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Ryan Feldman wrote at 6/27/2010 3:58:48 PMGood prediction, JB.
JB wrote at 6/24/2010 11:41:19 AMDon't buy that Whiteside falls that low. He'll go higher (top 15) and the mock drafters will look stupid for following the leader/group think.
Jim Miller wrote at 6/24/2010 8:39:08 AMThe Russian point guard Alexey Shved is a big time sleeper. Don't be surprised if he is drafted 25 spots ahead of his present listing. At 6'5"-6" Alex has more moves than a basket full of rattle snakes. His handles are super, he can take it all the way to the hoop. His three point shooting is well over 40 percent and he can shoot long off the dribble or just catch and shoot. His passing is better than half of the present NBA point guards because he can see over most defenders guarding him. He's not super fast, but fast enough with his devastating crossovers. The Lakers are eyeing him and so are the Spurs. He can play the one or two spot and could used some defensive skill polishing, but not a lot. The only problem might be getting him acclimatized to life in the USA.
Ryan Feldman wrote at 6/15/2010 9:10:58 AMThe updated date is at the top. June 9. New one coming possibly later today.
Sam wrote at 6/12/2010 8:14:00 AMwhen was the last time this thing was updated? Doesn't seem as accurate
Joe Hamilton wrote at 6/2/2010 10:08:52 AMScheyer outplayed anyone on Butler, Baylor, West Virginia, and definitely did much better against WVA than the very overrated John Wall. He further showed that he is a great player in important situation. Duke had to play a road game (Butler was only 3 miles from the arena in front of 70,000 fans of which 90+% were rooting for Butler. He is better than Redick in several important ways: 1. He is more of clutch player 2. Better defensively 3. is a true combo guard who can definitely play PG in the NBA. As for his alleged lack of explosiveness ,quickness and foot speed: Ask Butler against whom Scheyer blocks 3 shots and made a crucial tip in. Or ask Purdue a very good defensive team against whom scored on 5 drives to the hoop or WVU or Butler if Scheyer isn't quick. I think it's laughable when the herd talks about Scheyer as a defensive liability. Ask Ebanks and other WVU or ask Butler if Scheyer can play defense.
Ryan Feldman wrote at 5/27/2010 10:59:05 AMI don't see Alabi going much higher than 21 at this point. Neither Alabi or Jordan are very skilled. There are plenty of 7-footers who have been drafted early and have amounted to nothing. The success rate of 7-footers is not very good in the NBA. The Thunder will definitely get at least one big man in the draft, probably two. And by the way, Parakhouski is not an international player. He played at Radford.
mike ball wrote at 5/26/2010 4:41:15 PMdoes any one think solomon alabi will actually slip to # 21 to okc? he is the tallest player along with jerome jordan from tulsa at 6'11.5 ft tall. its obvious they need a post defender to get anywhere in the western division. there are a couple foreign 6'11' guys like ryan richards, artsiom parakhouski, and donatas motiejunas that would help. and some undersized bigmen like daniel orton, keith tiny gallon, derrick character and dexter pittman. they have the #21 and #26 first round picks along with #2 and #21 second picks which they can surely trade up with.
mark wrote at 5/24/2010 12:13:02 AMRyan Thompson is a natural NBA shooting guard with prototype size and skills at 6-6 215. He has all the skills an NBA shooting guard needs to have. He reminds me of Brandon Roy. Like Roy, he can play some PG, but his natural NBA position is SG. He should be a late 1st/early 2nd round pick. Jon Scheyer won't make it in the NBA, but Ryan Thompson will have a long and successful career. He needs to be on all the mocks.
Ryan Feldman wrote at 5/21/2010 2:47:58 PMI know that Ryan can handle the ball. I've seen him play many times. I know that no draft expert has seen him play nearly as many times as I have. You can ask Ryan that. But he did not excel as a point guard his senior year. He can play the position if he has to, but he hasn't proven he can at an NBA level. There's a difference between playing PG growing up and playing it at an NBA level where you can go against guys like Rondo, CP3, Nash ,etc. If he had dominated as a PG as a senior, he would've been a lock to be drafted and possibly a first round pick. As it stands now, he has a decent chance to get drafted, but certainly not guaranteed at all.
Bballer wrote at 5/21/2010 9:59:18 AMYou said on here that if Ryan were to prove he was a PG than he may have a chance, Growing up with him Ryan has played the point most of his life. Like his brother he did not reach over 6 foot till sometime early in high school so most of his life was spent at the point.
JerNYC wrote at 5/17/2010 11:18:35 PMI can't believe no team wouldn't take a 2nd round chance on Dexter. He's a freaking monster, as big if not bigger than Cousins. Granted, not as athletic or agile, but if he can stay in shape, there's always room in the NBA for a young guy with that kind of size. OKC should take a chance on him, because they got killed in the paint against the Lakers, and with more size, they would be unstoppable. I think if Texas hadn't fizzled out, his stock and certainly Damion James (19? really?)would have been much higher.
nba draft guy wrote at 5/3/2010 1:30:13 PMRyan Thompson is better than any other player on your mock draft.He should be at least a top ten pick.C'mon Feldman
Ryan Feldman wrote at 4/29/2010 1:30:34 PMThe mock draft was just updated with Vesely out. A lot who goes where will depend on team needs and just which teams have which picks, so we really won't be able to predict much until after the lottery takes place. Sanders is more of an athletic, scrappy shot blocker, while Patterson is more of a refined post player or versatile combo forward. They serve different needs. You can't guarantee anything in the draft. Nobody thought DeJuan Blair would fall to the second round. And there are plenty of examples like that. So, don't say you can guarantee anything. I believe Favors is overrated and that his stock will fall a little bit before the draft.
Evan Milberg wrote at 4/29/2010 10:40:33 AMNot a bad mock. There are some things that jumped out at me though. 1) A team would be crazy to pick Larry Sanders over Patrick Patterson. Not saying that couldn't happen, but Sanders is still extremely raw offensively and played in a watered-down CAA and still didn't produce as well as Patterson in a weak mid-major. Sanders is purely a product of Eric Maynor's success at VCU and it showed this year. Patterson put up solid numbers on a contending Kentucky team and is a much more well-rounded player. He may be on the small side, but I guarantee he will contribute more than Sanders on the next level. 2) Derrick Favors is not going to fall to #7. The kid has boatloads of potential and will not fall out of the top 5. Cole Aldrich is probably a late lottery pick, and I can assure you will not go before Favors. 3) Perhaps it was announced after you made the mock, but Jan Vessely pulled out of the draft.
Romo wrote at 4/27/2010 3:08:58 PMmy friends and i will be doing a mock draft, and Davis is 5, and Chism 15 what the crap is wrong.
justin wrote at 4/26/2010 3:24:47 PMfirst off its spelt scottie not scotty and how can you tell me that guys like dominique jones and jon scheyr and matt bouldin are gonna get drafted over him? thats ridiculous. the kid has potential in the nba
Mr. awesome wrote at 4/23/2010 1:30:45 PMRyan Thompson is number one draft pick material. He could be an all star in the nba someday. He better get drafted.
college basketball fan wrote at 4/18/2010 8:16:59 AMryan thompson is a top 5 senior in college basketball. He is way underrated.He can do everything.Ryan is a team player, and can score at will {if he wants to]as he showed in Portsmouth. Ryan was no doubt the best player on the floor in Portsmouth. Shouldn't he get drafted
Ryan Feldman wrote at 4/12/2010 11:22:11 AMRyan Thompson certainly has a chance to get drafted if he does very well in his team workouts. He was very close to entering my mock draft but he still has a lot of work to do. Scheyer has proven the ability to be a pure PG, something Thompson has not done. If Thompson were a PG, he'd likely be drafted. But as of now, he is a wing.
Pfiz wrote at 4/12/2010 6:53:26 AMSo, I read on this site Ryan was the best player on the court in Portsmouth. Is his stock rising? At least enough to get drafted? He's much more equiped to play in the NBA than Scheyer for example.
Ryan Feldman wrote at 4/9/2010 12:36:57 AMScheyer and Vasquez are both 2nd round picks. Singler is not on the board because I don't believe he is coming out. I may have him in the next update.
pintodw wrote at 4/7/2010 12:03:32 PMRashid, were you smoking dope or are you just a dope. Your sentence looks like it ran over an IED. Sheyer before Vasquez? Hell no. Where is Singler?
Rashid wrote at 3/28/2010 5:14:05 PMI taste a lot like the team was Greivis Vasquez shoulder in the Maryland game against Michigan St in 2nd round NBA they showed his bearing too think it should be chosen in a better position in the draft.
Ryan Feldman wrote at 3/21/2010 12:33:22 PMSorry, there were some typos, but they are fixed. Some things bled through from one sheet to another in my Excel file, so some of the teams from bracketology appeared as teams in the draft. Thanks for pointing that out.
Pete Rock wrote at 3/18/2010 12:18:52 PMWho is UAB at the 13th pick? Is that Utah? Not a bad draft board.
larry wrote at 3/14/2010 6:06:58 PMnoo scotty isnt going to get drafted hes not a proven player can u say d league
Ryan Feldman wrote at 2/20/2010 8:42:20 PMActually, the T-Wolves get it. The Sixers traded the pick to Minnesota in the Rodney Carney trade. It will be changed in the next update. Thanks.
bigdig wrote at 2/20/2010 12:36:46 PMUtah does not have a second 1st round pick...it belongs to Philadelphia.
Ryan Feldman wrote at 2/17/2010 11:13:32 AMRoxNation: I agree, I think Deon Thompson is a great player. He may have the best post moves of any player in college basketball. TooHot: Are you talking to me or the other people who posted below? I agree with you. That's why I have him barely getting drafted if he gets drafted at all. Shamwow guy: Yes, it's possible. His potential, athleticism and versatility makes Harris a definite lottery pick and he could get into the top five.
Shamwow guy wrote at 2/17/2010 10:27:45 AMWow, Elias Harris is a top 5 pick? I have him in the teens for my draft http://dribbledrive5.webs.com/apps/blog/show/2886962-mock-draft-2-0-
TooHot wrote at 2/15/2010 6:47:14 AMYou're joking about Reynolds right? His game does not transfer to the NBA. There's a reason he dropped out of the NBA draft. PS. I'm a huge Nova and Reynolds fan.
RoxNation wrote at 2/14/2010 12:55:01 AMD. T. will be a steal in the second round. Thinks Cal Laundry, David West etc.
Ryan Feldman wrote at 2/12/2010 11:38:54 PMThis mock draft does not represent team needs at this point. It's simply a draft with rankings and not taking team needs into account. I don't start doing that until after the draft lottery. The draft order on here is how the standings were whenever I posted the updated draft, and the NBA standings change every day, so there's no point representing the team needs until after the draft order is set.
Vaughn wrote at 2/11/2010 11:58:23 PMSorry but there is no a chance the Sixers would grab Aminu there. None. We already have two talented athletic small forwards with questionable outside shooting. Aminu may very well be a great prospect, but anyone who thinks the 76ers would take him over Davis, Cousins, Favors, Whiteside etc. simply has not bothered to examine team needs.
Ryan Feldman wrote at 2/9/2010 10:40:49 PMHe's a top 10 college player, not a top 10 NBA prospect. There's a big difference. I'm not saying I personally wouldn't rather have Reynolds over a lot of guys, but NBA people don't feel that way. He lacks the quickness, size, athleticism and position. His size isn't bad for a PG, but he's not a pure PG, and the NBA wants athleticism and potential, two traits that many other players are stronger at.
Jman wrote at 2/9/2010 10:57:21 AMif it werent for wall turner reynolds is the best should be in top 10 atleast
Ryan Feldman wrote at 2/1/2010 6:12:03 PMTy: While that is not true (Wall and Turner are easily the best), it's certainly not crazy to think that. You can easily say he's the second best college basketball PG, but he's NOT the second best PG NBA Draft prospect. There's a huge difference. Tyler Hansbrough was the best power forward in college basketball but he wasn't the best PF NBA Draft prospect. College basketball and the NBA are two totally different games, and the NBA teams recognize this. I enjoy college basketball much more, and I'm sure you probably do as well.
ty wrote at 1/30/2010 4:19:38 PMcom on man scottie is the second best pg in the nation
Ryan Feldman wrote at 1/26/2010 10:10:43 PMYes, Nelson was a pure point guard. He scored when he had to but he was a real point guard. Reynolds is a scoring guard. He can run the point but scoring is his main priority. Corey Fisher is really the PG most of the time for Nova. And Jameer's size is what dropped him down to 21 even though he was arguably the best player in college basketball as a senior in 2004. Reynolds might get drafted, but if he does, it will be in the mid-to-late second round.
Brian Cassidy wrote at 1/25/2010 6:25:59 PMThen why was Jameer Nelson drafted? I mean if we're talking Philly players... he's listed at 6 ft but he's more like 5-10/5-11 but he was drafted fairly high (21st by the Nuggets I think). Was that cause he was that much better of a pure point guard?
Ryan Feldman wrote at 1/23/2010 9:58:34 PMYes, that's probably correct. He is a great college player but is a borderline NBA Draft pick. His lack of definite position hurts him. If he is a PG, there are better pure PG's out there with better vision and passing skills, and if he is a SG he is way undersized. It's sad, but it's how the NBA is. If you're a Philly guy, see Marvin O'Connor and Lynn Greer. Also, Marcus Hatten from St. John's. Similar cases.
John wrote at 1/21/2010 1:23:59 PMScottie Reynolds isn't going to get drafted?
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