This is one of the wackiest drafts in my 30-plus years at ESPN. I keep talking about potential, potential, potential, but let's face reality. There are not very many impact players in this draft, so this will be a crapshoot, baby!
Don't be surprised if a few trades take place as clubs jockey for position to improve. Will a team like the Lakers or the Heat move into the first round? Will the Raptors or Kings trade down? This is the hardest mock draft I have done in many years. This is just a projection, and you just never know what will happen unless you watch the draft!
Dick Vitale's NBA Mock Draft
| The First Five | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Cleveland Kyrie Irving Duke |
Minnesota Derrick Williams Arizona |
Utah Brandon Knight Cleveland |
Cleveland Enes Kanter Kentucky-Turkey |
Toronto Jan Vesely Czech Republic |
The Rest Of Round 1
| 6 | Washington | Klay Thompson | Washington State |
| 7 | Sacramento | Kawhi Leonard | San Diego State |
| 8 | Detroit | Kemba Walker | Connecticut |
| 9 | Charlotte | Chris Singleton | Florida State |
| 10 | Milwaukee | Alec Burks | Colorado |
| 11 | Golden State | Marcus Morris | Kansas |
| 12 | Utah | Jimmer Fredette | BYU |
| 13 | Phoenix | Bismack Biyombo | Congo |
| 14 | Houston | Tristan Thompson | Texas |
| 15 | Indiana | Marshon Brooks | Providence |
| 16 | Philadelphia | Markieff Morris | Kansas |
| 17 | New York | Iman Shumpert | Georgia Tech |
| 18 | Washington | Jordan Hamilton | Texas |
| 19 | Charlotte | Jonas Valanciunas | Lithuania |
| 20 | Minnesota | Kenneth Faried | Morehead State |
| 21 | Portland | Nikola Vucevic | USC |
| 22 | Denver | Kyle Singler | Duke |
| 23 | Houston | Reggie Jackson | Boston College |
| 24 | Oklahoma City | Jimmy Butler | Marquette |
| 25 | Boston | Chandler Parsons | Florida |
| 26 | Dallas | Norris Cole | Cleveland State |
| 27 | New Jersey | Josh Selby | Kansas |
| 28 | Chicago | Tyler Honeycutt | UCLA |
| 29 | San Antonio | JaJuan Johnson | Purdue |
| 30 | Chicago | Jon Leuer | Wisconsin |
Dick Vitale, college basketball's top analyst and ambassador, joined ESPN during the 1979-80 season. His thorough knowledge of the game is brought forth in an enthusiastic, passionate style. Vitale also contributes columns to ESPN.com.
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