The Destruction of Mock Drafts

The Knicks are supposedly deciding between Knox and Lonnie Walker. If they take Walker, they’re idiots, and it’ll mess with mocks 

 Kings, it’s Sacramento. You never know what they’re up to. Bucks as well.

 The Kings taking Porter wont surprise

I actually think the lottery will be fairly ho-hum, with most of the currently projected picks going roughly as expected. I think where things could get interesting is the middle of the first round. I think Phoenix’s pick at 16 is going to be the linchpin. There’s a good 25-30 players you can make a case for to go in the mid-1st, and there will undoubtedly be a cascade effect that could push a player everyone likes into the early-mid second round.

 The Hawks…word around Atlanta is they really like Trae Young..new GM came from GS and he’s convince that Trae Young is the next Steph and he’s very marketable, good for a city that doesn’t have a marketable player or idenity..not saying I agree with his theory so don’t neg me for it lol…

 If some GM out there gets stupid over those Bomba shooting from three vids out there and jumps the gun, we could all be in trouble.

 Or if someone figures out that Sexton is basically unstopable in a league that has outlawed hand-checking.

 I believe it’ll be trades that upset the mock draft apple cart, not so much players being drafted unexpectedly high.

 Good luck, haven’t even done a mock because this draft is crazy. You literally have guys that could go late lottety to mid second round. Deep draft where everyone is closely ranked. All basically what you want in a player and we can guess, but really have no clue. Usually drafts have degined tiers, which makes it easier. Not this year, not after the top players. Going to be a fun draft, but not if you want to nail a mock. So good luck everyone.

 The Hawks pick will be very interesting, do they reach for Trae or take a more obvious guy.

 My question is, who falls?  If guys get picked higher than expected that means someone else is falling.

 I would say that, as usual, we have a generally good idea of who will go in a certain range. For me, its the lottery, there may be a name or two who surprises later on (I think) but I generally have an idea of who and where. I think dominoes fall at #2. The Kings literally could go in a host of different ways, some (IMO) being better than others, but there are camps who prefer different players for differenent reasons. Doncic, Bagley, Jackson Jr., Porter and Bamba have supporters. It is entirely possible that a great deal of mock drafts will be wrong by pick #2 which will throw a lot of things off until pick 7 or so when the next tier kicks in.