Nola's NBA Mock - V1

[jonathanlambert33]

1.

- Emmanuel Mudiay, PG, China
2.

- Karl Anthony Towns, C, Kentucky
3.

- D'Angelo Russell, PG, Ohio State
4.

- Jahlil Okafor, C, Duke
5.

- Kristaps Porzingis, PF, Latvia
6.

- Willie Cauley-Stein, C, Kentucky
7.

- Justice Winslow, SF, Duke
8.

- Mario Hezonja, SF, Croatia
9.

- Devin Booker, SG, Kentucky
10.

- Stanley Johnson, SF, Arizona
11.

- Cameron Payne, PG, Murray State
12.

- Kelly Oubre, SF, Kansas
13.

- Sam Dekker, SF, Wisconsin
14.

- Rashad Vaughn, SG, UNLV

 

[RipCity32]

Mudiay 1?

 

[elcheato]

Wat

 

[jonathanlambert33]

Mudiay 1?

15 years from now when we look back at this class, he will be the best player from it. Dude is an absolute stud.

 

[RipCity32]

Maybe so. Won't disagree with that. But the likelihood of that happening in the draft is pretty slim.

 

[jonathanlambert33]

Maybe so. Won't disagree with that. But the likelihood of that happening in the draft is pretty slim.

Shouldn't be, but poor decision making is why a lot of these teams are selecting so high anyways.

If Mudiay hadn't gone to China I honestly believe he would be the favorite, but he hurt himself going to China.

 

[jonathanlambert33]

and for the record, I wouldn't touch Okafor until like #9.

 

[Pugz]

if winslow is there for denver, i think we try to trade for him. now idk if anything would be agreed to but yea

 

[BwareDWare94]

15 years from now when we look back at this class, he will be the best player from it. Dude is an absolute stud.

 
Flip Saunders is really fucking smart but nobody is immune to the hype machine and fanbase pressure. He's taking Towns or Okafor. 

 

[bosoxlover12]

15 years from now when we look back at this class, he will be the best player from it. Dude is an absolute stud.

thats because he's just a quicker version of Tyreke Evans, with better handles

and you are underselling both Okafor and Russell a good bit, especially Okafor

 

[bosoxlover12]

And fwiw, if the Wolves really wanted Mudiay, they'd trade down to #2 to get him

 

[jonathanlambert33]

thats because he's just a quicker version of Tyreke Evans, with better handles

and you are underselling both Okafor and Russell a good bit, especially Okafor

"that's because he's a quicker version of Tyreke Evans, with better handles"

is that supposed to mean something to me?

and you're really overrating Okafor. Dudes going to come in and put up numbers and you're going to love him, because that's just who you are. He'll probably be a 20-10 guy on some run of the mill teams, but he's not going to truly have the impact on the game his numbers say he does. I've said it before, I'd take Cauley-Stein over Okafor. He may not put up the raw stats that Okafor will, but he's going to have a bigger impact on games. The Okafor player is sexy, but he's not going to move the needle for you.

Towns will do that, Mudiay will do that, Russell will do that, and so on. Okafor won't.

 

[jonathanlambert33]

Flip Saunders is really fucking smart but nobody is immune to the hype machine and fanbase pressure. He's taking Towns or Okafor.

is this sarcasm?

 

[jonathanlambert33]

I'll put this label on Okafor..."flawed star"

 

[CameronCrazy06]

and for the record, I wouldn't touch Okafor until like #9.

 
Lmao

 

[cruzg24]

Okafor isnt going to the Knicks. I think he goes top 2 and we get Mudiay or Winslow.

 

[jonathanlambert33]

Lmao

 

ok, maybe 8. But I'd take Mudiay, Towns, Russell, Porzingis, Cauley-Stein, and Winslow over him.

 

[jonathanlambert33]

Okafor isnt going to the Knicks. I think he goes top 2 and we get Mudiay or Winslow.

Okafor and Melo would be a site to see.

 

[cruzg24]

Okafor is Brook Lopez with a little bit more range in my opinion.

 

[jonathanlambert33]

Okafor is Brook Lopez with a little bit more range in my opinion.

He's a Lopez/Jefferson type. Those guys aren't as valuable as some want to believe.