I have my first draft of a big board put together. The top of this class is really tough and I'm sure Ill have some changes in opinion when I get a chance to watch more games. I did break the board up into rough tier groups.
Player Team
1 Ron Holland G-League
2 Nikola Topic Int
3 Alex Sarr Int
4 Stephon Castle Uconn
5 Donovan Clingan Uconn
6 Zaccharie Risacher Int
7 Matas Buzelis G-League
8 Cody Williams Colorado
9 Kel'el Ware Indiana
10 Reed Sheppard UK
11 Rob Dillingham UK
12 Isaiah Collier USC
13 Tyler Smith G-League
14 Ja'Kobe Walter Baylor
15 Yves Missi Baylor
16 Melvin Ajinca Int
17 Harrison Ingram UNC
18 John Furphy Kansas
19 Kyle Filipowski Duke
20 Zach Edey Purdue
21 Adem Bona UCLA
22 Izan Almansa G-League
23 Dalton Knecht Tennessee
24 Tidjane Salaun Int
25 Jared McCain Duke
26 Terrance Shannon Illinois
27 Daron Holmes Dayton
28 Bobi Klintman Int
29 Ryan Dunn Virginia
30 Trey Alexander Creighton
A few observations.
Holland is underrated on alot of the main stream boards, I see alot of similarities with Jaylen Brown
Kel'el Ware like most bigs is a gamble because they historically develop slowly but I can't see him not being worth a lottery pick.
Both UK guards Sheppard and Dillingham scare me, neither has the desired positional size for PGs let along combo guards. The last draft saw a major trend away from smaller guards.
Missi, I am not sold that he is worlds ahead of Bona. He is longer but Bona looks like the more explosive athlete.
Melvin Ajinca, he is being under valued. Has good size, is athletic, can shoot the 3, and was very productive in FIBA.
Izan Almansa, great touch for a 18yr old. Struggled in G-League but was MVP of FIBA U19