NBA MOck Draft.

I Didnt Change Much From My Lottery Projection; I Just Added In The Other 16 Picks. The Blazers HAve Control Of THis Draft. The First Two Picks Appear As Foregone Conclusions. The Blazers HAve Options, And I Believe They'll Shake The Thrid Pick Before The Nights Out, MAnintain Their Core, And Squeeze Another Season Of Damian Lillard Heroics Out OF The Pacific North West.

Nearly Everything After The Top Three Feels Shroud In Chaos. Almost All Of These Teams In The Lottery Have Memberships In THe Ping Pong BAll Space. Occupying A Space In The Lottery Means All Of These Teams Have Young Prospects Already In Position, And This Draft Lacks The Big Men So Many Teams Need. The NBA Drove The First Player Into Extinction. Now They Need A Few. When Will We Learn

1)San Antonio Spurs—Victor Wembayama, Metropolitan 92

So, Number One, The Spurs Will Select Victor Wembayama. Wemby Will Mostly Likely Usher In Another Unprecedented Run Of Dominance In San Antonio Not Seen Since The Day The Dynasty Fell As the Spurs Trophy Players Turned Relics. The Spurs Have Clustered Together A Few Good Rounds Of Drafting Over The Past Few Years, and The Contender Within Remains Hibernated. 

2)Charlotte Hornets—Brandon Miller, Alabama

The Hornets Workout Brandon Miller Twice, This According To Reports From ESpn. This Further Underscores The Awks Desperation To Hit On This Picks And Contradicts Earlier Remarks That Alabama Forward Brandon Miller Has Stolen Away The Hornet's Hopes With The Second Overall Pick. The Obvious, Considering The Team Has A Plethora Of High-End Guards, Added Any Other Guard Prospect Would Create A Log Jam. Miller Brings High-End Perimeter Play Making And Shot Creator, On Top Of A Expansive Frame. Where Miller Fits Once Miles Bridges—Who Shares A Similar Skill Set Returns To Basketball. 

3)Portland Trailblazers—JArace Walker, Houston.

The Trailblazers Meet Their Reflection And A Draft Crossroads With The Number 3 PIck. Most Draft Reports Suggest The Blazer One Of Two Moves At This Pick. With Damian Lillard Under Contract Into Infinite, The Vision The Blazer Trade Some Combination Of Young Guards Anfernee Simons/Shaedon Sharpe And The Pick For Another All-Star. The Other Case Trade Lillard And Take The Course Of Uncertainty and Rebuild. The Blazers, As Constructed, Need A Immediate Contributor; Jarace Walker Fits The Bill. He Plays A Similar Role As Jermaine Grant. Still, His Versatility Makes Walker The Best Option For Portland, Looking To Bounce Back Into Contention. No One Else Fits. One of The Thompson Twins Only clogs Up The Wing Position. 

4)Houston Rockets.—Scoot Henderson

The James Harden Love Triangle Puts The Rockets In Something Of A Blender. The Rockets Own An Assortment Of Young Talent At A Variety Of Positions, And Star Potential In Jalen Green. Harden Reportedly Remains Torn On His Contract. Houston, Meanwhile, Can Keep A New Guard In Their Sight In Scoot Henderson. He's Supercharge Athlete Who, Along With Green, Will Have Interior Defender In Sweat Under In The Rim As Those Two Apply Constant Pressure. The Rockets Will, However, Have To Address Their Glut Of Wing PLAyers Starting With KPJ.

5)Detroit Pistons.—Amen Thompson, Over Time Elite

The Piston Need Talent Somewhere, Anywhere; Amen; Thompson's Upside Doesn't Conflict With The Rest Of What Detroit Has In Place At Guard Or In The Paint. Either Of The Thompson Twins, But They Need Time To Flesh Out Their Upside. Detroit Lost A lot Of Games Last, And Even With Monty Williams's Successful And Respected Playoff Resume, Patience Will Have A Place in the Palace(At Auburn Hills). Oh, The Piston No Longer Play At The Palace. 

6)Orlando Magic.— Cam Whitmore, Villanova

The Orlando Magic Have Too Many Guards. Before They Let Go Of Guys Like RJ Hampton And Terrence Ross, The Only Remaining Conundrum Remaining For The To Address, Who's Next? Cole Anthony, Markell's Faults, And Jalen Suggs All Posses Potential Upside But Maybe Not Star Upside. One More Guard Can't Hurt. Can Whitmore Have The Star Potential The Rest Of The Magic Guards Lack? Whitmore's Upper-Level Athleticism And Penetration Ability Fits With At Least One Of The Magic Guards. If The Magic Choose To Move On From Gary Harris, Why Haven't They Moved On From The Vet And Embraced The Full Youth Movement? Cam Can Add And Replace The Production From Any Guards in The Magic Transition. 

7)Indians Pacers.—GRadey Dick, Kansas

The Pacers Added Uber Talent To Their Back, Court Already Bolstering A Star In Tyrese Halliburton when They Selected Benedict Matherin In The Lottery Last Year. The Pacers Still Lack One Element. Veteran Guard Buddy Hield Enters The Last Year Of His Deal And Now Has To Negotiate A New Contract. Hield Stands At The Foot Of Bridge That Crosses Deeper Into His 30s, The Pacers Need Shot Making. Gradey Dick, the Lean Built Shot Maker From Kansas. Dick, Gradey Gives The Pacers A Long Frame, Acute Skill On Offense, And Deft Feel For Basketball. 

8)Washington Wizards.—Anthony Black, Arkansas

The Wizards Haven't Hit On A Draft Pick Since Beal In '12 and Otto Porter Jr. in '13. As A Result Of Constant Whiffing On Picks, The Wizards Are Gridlocked In The Middle Of Lost Out Of Contention And Falling Daily. As Such, According To Report, The Decision Makers In DC Look Upon This Season As One Away From Hitting The "Blow It Up" Button. No, The Other Blow It Up Button In DC. Anthony Black, Shifty, And Shaky Guard From Arkansa. The Wizard Drafted Johnny Davis From Wisconsin Last Year. Still, Davis Struggled To Produce Anything Resembling A Credible Reason For Washington, A Team Sorely Lacking Credible Guard Talent Outside Of Bradley Beal, To Believe In Him Long Term. That Alone Speaks Volume. Either Way, If Wizards Choose To Deliver On The Speculation Of A Rebuild, Beal Will Meet The Door First; he's The Only Wizard Who Offers Value In Return In Trade. Blacks Steps Give The Wizards An Immediate Answer At Point Guard And Upside Playmaker For The Future. He's An Incredible Sleek Live Passer Who Possesses That Natural Feel For The Courts Openings And Closings. Black Also Doesn't Need The Ball To Impact The Game. 

9)Utah Jazz.—Jalen Hood-Schifino. Indiana

I Thought The Jazz Would Finish Lower In The Draft, But They Couldn't Commit To A Path After A Strong Start To The Season. Regardless The Jazz Stumbled Into The Ideal Win Now and Prepare For Tomorrow. The Jazz Strap To The Tables With Big Decision. Jordan Clarkson, The Team's Leading Scorer, A Man Always Ready For A Scrap, Hit The Sweet age Of 31 Years Old With His Free Agency Pending. Talen Horton-Tucker, Who The Jazz Obtained From The Lakers, Would Surface As The Surmised Leading Scoring On The Jazz(Alongside Lauri Markenen). The Jazz Should Subject THT To A "Prove-It" Season Before He Hits Free Agency After This Year. I've Swung Back And Forth On This Pick. The Jazz Shattered All But a Few Piece Of Their Immediate Contributing Talent. Any Of The Top Prospects Fit Anywhere On The Roster. Jalen Hood-Schifino The Diverse Guard Prospect From Indiana. The Big Ten Freshman Of The Year JHS sounds The Alarm As A Playmaker, Penetrator, Shotmaker, and Punctuator At The Rim. A Strong Ball Handler Who Can Weave His Way Like Seamstress Through a Stitch. Through The He's A Classic Guard with Shades Of Donavan Mitchell With Less Explosive. I LIke Taylor Hendricks Here As Well, And The Jazz Can Take A wide Array Of Directions. 

10)Dallas Mavericks.—Derek Lively II, Duke

Some Last Minute, Shameless-Quick Thinking By The Dallas Mavericks Saved Them From Forfeiting A Lottery Picked To The Nets In The Kyrie Trade. Losing A Lottery Pick, Coupled and Compounded By The Fact That Kyrie Could Depart In Free Agency, Leaves More Egg On The Face Of Mark Cuban. The Mavs Need To Return The Slab Because They've Hit A String Of Bad Luck With The Departure Of Jalen Brunson And Missing The Playoffs. The Mavs Continue To Seek Out A Co-Star To Luka Doncic. Big Man Christian Wood The Latest Failed Iteration Of A Dallas Duo, Will Most Likely Depart In Free Agency. Derek Lively The Duke Center Steps In To Replace Wood. The Mavs Have Lacked A Inside Paint Force Rim Protector and Lob Threat Since Tyson Chandler. Really Nobody In College Block And Changed Shots Better Than Derek Lively II. Lively Averaged A Little More Than Two Blocks And a 12.9% Block Percentage. 

11)The Orlando Magic—Jordan HAwkins. Uconn.

Jordan Hawkins Plays Basketball In An Evocative Style. No Need To Teach Deep Into Your Basketball Catalogue To Draw Comparison On The 6'5 High Arching Shooting Guard Out Of UConn. He's An Easy Leathery Mover On The Court, A Pin Point shooter, Whether Open Or Tightly Defended. His Quick Set Feet Game Brings Up Images Of Former UConn Greats Ray Allen And Richard Hamilton. And Even With Those Two Electric Current Generating Movers In Mind, Hawkins UConn Rode His Hot Hand To The Unlikeliest Of Championships Since Their First And Last. The Orlando Magic Ranked Near The Bottom In Three Point Shooting Finishing The Year Shooting 34.6 Percent. 

12)Oklahoma Thunder.—Ausur Thompson, OVertime Elite

No Other Team Comes To Mind When We Think About The Next Western Conference Team On Rose Than The Thunder. A True Superstar In Shai, A Wizard-Like Playmaker In Josh Giddey, and A faint Of Young Prospect From Jalin Williams To The 2nd Overall Pick From Last Year, Chet Holmgren. The Thunder Offensive Produced Average Results Finishing 16th In Offensive Rating and 24th In Effective Field Goal Percentage. A Strong Wing Converted Who Fits In Without Disrupting The Composition "Set In Place" By Josh Giddey And Shai Gilgeous-Alexander. Ausur Thompson Makes Sense, Either. He Project As A Plus Wing Scorer With Less Of The Playmaking Upside Of His Brother. The Lack Of Play Making Adds To Ausur's Fit Here Because He Won't Need The Ball To Make Himself A Threat On Court. 

13)Toronto Raptors—Keyonte George, BAylor

Last Season The Raptors Fielded A Team In Which They Showcase How The Parts Of A Team Can be Performed Better Than The Whole, But Only In Parts Of The Season. The Raptors, In Part, Played As Discombobulated As My Entry Sentence. Pascal, Fred Van Vleet, Last Year's Rookie Of The Year Scottie Barnes, Everybody Favorite Trade Bait OG Anonuby, And Gary Trent Jr. All Played High Caliber Ball Throughout The Season. The Raptors Struggled To Jell And String Together Wins Before Succumbing To The Frustration Of Unchained Talent. No Team I've Watched Had This "collection of versatile forwards," And Versatility, In Basketball, That's The Name Of The Game. The Raptors Fell In Love With Versatility And Ranginess To A Fault. Any Amateur Chess Enthusiast Like Myself Will Tell You, Too Many Of One Piece On The Board Makes The Game Hard To Win Or Close. The Face Of FVV(Fred) Departure Looks Down Over The Raps, As Well As Trent The Two Represent 32% Of The Raptors Offense. Scottie Barnes, Even With His Regression, Remains The Future Of The Franchise. But He's Not Mr. Fantastic; How Far Can He Stretch. Keynote George Bucket Out Of Baylor Fits The Mold Of What The Raptors Need To Replace Gary Trent Jr, counterbalance Their Roster, and Fit In With Their Collective Of Promising Talent. George's Diverse Repertoire Of Pull Ups, Spot Ups, And Dribble Moves Make George A Perfect Fit. The Raptors Also Finished With 1.7 Plus/Minus, Meaning They Regularly Found Themselves In a Contest With Teams by One. The Raptors Near The Bottom In Win Percentage In Such Games. 

14)New Orleans Pelicans Cason Wallace. Kentucky.

The New Orleans Pelicans Roster Flex One Of The Most Talent Imbued Roster Or At Least The Starting Lineups In The West. Brandon Ingraham, CJ McCollum, And Devonte Graham Can Work The Offense. Trey Murphy Started Catching A Fever For Blistering Threes Late In The Season. The pelicans Missed The Playoffs. They Have To Address The Depth Of The Team. Will Jonas Valančiūnas Continue to Stand As Their Primary Big? He's Hitting That Over Thirty Hill. In The West, You Need A Big Man With All This Nikola Jokic Stuff You've Most Likely Heard About. The Point Guard Position Behind Graham, Alongside Graham, Looks Up For Upgrade. Graham's More Of A Score First Guard. Kentucky's Cason Wallace is One Of The Best Two Best Defensive Perimeter Players In The Draft. Wallace Has Elite Instincts For Jumping Passing Lanes, Sticking His Hands In On Balls, and Picking Up On Rotation. He is a good Penetrator Floor General But Needs To Work on His Shooting. He Fit In Lineups Directly Next To CJ McCollum Ans Graham—Neither Of Whom Register As Plus Defenders— Wallace Brings A 100.5 Defensive Rating And 4.2 Defensive Plus Minus. Wallace Can Infuse New Orleans Lineup With A Jrue Holiday Like Impact.  

15. Atlanta, Taylor Hendricks, UCF

—Jon Collins's Name Will Most Likely Emerge In Trade Talks Again This Offseason. The Hawks HAve Brought Deandre Hunter Into The Trade As well. The Hawks Have A Plethora Of Wings But None With The Defensive Fluidity Of Taylor Hendricks. 

 16. Utah (from Minnesota), Dariq Whitehead, Duke— The Jazz Have The Potential To Revamp The Roster In A Few Picks. I Think Dariq's Combination Of Shooting And Physical Talent Presents Too Much Of A Tantalizing Mixture To Let Slip Any Further. 

 17. Los Angeles Lakers, Bilal Coulibaly(Metropolitan 92)— The Lakers Could Find Themselves With A Roster In Flux. D'Angelo Russell's Unrestricted Free Agency Stares Back As The Lakers Stare Into The Abyss Of Point Purgatory. A Smoggiest Board Of Trade Bait Options Await. The Lakers Gaze Upon A Twister Board Of Moves They Could Make. But Any Of Those Moves Can Force Them to Fall. LeBron Chooses To Retire, D-Lo Could Walk In Free Agency, And The Lakers Could Find Themselves In Far Different Place Than The Western Conference Finals Next Season Bilal Coulibaly Posses Great Length And Skill At The Swing Small Forward Spot. He's Raw And Projects More Like A Draft And Stash Prospect. At 6'7 And A Ridiculous 7'3 Wingspan( Somehow, The French Always Have Ridiculous Long Wing Spans).

 18. Miami Heat, Kobe Bufkin Michigan— I Doubt The Heat Make This Pick At 18 On Their Behalf, But Who Knows. The Needs To Add Another Perimeter Threat, One With Fewer Lows Than The Ones They've Already Made The Most Of With. Bufkin Has Great Point Shot Making Prowess And Playmaking Upside. 

 19. Golden State, Jett Howard Michigan—The Warriors Dynasty Has Under Scrutiny Again. The Young Pieces Most Assumed Would Carry The Team Into The Next Decade Have Failed To Develop, Chief Amongst Them Jonathan Kuminga. In Two Seasons With The Warriors, He Remains Something Dormant Star. You Write The Kuminga Experiment In Golden State Off, But The Warriors Need Young Cheap Contributors. Jett Howard Lacks The Potential, But He's A Shooter, And You Can't Have Too Many Shooters In Today's League. He's Earned Acclaim As The Best Shooting Prospect In This Class. The Warriors Struggled With Three Point Shooting In The Playoffs, Finishing 10th Behind Minnesota Right Ahead Of Los Angeles Lakers. 

 20. Houston (from LA Clippers)Nick Smith Jr.—The 20th Pick Could Find Itself On The Move for Another Piece Or Another Young Piece Houston To Play With. I Don't Like The Idea Of Giving Houston Another Guard, But Scoot Projects More Like A Two Guard, and The Rockets Needs A Point Guard; Nick Smith Jr. Fits More Of The Combo Role In Any Lineup With Jalen Green, Kevin Porter, Jr., And Scoot. Smith Will Generate A lot Of Attention And Opportunities As A High Tempo Play Pusher And Penetrator. At Arkansas, Smith Played In a Dual Guard Lineup With Anthony Black, Which Limited His Opportunities As A Playmaker. 

 21. Brooklyn (from Phoenix)—GG Jackson, South Carolina. Jackson possesses High Upside Frame and Skill For The Forward Position. 

 22. Brooklyn, James Nanji's, Barcelona — One Of The Litany Of Reason The Brooklyn Nets Got Thoroughly Outclassed By The Sixers In The First Round, Beyond A Lack Of Talent, A Serious Lack Of Traditional Bigs(Size). Enter James Nanji, 6'11, With a 7'4 Wingspan And A Rigid Physical Profile. 

 23. Portland (from New York), Maxwell Lewis, Pepperdine. Over The Past Few Years, The Blazers Have Secured Several High-Level Prospects To Build A Future; Lewis Adds His Explosiveness And Shot Making To The Group. 

 24. Sacramento, Leonard Miller, G-League— The Kings Probably Don't Bring Back Harrison Barnes This Deep In The 31-Year-Olds Career. At 6-foot-10 With a 7-foot-2 Wingspan, Miller Lacks The Shooting Touch From The Outside. Still, Add Increased Value in The Mid Post And Around The Rim. He 65% On Shots Around The Rim, Most Of Which Were Dunks. 

He's A Great Finisher In Transition and Force In The Paint. 

 25. Memphis, Brice Sensabaugh, Ohio State— The Grizzles Have The Option To Explore Options At Center, But With Dillon Brooks Not Expected To Put Things Politely. Sensabaugh Brings A Strong 6'6 With The Ability To Sniff Out His Own Offense. 

 26. Indiana (from Cleveland), Noah Clowney, Alabama—The Pacers At Any Point Have Any Of Their Veterans Available For trade. Center Myles Turner Always Has His Name On The Block. Drafting His Replacement, A Center With A Similar Style of Play and Frame Noah Clowney Revamps The Process. He's Not The Shot Blocker In The Same Frame As Turner, But He's Got All Of The Tools. 

 27. Charlotte (from Denver via New York and Oklahoma City) Sidy Cissoko, G League, France—The French have Strong Roots In This Draft. Cissoko Gives Charlotte A Great Athlete and A Two Way Prospect Who, With Time And Development, Could Rise The Ceiling In Charlotte's Backcourt 

 28. Utah (from Philadelphia via Brooklyn)Kris Murray, Iowa— The Jazz Add More To The Forward Spots. Despite The Allure Of Both Murray Twins Play On The Same Team, The Jazz Have Questions Behind Lauri Markenen. 

 29. Indiana (from Boston), Olivier-Maxence Prosper

Marquette—The Pacers Will Looked To Scan The Draft Far and Wide For Any Upside Available With These Later Picks. A Few Draft And Stash Europeans. The Chances They Keep All Three First Rounders Are Slim. Olivier-Maxence Prosper Adds A Lot More Excitement And Youth At The Combo Forward Position Than Anyone Else The Pacers Employ Today. A Gangly Switch Defender With Plus Finishing Potential. 

 30. Los Angeles Clippers Washington Wizards ( Via Milwaukee via Houston), Trayce Jackson-Davis, Indiana—To whoever Settles On This Pick. This Kid Dunks Everything, Runs The Floor, And, Despite His Age(23), Has Upside As A Stretch Four. The Clippers Could Ultimately Opt To Focus On Wing Depth —Ryan Rupert, Another French Prospect Or or Colby Jones, A Better Shooter, Out Of Xavier— Given The Teams Frighteningly Fragmented Forwards Kahwi Leonard and Paul George.