My First Mock

 As a Cavs fan i would rather they take Beal as i feel he is the safer pick, but i think Drummond will really wow scouts at the combine and will become a lock to go top 3.

Lamb to the Warriors? They drafted Klay Thompson in last year’s draft, and they each play the same position. Klay really played well in the last two months of the season and looks to be the future for the Warriors at SG so I don’t know why they would draft another SG. This may be the place for Perry Jones. When the Warriors decided to start tanking and hopefully keep their draft pick they did it in order to cash in on the next star. Perry Jones will likely be their only hope for that as he still has a lot of untapped potential. It might be a reach, but a reach the Warriors are willing to take. Also the Warriors would probably play him as a SF since Lee and Bogut are set as their frontcourt combo. Dorrell Wright looked very inconsistent in his second season as a Warrior so I don’t think they are set on keeping him in the starting lineup. With Curry already set as their PG and Thompson at the 2, a 3 is really all they need.

Zeller to the Pistons at 9. Its not to high but the Pistons already have Monroe and we all know he is playing well, so I don’t think they will be looking for a bigman that plays the 5 but maybe one that plays the 4 instead. Sullinger might be a better fit here. I can see why you would think Zeller with Monroe sliding to the 4 because he’s pretty mobile for the Center position so the Pistons may be looking for a more traditional Center, but I’ve heard from other Piston fans that they like Monroe where he is at. He has attendency to disappear when he plays against bigtime big men like Bynum, and Howard, so if he slides to the 4 he might disappear a ton since he will be going up against Amare, Booz, Brand, Jsmoove, Bosh, KG, Humphries… on a nightly basis and that’s just within the Eastern Conference, there are a ton more out west(Klove, Griffin, Millsap, Gasol, Randolph, Nowitski just to name a few). The NBA seems to more clearly defined at the 4 while not so much at the 5 so at the Center position he won’t disappear too often, but at the 4 he might disappear on a nightly basis.

I agree with you that the Suns need to go for a PG this year and hope to replace Steve Nash, but I think the Suns will be looking for more of a pure point guard. Lillard is more of a scoring PG. While his passing is very underrated, he is still more of a scoring PG. Lillard seems more fit for New Orleans. You could even consider Lillard as a combo guard (although I think he will play a lot more PG in the NBA than SG). So according to what you think the Suns should be looking they should steer clear of Lillard. Marshall is pretty much a lock for the Suns.

That’s pretty much it although I did only look at the lottery.

Although Jones is pretty talented and probably should go in the lottery scouts will question his consistency level, and with the depth of SF’s and PF’s in this draft, scouts may look elsewhere for a more consistent SF/PF.

Like the mock cavs fan but why would the raptors take sullinger?  what they need is wing help or pg so sullinger is a no go to the raps, other than that i like it.  Even Zeller to detroit even though i think it’s a little high for him, but someone has to reach!

I’m not saying Lillard isn’t a PG. I am one of the most valiant supporters of Lillard on this site, I just know that he is not a true PG. And you said yourself that the Suns should be looking for a true point guard which means they shouldn’t be looking at Lillard. Marshall seems like the better pick for them, but Rivers would not be a bad pick either, because once Nash leaves the Suns won’t have a leader and they will need one. Rivers and Marshall are the best picks for the Suns with Lillard being a 3rd option.

And actually there is a wing available for the Raps, Jeremy Lamb. Someone is going to take a risk on Perry Jones just as someone is going to reach for Meyers Leonard. Reaching for Jones could be just what the Raptors need to take Lamb. Also the Raptors could themselves take Perry Jones and hope he develops as a 3, although that doesn’t seem very likely.

Pistons need to take Perry. He has his issues but no one at 9 is gonna be the perfect pick. At least take a chance on the guy who has the most potential. Like I’ve said before this will probably be the last year that the Pistons see the lottery so why settle for a role player when we have the opportunity to draft a potential impact player? Especially considering we can draft someone like Zeller in what spot we’re in in subsequent drafts? We’re not in position to add complimentary pieces, we need star power.

Where’s Kevin Jones?

as a GS fan I dont mind Jeremy Lamb at 7 even though we got a good young guard in Klay Thompson. draft the best player available. I think the fact that Austin Rivers has been NBA coached since birth might also sway Jerry West and our new GM. I think PJ3 doesnt hustle enough and wouldnt mind Sullinger but outside of that everyone sucks at 7 but I aint the GM

 You have Toronto picking three power forwards when they already have bargs amir and davis.

 Agreed. I don’t like Sullinger to the raptors. They still believe that a healthy Bargnani is a borderline all-star. If they end up with the 8th pick, I’d roll the dice on Perry Jones, a much different type of player than Sullinger; or hope that Barnes falls to them. Word is, Colangelo has a  man crush on Austin Rivers