Thursday, June 28, 2012

NBA Big Board 2012

Finally, my favorite draft class in a long time is here. Due to the lockout truncated season, the Finals feel like they JUST happened (because they did), but here we are. There are all kinds of rumors out there, and a number of trades have already occurred this week as a precursor to what looks like a busy draft day. It's nearly impossible to predict things in a mock draft with so much mystery looming, so here is my simple big board of prospects--66 was a nice, random number to cut it off at to try to include everyone who could be drafted. I will provide explanation after the draft with the overall draft analysis, but here are my my previous rankings with descriptions and initial lottery mock draft (you can also click the "NBA Draft" tag for more).

  1. Kentucky PF Anthony Davis
  2. Kentucky SF Michael Kidd-Gilchrist
  3. Florida SG Bradley Beal
  4. North Carolina SF Harrison Barnes
  5. Kansas PF Thomas Robinson
  6. UConn C Andre Drummond
  7. UConn SG Jeremy Lamb
  8. Weber St. PG Damian Lillard
  9. North Carolina PF John Henson
  10. Syracuse SG Dion Waiters 
  11. Illinois C Myers Leonard
  12. North Carolina C Tyler Zeller 
  13. North Carolina PG Kendall Marshall
  14. Kentucky PF Terrence Jones
  15. Baylor PF Perry Jones III
  16. Washington SG Terrence Ross
  17. Duke SG Austin Rivers
  18. Ohio St. PF Jared Sullinger
  19. Baylor SF Quincy Miller
  20. St. John's SF Moe Harkless
  21. Miss St. PF Arnett Moultrie
  22. Washington PG Tony Wroten
  23. Kentucky PG Marquis Teague
  24. St. Bonaventure PF Andrew Nicholson
  25. France SG Evan Fournier
  26. Iowa St. PF Royce White
  27. Kentucky SG Doron Lamb
  28. Vanderbilt SF Jeff Taylor
  29. Memphis SG Will Barton
  30. Syracuse C Fab Melo
  31. Vanderbilt C Festus Ezeli
  32. UCSB SG Orlando Johnson
  33. Vanderbilt SG John Jenkins
  34. Kansas PG Tyshawn Taylor
  35. Kentucky SF Darius Miller
  36. Michigan St. PF Draymond Green 
  37. New Mexico PF Drew Gordon
  38. Marquette SG Darius Johnson-Odom 
  39. Oregon St. SG Jared Cunningham 
  40. Tennessee St SG Kevin Murphy 
  41. Turkey PF Furkan Aldemir
  42. Marquette SF Jae Crowder 
  43. Texas A&M SF Khris Middleton
  44. Iona PG Scott Machado
  45. Duke C Miles Plumlee
  46. Czech SG  Tomas Satoransky 
  47. Ohio St. SG William Buford
  48. Syracuse SF Kris Joseph
  49. Xavier PG Tu Holloway
  50. Norfolk St. C Kyle O'Quinn
  51. Missouri SG Kim English 
  52. West Virginia PF Kevin Jones
  53. Florida St. C Bernard James
  54. Alabama PF JaMychal Green 
  55. Virginia PF Mike Scott
  56. Georgetown SF Hollis Thompson
  57. Alabama SG Tony Mitchell 
  58. Georgetown C Henry Sims 
  59. Gonzaga C Robert Sacre 
  60. Missouri SG Marcus Denmon
  61. Purdue SF Robbie Hummel
  62. Long Beach St. PG Casper Ware
  63. Missouri PF Ricardo Ratliffe
  64. Baylor PF Quincy Acy 
  65. Wisconsin PG Jordan Taylor
  66. LSU C Justin Hamilton