NBA 2014 Mock Draft
05-25-2014
, 09:53 PM
05-26-2014
, 10:16 AM
Round 2 - Pick #43 Overall
Happy to get Birch here, who measured out fairly well at the combine after some worried he might be a bit undersized. (6'9.25 with 8'11" reach)
Birch had a nice year at UNLV (#17 in VJL EWP, 26.3 PER)
Birch is productive on both ends. He had a 57 TS%, drawing 5.5 fouls per 40 and shooting 70% from the stripe. Impressive for a big. On the boards he was particularly impressive, where his 13.9 OR% was near the top of all college players.
On defense he did it too, sporting a 10.9% BLK rate, also again tops of all college players.
His 2014 stats compare a lot to Taj Gibson, a player comp I love for Birch.
I think Birch is a bit hamstrung by the early start to his college career after being a top high school recruit then transferring from Pitt to UNLV. But in mid 2nd round, I'm happy to get a 21 year old former top high school recruit who just had one of the better seasons of anyone in this draft
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Happy to get Birch here, who measured out fairly well at the combine after some worried he might be a bit undersized. (6'9.25 with 8'11" reach)
Birch had a nice year at UNLV (#17 in VJL EWP, 26.3 PER)
Birch is productive on both ends. He had a 57 TS%, drawing 5.5 fouls per 40 and shooting 70% from the stripe. Impressive for a big. On the boards he was particularly impressive, where his 13.9 OR% was near the top of all college players.
On defense he did it too, sporting a 10.9% BLK rate, also again tops of all college players.
His 2014 stats compare a lot to Taj Gibson, a player comp I love for Birch.
I think Birch is a bit hamstrung by the early start to his college career after being a top high school recruit then transferring from Pitt to UNLV. But in mid 2nd round, I'm happy to get a 21 year old former top high school recruit who just had one of the better seasons of anyone in this draft
05-26-2014
, 01:34 PM
05-26-2014
, 05:52 PM
05-26-2014
, 08:34 PM
Da WOLVES Pick 44 CJ Wilcox
the much hated on CJ Wilcox has a defined role in the NBA. Hes old (23) -- thats about the only thing people can actually throw on him. Hes a great shooter
He has a defined role in the NBA. Hes a fine athlete. He has potential to be a Wes Mathews lite.
Draft:
SF KJ Mcdaniels #13
SF/PF Jerami Grant #40
SG CJ Wilcox #44
the much hated on CJ Wilcox has a defined role in the NBA. Hes old (23) -- thats about the only thing people can actually throw on him. Hes a great shooter
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Wilcox is one of the best shooters in this draft class, as he made 43% of his catch and shoot jumpers on the season, which is second best among prospects in our Top-100 rankings. More than just a one-dimensional shooter with his feet set, he is excellent coming off screens (40%, 6th best in Top-100), and also makes a solid 35% of his pull-up attempts (8th best in Top-100).
While not a crafty ball-handler or an overly prolific shot-creator, Wilcox has improved his ability to operate in transition, pick and roll and isolation situations this season, which was sorely needed on a Washington team that was lacking for talent this season in the very deep Pac-12.
While not a crafty ball-handler or an overly prolific shot-creator, Wilcox has improved his ability to operate in transition, pick and roll and isolation situations this season, which was sorely needed on a Washington team that was lacking for talent this season in the very deep Pac-12.
Draft:
SF KJ Mcdaniels #13
SF/PF Jerami Grant #40
SG CJ Wilcox #44
05-27-2014
, 05:14 PM
05-27-2014
, 05:20 PM
da ZARDS Round 2 pick 46
PG/SG Jordan Clarkson
Clarkson is definitely a work in progress, but I like his potential as a 6th man combo guard. He regressed shooting last year but im hopeful he can improve there. Hes a solid athlete with good size. He has good vision and developing PG skills and is a very good scorer.
PG/SG Jordan Clarkson
Clarkson is definitely a work in progress, but I like his potential as a 6th man combo guard. He regressed shooting last year but im hopeful he can improve there. Hes a solid athlete with good size. He has good vision and developing PG skills and is a very good scorer.
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Missouri's Jordan Clarkson was a guy who really aced the eye test while running with the point guards. He measured in at 6'5" with a 38.5-inch max vertical and the third-best agility time in the gym. Clarkson told me he was hearing his draft range was 20-35, and that he plans on selling himself as a point guard. The guy he likes to compare himself to? George Hill, a pretty accurate comparison if you ask me.
05-27-2014
, 05:51 PM
I'm taking Slick Nick Johnson
Perfect pairing with MCW as he gives me a 3 + D PG to play off the ball and make use of MCW's ability to guard SG's. Meanwhile MCW makes up for Nick Johnson's inability to run the offense by running the offense.
I like Nick a lot. He's a bit older and not that upsidey, but he was a great defensive player at Arizona and has the tools to continue the trend in the NBA. He doesn't have that much upside on offense but he does have tools and an alright skill set, he could easily be Chalmers-ish. Really the only big knock is that he's a SG in a PG body and that problem is solved by playing him next to a huge PG. I think he has a career as a rotation player.
Perfect pairing with MCW as he gives me a 3 + D PG to play off the ball and make use of MCW's ability to guard SG's. Meanwhile MCW makes up for Nick Johnson's inability to run the offense by running the offense.
I like Nick a lot. He's a bit older and not that upsidey, but he was a great defensive player at Arizona and has the tools to continue the trend in the NBA. He doesn't have that much upside on offense but he does have tools and an alright skill set, he could easily be Chalmers-ish. Really the only big knock is that he's a SG in a PG body and that problem is solved by playing him next to a huge PG. I think he has a career as a rotation player.