 6. Golden State (via MIN) - Davion Mitchell | G | Baylor 7. Toronto - Scottie Barnes | F | Florida State 8. Orlando (via CHI) - Isaiah Jackson | FC | Kentucky 9. Sacramento - Keon Johnson | SG | Tennessee 10. New Orleans - Moses Moody | SG | Arkansas 11. Charlotte - Kai Jones | FC | Texas 12. San Antonio - Alperen Sengun | C | Besiktas 13. Indiana - James Bouknight | SG | UConn 14. Golden State - Corey Kispert | SF | Gonzaga 15. Washington - Jalen Johnson | SF | Duke 16. Boston - Jared Butler | PG | Baylor 17. Memphis - Cameron Thomas | SG | LSU 18. OKC (via MIA) - Franz Wagner | SF | Michigan 19. New York - Ziaire Williams | SF | Stanford 20. Atlanta - Jaden Springer | PG | Tennessee 21. New York (via DAL) - Charles Bassey | C | Western Kentucky 22. LA Lakers - Josh Giddey | G | Adelaide 23. Houston (via POR) - Usman Garuba | FC | Real Madrid 24. Houston (via MKE) - Josh Christopher | GF | Arizona State 25. LA Clippers - Tre Mann | PG | Florida 26. Denver - Ayo Dosunmu | G | Illinois 27. Brooklyn - Day'Ron Sharpe | C | North Carolina 28. Philadelphia - Chris Duarte | SG | Oregon 29. Phoenix - Sharife Cooper | PG | Auburn 30. Utah - Filip Petrusev | PF | Mega Bemax Second Round 31. Milwaukee (via HOU) - Nah'Shon Hyland | G | VCU 32. New York (via DET) - Miles McBride | PG | West Virginia 33. Orlando - Luka Garza | C | Iowa 34. New Orleans (via CLE) - Greg Brown | FC | Texas 35. OKC - Max Abmas | PG | Oral Roberts 36. OKC (via MIN) - Roko Prkacin | PF | Cibona 37. Detroit (via TOR) - Brandon Boston Jr | SG | Kentucky 38. Chicago (via NOP) - Jeremiah Robinson-Earl | PF | Villanova 39. Sacramento - Johnny Juzang | SF | UCLA 40. New Orleans (via CHI) - Trey Murphy III | GF | Virginia 41. San Antonio - Isaiah Todd | PF | G League Ignite 42. Detroit (via CHA) - Joel Ayayi | SG | Gonzaga 43. New Orleans (via WAS) - Marcus Bagley | SF | Arizona State 44. Brooklyn (via IND) - Austin Reaves | SG | Oklahoma 45. Boston - RaiQuan Gray | PF | Florida State 46. Toronto (via MEM) - Ariel Hukporti | C | BC Nevezis 47. Toronto (via GSW) - Daishen Nix | PG | G League Ignite 48. Atlanta (via MIA) - Ibou Dianko Badji | C | Barcelona 49. Brooklyn (via ATL) - Jason Preston | PG | Ohio 50. Philadelphia (via NYK) - Kessler Edwards | SF | Pepperdine 51. Memphis (via POR) - Rokas Jokubaitis | PG | Zalgiris 52. Detroit (via LAL) - Matthew Hurt | PF | Duke 53. New Orleans (via DAL) - David Johnson | PG | Louisville 54. Indiana (via MKE) - Juhann Begarin | G | Paris 55. OKC (via DEN) - Terrence Shannon Jr | SG | Texas Tech 56. Charlotte (via LAC) - Isaiah Livers | PF | Michigan 57. Charlotte (via BKN) - DJ Steward | PG | Duke 58. New York (via PHI) - Aaron Henry | SG | Michigan State 59. Brooklyn (via PHX) - Amar Sylla | PF | Oostende 60. Indiana (via UTA) - Herbert Jones | SF | Alabama Edited June 14, 2021 by beekay414 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYRaider Posted June 14, 2021 Author Share Posted June 14, 2021 @beekay414 please not another backup big, I'd rather take a swing on someone like Hyland, Ayayi, or Nix. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texansfan713 Posted June 14, 2021 Share Posted June 14, 2021 Perfect mock for the Rockets. The more im reading about Garuba the more I like him if he is there at pick 23. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YogiBiz Posted June 14, 2021 Share Posted June 14, 2021 (edited) I did a lottery on Tankathon and did a draft. First Round 1. OKC - Cade Cunningham | GF | Oklahoma State 2. Detroit - Jalen Green | GF | G League Ignite 3. Houston - Evan Mobley | FC | USC 4. Orlando - Jalen Suggs | G | Gonzaga 5. Cleveland - Jonathan Kuminga | F | G League Ignite 6. Golden State (via MIN) - Scottie Barnes | F | Florida State 7. Toronto - James Bouknight | SG | UConn 8. Orlando (via CHI) - Moses Moody | SG | Arkansas 9. Sacramento - Jalen Johnson | SF | Duke 10. New Orleans - Keon Johnson | SG | Tennessee 11. Charlotte - Kai Jones | FC | Texas 12. San Antonio - Alperen Sengun | C | Besiktas 13. Indiana - Davion Mitchell | G | Baylor 14. Golden State -Josh Giddey | G | Adelaide 15. Washington - Corey Kispert | SF | Gonzaga 16. Boston - Jared Butler | PG | Baylor 17. Memphis - Ziaire Williams | SF | Stanford 18. OKC (via MIA) - Jaden Springer | G | Tennessee 19. New York - Franz Wagner | SF | Michigan 20. Atlanta - J.T. Thor | F | Auburn 21. New York (via DAL) - Tre Mann | PG | Florida 22. LA Lakers - Cameron Thomas | G | LSU 23. Houston (via POR) - Brandon Boston Jr | SG | Kentucky 24. Houston (via MKE) - Sharife Cooper | PG | Auburn 25. LA Clippers - Trey Murphy III | GF | Virginia 26. Denver - Usman Garuba | FC | Real Madrid 27. Brooklyn - Charles Bassey | C | Western Kentucky 28. Philadelphia - Chris Duarte | SG | Oregon 29. Phoenix - Vrenz Bleijenbergh | F | Antwerp 30. Utah - Ayo Dosunmu | G | Illinois Second Round 31. Milwaukee (via HOU) - Nah'Shon Hyland | G | VCU 32. New York (via DET) - Josh Christopher | GF | Arizona State 33. Orlando - Amar Sylla | PF | Oostende 34. New Orleans (via CLE) - Greg Brown | FC | Texas 35. OKC - Miles McBride | PG | West Virginia 36. OKC (via MIN) - Day'Ron Sharpe | C | North Carolina 37. Detroit (via TOR) - Johnny Juzang | SF | UCLA 38. Chicago (via NOP) - Jeremiah Robinson-Earl | PF | Villanova 39. Sacramento - Kiki Cockburn | C | Illinois 40. New Orleans (via CHI) - Isaiah Jackson | FC | Kentucky 41. San Antonio - Isaiah Todd | PF | G League Ignite 42. Detroit (via CHA) - Joel Ayayi | SG | Gonzaga 43. New Orleans (via WAS) - Marcus Bagley | SF | Arizona State 44. Brooklyn (via IND) - Austin Reaves | SG | Oklahoma 45. Boston - RaiQuan Gray | PF | Florida State 46. Toronto (via MEM) - Ariel Hukporti | C | BC Nevezis 47. Toronto (via GSW) - Daishen Nix | PG | G League Ignite 48. Atlanta (via MIA) - Aaron Henry | SG | Michigan State 49. Brooklyn (via ATL) - Jason Preston | PG | Ohio 50. Philadelphia (via NYK) - Kessler Edwards | SF | Pepperdine 51. Memphis (via POR) - Rokas Jokubaitis | PG | Zalgiris 52. Detroit (via LAL) - Luka Garza | C | Iowa 53. New Orleans (via DAL) - Sandro Mamukelashvili | C| Seton Hall 54. Indiana (via MKE) - Juhann Begarin | G | Paris 55. OKC (via DEN) - Terrence Shannon Jr | SG | Texas Tech 56. Charlotte (via LAC) - Isaiah Livers | PF | Michigan 57. Charlotte (via BKN) - DJ Steward | PG | Duke 58. New York (via PHI) - Ibou Dianko Badji | C | Barcelona 59. Brooklyn (via PHX) - RJ Nembhard | G | TCU 60. Indiana (via UTA) - Herbert Jones | SF | Alabama Edited June 16, 2021 by YogiBiz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeezla Posted June 15, 2021 Share Posted June 15, 2021 Isaiah Jackson will be a 1st round pick. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YogiBiz Posted June 15, 2021 Share Posted June 15, 2021 (edited) 2 hours ago, Jeezla said: Isaiah Jackson will be a 1st round pick. I could see it, but he's a Nerlens Noel clone and I would rather not spend a first on a guy who is likely a career back up. Still, some teams hold value in getting good value in those 12-20 mins a back up rim runner is on the court. Edited June 15, 2021 by YogiBiz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YogiBiz Posted June 15, 2021 Share Posted June 15, 2021 Another thing, Vrenz Bleijenbergh needs more love on this forum. 6'10 Playmaker who plays stout defense, finish, and can shoot well. Really good athlete too. For the life of me, I cannot see why a guy like him would be rated under other guys who are projected to be role players. As a floor I think Vrenz is a starting glue guy who can get you 12-7-5-1-1 on good splits. Def my draft crush this time around. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sllim Pickens Posted June 15, 2021 Share Posted June 15, 2021 14 minutes ago, YogiBiz said: I could see it, but he's a Nerlens Noel clone and I would rather not spend a first on a guy who is likely a career back up. Still, some teams hold value in getting good value in those 12-20 mins a back up rim runner is on the court. Outside of the top 5 picks most players in the NBA draft are backups that you hope develop. Getting a player in the late first who can get 15 mins a game would be a win. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirill Posted June 16, 2021 Share Posted June 16, 2021 Regarding the two mocks above.... Those are my two ideal players for OKC. Jalen Suggs or Cade Cunningham. Both would fit our slashing positionless fundemental freeform g-league style offense perfectly. Like basically the coaching philosophy in OKC did a complete 180 from Scott Brooks and Billy Donovan stuck in the 2000's NBA type of coaching. We're like 5 years ahead of the league rn, you just have to watch the games pre tank to see how effective the offense is, even with minimal talent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYRaider Posted June 16, 2021 Author Share Posted June 16, 2021 Doubt it's possible but my dream case scenario at this point would be to somehow move up and land Davion Mitchell. And then buy a second round pick to take Joel Ayayi or Johnny Juzang. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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