NBA Draft 2014: Consensus Draft Rankings 7.0 -- It's June, are you ready?

Okay, so March Madness is over, and underclassmen have declared for the draft. The NBA season finished and the lotto balls were finalized. The Combine came and went. The Lottery also happened, and the order was found out. And the Utah Jazz just got a head coach -- everything is lining up towards the big night, the NBA Draft. That's on June 26th, and oh, look at that, it's the 9th already. So it's time for the consensus draft rankings 7.0. This time around we have 30 different mocks, 24 of them from people who get paid to follow and write about basketball. The six amateurs know their stuff too. Let's just get on with it and see who the consensus king is, for this round.

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Rank #1-15:

	Player	Rk	POS		HT		"	WT	From	XP	Age	#Mocks
1	Joel Embiid	1.73	5		7	0	84	250	Kansas	1	20	30
2	Andrew Wiggins	1.93	2	3	6	8	80	200	Kansas (CDN)	1	19	30
3	Jabari Parker	2.43	3	4	6	8	80	241	Duke	1	19	30
4	Dante Exum	4.27	1	2	6	6	78	188	(Australia)	1	18	30
5	Noah Vonleh	6.13	4	5	6	10	82	240	Indiana	1	18	30
6	Julius Randle	6.77	4		6	9	81	225	Kentucky	1	19	30
7	Marcus Smart	6.77	1		6	4	76	225	Oklahoma St	2	20	30
8	Aaron Gordon	7.40	4		6	8	80	210	Arizona	1	18	30
9	Doug McDermott	10.27	3		6	8	80	210	Creighton	4	22	30
10	Dario Saric	10.80	4		6	10	82	223	(Croatia)		20	30
11	Gary Harris	12.45	2		6	4	76	210	Michigan St	2	19	29
12	Nik Stauskas	13.00	2		6	6	78	190	Michigan (CDN)	2	20	29
13	James Young	15.23	2	3	6	7	79	200	Kentucky	1	18	30
14	Zach LaVine	16.36	1		6	5	77	180	UCLA	1	19	28
15	Adreian Payne	16.68	4		6	10	82	225	Michigan St	4	23	28

Also every single one of these players are on every mock draft used, except for two. Another problem is that two of the Mocks don't go for the entire 1st round either, and that's where the difference lies. Embiid is the new #1, deposing Wiggins. That is understandable as bigs with talent are rare. We also see Vonleh jumping over Randle, who had the commanding lead for months. UCLA's Zach LaVine started the year off as a lotto pick, and then fell out of favor a bit. He has returned after a solid NBA Draft Combine performance, and excellent predraft workouts. For the most part, these are going to be your Top 15 guys, the only question is if Payne can hold off Ennis and Hood.

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Rank #16-30:

	Player	Rk	POS		HT		"	WT	From	XP	Age	#Mocks
16	Tyler Ennis	16.73	1		6	2	74	180	Syracuse (CDN)	1	19	30
17	Rodney Hood	17.07	2		6	8	80	180	Duke	2	21	28
18	Jusuf Nurkic	18.33	5		6	11	83	280	(Bosnia)		19	27
19	Elfrid Payton	19.57	1		6	3	75	170	Louisiana Lafayette	3	20	28
20	T.J. Warren	20.00	3	4	6	8	80	233	NC State	2	20	27
21	Kyle Anderson	20.45	3		6	9	81	235	UCLA	2	20	29
22	Clint Capela	22.89	4		6	11	83	222	(Switzerland)		19	27
23	P.J. Hairston	23.11	2		6	5	77	220	NBA-DL	3	21	27
24	K.J. McDaniels	23.23	3		6	6	78	200	Clemson	3	21	26
25	Jerami Grant	24.27	3		6	8	80	203	Syracuse	2	20	26
26	Cleanthony Early	24.68	3		6	8	80	215	Wichita St	4	23	25
27	Kristaps Porzingis	24.88	4		6	11	83	220	(Latvia)		18	25
28	Shabazz Napier	26.08	1		6	0	72	170	Connecticut	4	22	26
29	Mario Hezonja	27.00	3		6	7	79	200	(Croatia)		19	1
30	Jordan Adams	30.48	2		6	5	77	220	UCLA	2	19	23

Okay, there is less overt consensus here, and the # of mocks goes from 30 all the way to 1 in one case. Does Sherridan Hoops putting Mario Hezonja in this draft mess things up? Yes it does, Other Barry Other Amar, yes it does. I'm not crazy about how this first round ends, and feel that some second rounders will be better. But this isn't the Amar mock draft. It's the consensus one. And the consensus says that Porzingis is not going to be the next Andris Biedrins. An interesting story line will be to see where Ennis falls to, a lot of observers do not expect him to fall past the Toronto Raptors at #20.

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Rank #31-45:

	Player	Rk	POS		HT		"	WT	From	XP	Age	#Mocks
31	Glenn Robinson III	30.48	3		6	6	78	210	Michigan	2	20	23
32	Mitch McGary	30.92	4		6	10	82	250	Michigan	2	21	25
33	Jarnell Stokes	34.89	4		6	8	80	250	Tennessee	3	20	19
34	Spencer Dinwiddie	35.24	1		6	6	78	200	Colorado	3	21	21
35	C.J. Wilcox	35.74	2		6	5	77	180	Washington	4	23	19
36	Jordan Clarkson	35.80	1	2	6	4	76	180	Missouri	3	21	20
37	Bogdan Bogdanovic	36.94	2		6	6	78	200	(Serbia)		21	17
38	DeAndre Daniels	37.37	3		6	7	79	191	Connecticut	3	22	19
39	Walter Tavares	37.88	5		7	2	86	265	(Cape Verde)		22	16
40	Vasilije Micic	39.47	1		6	4	76	185	(Serbia)		20	19
41	Patric Young	40.28	4	5	6	9	81	245	Florida	4	22	18
42	Artem Klimenko	41.33	5		7	1	85	228	(Russia)		20	9
43	Isaiah Austin	42.37	4		7	0	84	215	Baylor	2	20	19
44	Semaj Christon	43.36	1		6	3	75	187	Xavier	2	21	14
45	Nick Johnson	44.00	2		6	3	75	200	Arizona	3	21	17

I am convinced that Robinson or McGary are must-drafts if they get to #35. Speaking of that pick, a lot of people seem to think the Jazz will not let Bogdan^2 pass them if he's available. I would. We already have a great Euro who isn't playing for the team right now in Ante Tomic. Moving beyond the Jazz, Dinwiddie has made a big jump, now ahead of Jordan Clarkson. Austin helped his draft stock as well, but not more than some of the other bigs like Tavares and Klimenko.

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Rank #46-60:

	Player	Rk	POS		HT		"	WT	From	XP	Age	#Mocks
46	Thanasis Antetokounmpo	44.17	3		6	5	77	210	NBA-DL	1	21	18
47	Johnny O'Bryant III	44.41	4	5	6	9	81	250	LSU	3	20	17
48	Deonte Burton	44.89	1		6	1	73	185	Nevada	4	22	18
49	Russ Smith	45.17	2		6	0	72	165	Louisville	4	23	18
50	Damien Inglis	45.67	3		6	8	80	240	(France)		18	15
51	Nikola Jokic	45.85	4		6	11	83	253	(Serbia)		19	13
52	Kentrick Perry	47.00					0					1
53	Dwight Powell	48.00	4		6	9	81	227	Stanford	4	22	17
54	Markel Brown	48.08	2		6	3	75	190	Oklahoma St	4	22	13
55	Jabari Brown	49.69	2		6	4	76	200	Missouri	3	21	16
56	Tomas Dimsa	51.00	2		6	5	77	185	(Lithuania)		20	1
57	Jahii Carson	51.47	1		5	10	70	175	Arizona St	2	21	17
58	Khem Birch	52.50	4		6	9	81	210	UNLV (CDN)	3	21	10
59	Rasmus Larsen	52.88	4		6	11	83	210	(Denmark)		19	8
60	James Michael McAdoo	52.94	4		6	9	81	223	North Carolina	3	21	17

I haven't seen a lot of Thanasis, but there is very little I don't like. With how deep this draft is you may actually get a potential rotation guy in the late second round. The Jazz know this better than most teams because Mo Williams, Paul Millsap, and Raul Neto were all #47 picks. I could see the team moving back into this quarter of the draft if there is someone they like.

What I do not like is the understandable uncertainty of this section. If you want I can re-do this post and give the rankings of players after taking out the players who are seen in five or fewer drafts. (If that was the case then a guy like Jerry Sloan's newest crush, RDM, would be drafted)

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Rank #61-80:

	Player	Rk	POS		HT		"	WT	From	XP	Age	#Mocks
61	Nemanja Dangubic	53.00	2		6	7	79	193	(Serbia)		21	1
62	Roy Devyn Marble	53.27	3		6	6	78	200	Iowa St	4	21	15
63	Joe Harris	54.00	2		6	6	78	211	Virginia	4	22	8
64	Cory Jefferson	54.47	4		6	9	81	210	Baylor	4	23	15
65	Moussa Diagne	54.63	5		6	11	83	230	(Senegal)		20	8
66	LaQuinton Ross	55.80	3		6	8	80	225	Ohio St	3	21	10
67	Le'Bryan Nash	56.00	3		6	7	79	220	Oklahoma St	3	21	1
68	Jordan McRae	56.14	2		6	5	77	178	Tennessee	4	23	7
69	C.J. Fair	56.44	3		6	8	80	212	Syracuse	4	22	9
70	Justin Cobbs	58.00	1		6	2	74	190	California	4	23	2
71	DeAndre Kane	59.50	1	2	6	4	76	200	Iowa St	4	24	10
72	Alec Brown	60.44	5		7	1	85	212	Wisc Green Bay	4	21	9
73	Jordan Bachynski	61.00	5		7	2	86	248	Arizona St	4	24	12
74	Alessandro Gentile	61.00	2	3	6	6	78	200	(Italy)		21	7
75	Davion Berry	62.00					0					1
76	Fuquan Edwin	62.33	2		6	6	78	205	Seton Hall	4	22	3
77	Ioannis Papapetrou	63.00	3		6	8	80	225	(Greece)		20	6
78	Lamar Patterson	63.13	3		6	5	77	225	Pittsburgh	4	22	8
79	Andre Dawkins	65.00	2		6	4	76	196	Duke	4	22	3
80	Melvin Ejim	65.50	3		6	6	78	220	Iowa St	4	23	8

Which brings me to RDM, who is listed in 15 mock drafts or big boards, and is behind a few guys that only one person thinks will be drafted. There are 30 drafts used for this consensus ranking. Having 15 guys (half) agree on you being drafted means more to me than one person who thinks someone else will be better than you. Anyway, I think he's my new Kabongo because Jerry likes him. He could be a guy invited to training camp or play in summer league.

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Rank #81-100:

	Player	Rk	POS		HT		"	WT	From	XP	Age	#Mocks
81	Xavier Thames	66.00	1		6	3	75	195	San Diego St	4	23	7
82	Cameron Bairstow	66.20	4	5	6	9	81	253	New Mexico	4	23	5
83	Troy Huff	67.00					0					1
84	Kendall Williams	67.33	1		6	4	76	185	New Mexico	4	22	6
85	Isaiah Sykes	70.00	2		6	5	77	215	Central Florida	4	22	1
86	Keith Appling	70.00	1		6	2	74	180	Michigan St	4	22	6
87	Sean Kilpatrick	70.50	2		6	4	76	221	Cincinnati	4	24	4
88	Josh Huestis	71.00	3		6	7	79	223	Stanford	4	22	6
89	Okaro White	73.00	3	4	6	9	81	200	Florida St	4	21	1
90	Ronald Roberts	73.00	4		6	8	80	215	St. Joseph's	4	22	1
91	Bryce Cotton	73.40	1	2	6	1	73	165	Providence	4	21	5
92	Jerrelle Benimon	73.50	4		6	8	80	245	Towson	4	22	2
93	Javon McRae	73.67	4		6	7	79	250	Buffalo	4	23	3
94	T.J. Bray	75.00					0					1
95	Jakarr Sampson	75.00	4		6	8	80	204	St. John's	2	21	4
96	Roscoe Smith	75.50	3		6	8	80	204	UNLV	3	23	2
97	Tarik Black	75.50	4	5	6	9	81	260	Kansas	4	22	2
98	Aaron Craft	77.25	1		6	2	74	190	Ohio St	4	23	4
99	Aaric Murray	77.50	5		6	10	82	250	Texas Southern	4	24	2
100	Eric Moreland	78.40	4	5	6	10	82	215	Oregon St	3	22	5

Aaaaand, this is the Top 100. Tons of uncertainty here, even for me. I didn't bother looking up certain heights or positions of these guys. I would not be surprised to see two of these guys play in the NBA at some point. As a fan of crazy names there are a few guys here that interest me. But it's not as strong a group as the last group was (#61-80).

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Okay, so my big board is now about 160 players and here I am showing you just the Top 100, and it is still showing way too much. After all, the NBA Draft is only 60 players. Still, this is a fun exercise for at least me because I care about things like the general consensus of things. This is a great tool to use to help build your own mock drafts or opinions on players. I know that I respect most of these guys and gals who do mock drafts regularly. And as a result, I respect their opinions too. Some players have little consensus, others are pretty much locks for their spots now.

Two weeks to go, though. And a lot of things can happen still.

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Mocks / Big Boards used:

	All Sports	Just Basketball	Just NBA Draft	Web Based	Others
1	CBS - Gary Harris	Basketball Insider - JB	Draft Express	Bleacher Report	Dean on Draft
2	CBS - Matt Moore	Basketball Insiders - AK	NBA Draft . Net	Fan Sided	My NBA Draft
3	CBS - Zach Harper	Basketball Insiders - SK	NBA Draft Room	SB Nation - K.O'Connor	Walter Football
4	ESPN - Chad Ford	Basketball Insiders - YK	NBA Draft Insider	SB Nation - T.Lashbrook Big Board	Turfwood
5	Fox Sports	Hoops Hype		SB Nation - T.Ziller
6	Rotoworld	Inside Hoops
7	Sports Illustrated	NBA.com -S.Howard-Cooper
8	The Sporting News	Sherridan Hoops
9	Yahoo! Sports - M.Spears
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Mock drafts / Big Boards are all the most recent versions, and were updated in the first or second week of June, except for 11 that were updated in the last week of May.