Mike McGraw's NBA mock draft
By Mike McGraw
mmcgraw@dailyherald.com
With the 2017 NBA Draft unfolding Thursday at the Barclays Center in Brookly (7 p.m. ESPN), here's our prediction for how the first-round selections may fall:
Team Player Ht Pos School/Country
1. Philadelphia Markelle Fultz 6-4 PG Washington
2. L.A. Lakers Lonzo Ball 6-6 PG UCLA
3. Boston Jayson Tatum 6-8 SF Duke
4. Phoenix Josh Jackson 6-8 SF Kansas
5. Sacramento De'Aaron Fox 6-4 PG Kentucky
6. Orlando Jonathan Isaac 6-10 PF Florida State
7. Minnesota Lauri Markkanen 7-0 PF Arizona
8. New York Frank Ntilikina 6-5 PG France
9. Dallas Malik Monk 6-4 SG Kentucky
10. Sacramento Dennis Smith 6-3 PG North Carolina St.
11. Charlotte Luke Kennard 6-6 SG Duke
12. Detroit Zach Collins 7-0 C Gonzaga
13. Denver Kyle Kuzma 6-9 PF Utah
14. Miami Donovan Mitchell 6-2 SG Louisville
15. Portland Justin Patton 6-11 C Creighton
16. Bulls OG Anunoby 6-8 PF Indiana
17. Milwaukee Jarrett Allen 6-11 C Texas
18. Indiana T.J. Leaf 6-10 PF UCLA
19. Atlanta John Collins 6-10 PF Wake Forest
20. Portland Justin Jackson 6-8 SF North Carolina
21. Oklahoma City Semi Ojeyele 6-6 SF SMU
22. Brooklyn Harry Giles 6-10 PF Duke
23. Toronto D.J. Wilson 6-10 PF Michigan
24. Utah Bam Adebayo 6-10 PF Kentucky
25. Orlando Tony Bradley 6-10 C North Carolina
26. Portland Ike Anigbogu 6-10 C UCLA
27. LA Lakers Caleb Swanigan 6-9 PF Purdue
28. LA Lakers Isaiah Hartenstein 7-0 C Zalgiris
29. San Antonio Derrick White 6-5 PG Colorado
30. Utah Terrance Ferguson 6-7 SG Adelaide