Chad Ford's 'Way Too Early Mock Draft'

by **bobheckler** Sat Aug 29, 2015 11:45 am

7th pick (from Brooklyn) Malik Pope
COLLEGE: San Diego State | HT: 6-10 | WT: 205 | POS: SF
(via Nets) | The Nets sent this pick to the Celtics as part of the Kevin Garnett and Paul Pierce trade. Both KG and Pierce are gone and the Nets’ fortunes are fleeting at the moment, making that Celtics trade look better and better by the day. In fact, both Kevin Pelton and I believe that the panel overstated the Nets’ record. If this pick falls to third or fourth, I wouldn’t be shocked. The question is whether it will be high enough for the Celtics to finally land a superstar. Pope has that sort of talent and the Celtics were one of the first teams to get on him early. He’s got the right size, athleticism and skill set for his position to be a star. He just needs to get stronger, stay healthy and put in a big season at San Diego State. If he breaks out, we might have him too low.

Chad Ford also has the Celtics selecting Ivan Rabb (6-10, 215lbs, PF from Cal) at 15 and Zhou Qi (7-2, 209 lbs, PF in China) with the 16th pick (via Dallas).

Malik Pope
6'10", 205#, 7'2" wingspan. SF
Draftexpress has him going #30. Ford has him going 7th?
nbadraft.net has him going #25
mynbadraft.com has him going #24

http://www.draftexpress.com/profile/Malik-Pope-7257/

Ivan Rabb
6'10", 215#, 7'2" wingspan. PF
Draftexpress has him going #23 in the 2017 draft
NBAdraft.net has him going #7 this year
mynbadraft.com has him going #9 this year

http://www.draftexpress.com/profile/Ivan-Rabb-7245/

Zhou Qi
7'2", 209#, 7'6 1/2" wingspan. C
Draftexpress has him going #13
nbadraft.net has him going #35
mynbadraft.com has him going #21

http://www.draftexpress.com/profile/Zhou-Qi-61857/

Where is Ford coming up with these? Draftexpress has Jakob Poetl, a 7'0", 235# C, still on the board at #10 and Ford has us taking a SF with #7?

I understand that it's impossible to know where we will be picking, but ranking the players should be fairly solid. It's all over the map. That's because everybody is drafting kiddies with no track record, only promise and potential.

bob

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