time for my never awaited and much panned mock draft.

I tried to incorporate many of the current trade rumors  I could and some I just plain made up too!

this will never happen of course, but I hope someone finds it a fun read at least.


1. Char- James Wiseman 7-1 -Mem
Minnesota trades #1 pick to Charlotte for #3 pick and future first round pick

2. Atl-  Obi Toppin 6-9-  Dayton
GS trades #2 pick, K. Looney and $17M trade exception to Atlanta for C. Capela and #26 pick ( See Boston trade).

3. Minn- Anthony Edwards 6-5- Georgia

4. Chic- LeMelo Ball 6-7- No College

5. Clev- Deni Avdija 6-8- International

6. Bos- Onyeka Okongwu 6-9 – USC
Atlanta trades #6 to Boston for #14, #26 and #30

7. Det- Tyrese Haliburton 6-5 -Iowa St

8.  Hou- Killian Hayes 6-5- International
NY trades #8, B. Portis, T. Gibson, E. Payton and Dallas future first to Houston for R. Westbrook

9. Wash- Issac Okoro 6-6- Auburn

10. Okl- Patrick Williams 6-8- Florida St
Phoenix trades #10 , R. Rubio, K. Oubre and F. Kaminsky to Okl for C. Paul, L. Dort and #25 pick

11. SA- Devin Vassell 6-6- Florida St

12. Sac- Saddiq Bey 6-8- Villanova

13. NO- Aaron Nesmith 6-6- Vanderbilt

14. Atl- RJ Hampton 6-5- None

15. Orl- Kira Lewis Jr 6-3- Alabama

16.  Port- Precious Achiuwa 6-9- Memphis

17. Minn- Jalen Smith 6-10- Maryland

18. Dal- Tyrell Terry 6-2- LSU

19. Bkn- Desmond Bane 6-6- TCU

20.  Mia- Cole Anthony 6-2- N. Carolina

21.  Hou- Aleksej Pokusevski 7-0- International
Philly trades #21 pick, T, Harris and future first to Houston for J. Harden

22.  Den- Tyler Bey  6-7- Colorado

23. Utah- Zeke Nnaji  6-11- Arizona

24.  Mil- Tyrese Maxey  6-3- Kentucky

25.  Phoe- Josh Green 6-6- Arizona

26.  GS- Theo Maledon 6-5- International

27.  NY- Isaiah Stewart 6-9- Washington

28.  NO- Vernon Carey Jr 6-10- Duke
LAL trade #28  to NO for #39 and #42 picks

29.  Tor- Malachi Flynn 6-2-  San Diego St

30.  Atl- Jaden McDaniels 6-9 – Washington


yeah..I think that might work just fine!

A very exciting draft day you have teed up for us, kdp!

If Trader Danny can trade those picks all the way up to a #6 pick that will be as big a coup as he has ever pulled off.  Better than 2 future HOFers with little left in their tanks for a couple of 1st rounders that turned into the Js, better than trading the #1 for the #3 and a #14 that turns into Romeo.

Does your crystal ball say if he keeps Okongwu or trades him for a veteran?


Bob


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bobheckler wrote:A very exciting draft day you have teed up for us, kdp!

If Trader Danny can trade those picks all the way up to a #6 pick that will be as big a coup as he has ever pulled off.  Better than 2 future HOFers with little left in their tanks for a couple of 1st rounders that turned into the Js, better than trading the #1 for the #3 and a #14 that turns into Romeo.

Does your crystal ball say if he keeps Okongwu or trades him for a veteran?


Bob


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LOL....my head hurts at this point

Can the Celts get Avdija or is Cleveland set on him?

BingBang! wrote:Can the Celts get Avdija or is Cleveland set on him?

who knows...but I have him at #4 on my combined mock draft rankings, which I posted somewhere yesterday I think.

Excellent job kdp.

Let's see if you give Nostradamus a run for his money!

BingBang! wrote:Can the Celts get Avdija or is Cleveland set on him?

Bingbang,

I doubt we could move up that far. I posted an article about the Knicks rebuffing Danny @ #8. Moving up to #6, therefore, would be harder and more expensive and I think Avdija will be gone by then anyway.

In no particular order:
Edwards
Ball
Wiseman
Avdija
Toppin
Okongwu
Williams

Avdija is likely to be no lower than 5th.


Bob


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not sure the Knicks are a good gauge for anything NBA related, since they are maybe the worst run team in the league over the past what 25 years?

anyhow

here is an NBA trade value chart for draft picks, only for reference of course

http://nbasense.com/draft-pick-trade-value/2/kevin-pelton-2

Draft Pick Trade Value Raw / Normalized Values

Pick Value Normalized
1 4000 100.00
2 3100 77.50
3 2670 66.75
4 2410 60.25
5 2240 56.00
6 2110 52.75
7 2000 50.00
8 1910 47.75
9 1830 45.75
10 1720 43.00
11 1600 40.00
12 1500 37.50
13 1400 35.00
14 1320 33.00
15 1240 31.00
16 1180 29.50
17 1130 28.25
18 1080 27.00
19 1030 25.75
20 980 24.50
21 920 23.00
22 860 21.50
23 800 20.00
24 750 18.75
25 700 17.50
26 660 16.50
27 620 15.50
28 570 14.25
29 520 13.00
30 470 11.75
31 360 9.00
32 350 8.75
33 330 8.25
34 320 8.00
35 300 7.50
36 290 7.25
37 280 7.00
38 270 6.75
39 250 6.25
40 240 6.00
41 230 5.75
42 220 5.50
43 210 5.25
44 200 5.00
45 190 4.75
46 180 4.50
47 170 4.25
48 160 4.00
49 150 3.75
50 140 3.50
51 130 3.25
52 120 3.00
53 110 2.75
54 100 2.50
55 90 2.25
56 90 2.25
57 80 2.00
58 70 1.75
59 60 1.50
60 50 1.25


if this chart were gospel, on a normal draft year, #14, 26 and 30 could get you up to #5 pick.

of course you need a partner for that to happen.

NYCelt wrote:Excellent job kdp.

Let's see if you give Nostradamus a run for his money!

thanks, but I am closer to Nostra-dammit to be honest

kdp59

I like the idea of #1 trading down to #3.  Sounds like what Boston did to get both JT and a future pick.  That worked because there was no team at 1 or 2 that wanted JT and danny knew that before he made the trade.

What throws this off a bit is an assumption that if Atlanta also traded to get at #2 they would pass on Anthony Edwards.  Obi at #2 is a guy that Atlanta does not need he pretty much replicates what they have in John Collins.  If Atlanta was at #2 they would draft hometown UGA guy Edwards.  The biggest problem with ATL is the lack of size and physicality at guard.  Edwards would be a perfect 2 guard for them.  The GS offer to Atl is not very enticing because for example ATL is one of only a few team with CAP space so the $17 million trade exception does not help them unless they were going at pursue a Blockbuster trade to land a guy like a James Harden or a Bradley Beal.

I should also mention that if Atlanta wanted Obi they would not have to trade all the way up to #2 to get him.

Trading up or down is a gamble unless you pretty much know what other teams are going to do.

I do however like a lot of the wheeling and dealing.

I think Okongwu may not be there at #6.  I think the Cavs will take him over Obi because he is the better defender and with TT likely heading out of town they will need a defender like Okongwu to fill the void.

So there, I just diminished the Celtics chance of trading up to get him.  Is there a Cavs/Celtics deal to be had???

Overall I do find this as interesting stuff because it highlights all the endless possibilities at hand.

Boston wants to move around the draft board and reports that Danny is looking for draft consolidation to move up makes sense provided they do not overvalue players above 14 or undervalue ones below.  If Boston stayed put they would get great value at #14 by drafting Precious Achiuwa or even Trading down a pick or two for Jalen Smith.

The GH decision will impact what Danny does in this draft.