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NBA PM: Not The Greatest Draft Class
Jeff Hawkins is an award-winning sportswriter with more than four decades in the industry (print and digital media). A freelance writer/stay-at-home dad since 2008, Hawkins started his career with newspaper stints in Michigan, North Carolina, Florida, Upstate New York and Illinois, where he earned the 2004 APSE first-place award for column writing (under 40,000 circulation). As a beat writer, he covered NASCAR Winston Cup events at NHIS (1999-2003), the NHL's Chicago Blackhawks (2003-06) and the NFL's Carolina Panthers (2011-12). Hawkins penned four youth sports books, including a Michael Jordan biography. Hawkins' main hobbies include mountain bike riding, 5k trail runs at the Whitewater Center in Charlotte, N.C., and live music.
All posts by Jeff HawkinsUpdated15 Oct 2021
It’s Time For Some More Mocking
If you have not been following college basketball much this season, you are in for some bad news as it pertains to the 2016 NBA draft class: There is not a lot to get excited about, which is likely why so many forward-thinking teams were willing to trade out of this draft. Yes, the top of the draft is very intriguing, but the rest of the class leaves a lot to be desired.
As the 2016 draft order stands today, the Philadelphia 76ers, Boston Celtics, Phoenix Suns and Denver Nuggets will control 12 of the 30 projected first-round picks, with all four franchises having options on as many as three picks each, depending on the final standings.
Outside of the top overall prospects – LSU’s Ben Simmons and Duke’s Brandon Ingram – the rest of the class looks to be more skewed toward reserve-level players and a lot of size inside the top 100. As of right now, there looks to be 29 players in the 2016 class that measure in at 6’10 or bigger, with 13 players in the DraftExpress Top 100 measuring 7’0 or taller.
The 2016 draft class also looks to have a larger than normal contingent of 18- and 19-year-olds, with 30 players currently in the top 100 under 20 years of age as of today.
So without further ado, here is the latest 2016 NBA Mock Draft:
As we get closer to the end of the NBA regular season, you will start to see more and more focus on the 2016 NBA Draft, including the always popular Consensus Mock Drafts that drop the first week of May. These feature analysis from all of our draft experts.
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