This is not a big board but rather just a way to categorize what I am hearing on Pods and reading online regarding what I would guess to be the top half of this draft class
Lottery Locks
Flagg (nothing to say)
Harper (fit with Spurs will be the debate leading up to the draft)
Edgcome (I am starting to think team will feel safer with VJ than Bailey but know Ace has the higher ceiling)
Bailey (appears to be the polarizing guy at the top of the draft not 6?10 as advertised and gave what some see as immature answers in interviews
Johnson (measured well and his shot gives him real allstar potential)
Knueppel (everyone seems to love Kon and he is being talked about as a very safe pick)
Almost locks in lottery but?
Fears (team fit based on how the lottery order fell)
Maluach (visa status with a slight * for roster fit)
Queen (team will have to be willing to build around him)
Murray-Boyles (shot could scare off some teams)
Jakucionis (is he really a PG of a secondary creator small wing?)
Newell (classic PF, not an archetype coveted in the modern NBA)
Had Lottery hype in the recent past but?
Richardson (size hurts him at only 6?05? 178lbs will need to convince teams he is a PG)
McNeely (college production hurt his stock, but measured well at combine)
Traore (was viewed as a top 5 prospect in the preseason but didn?t live up to hype)
Demin (shot lights out early in the college season and looked like a top 5 lock, shot is now a real question mark)
Draft risers who are getting potential lottery Hype
Essengue (the draft loves the late rising tall young athletic swing for the fence prospects. He came on late with productive playoff games)
Bryant (an athletic defender with great positional size who can hit 3s despite lack of stats in college has indicated to ESPN he is staying in draft)
Coward (he measured and interviewed great, this coupled with great stats all be it on a small sample size)
Raynaud (as a true 7?1 skilled and very productive big man he was bound to climb boards, also played great in scrimmage dark horse for a promise)
Maybe not lottery bound but they are not returning to college (per espn?s Borzello)
Sorber (he measured really well at combine with a 7?6? wingspan by staying in the draft he is all but a lock for the 1st round)
Philon (this one surprises me but he is staying in so must have a level of confidence that he is going in the 1st)
Powell (elite defensive prospect who needs to figure out his offense)
The group that I haven?t heard a lot about but?.
Wolf (not a fit for every roster but a dynamic offense big who may struggle on defense)
Clifford (older well rounded wing who is a play now pick)
Beringer (raw super athletic big who I have heard/read zero about in recent weeks)
Fleming (had great measurements but is still being mocked late 1st by the main stream)
Lendenborg (measured really well and sounds like he had a strong combine but is reportedly 50/50 on going to Michigan)
Clayton Jr. (another player who I haven?t heard about at combine, but he is a safe pick for a team looking for a rotational guard)
Advalas (measured well for a wing with real on ball ability also buzz that he could go NCAA route)
Condon (sounds like he could go back to Florida)
Kalkbrenner (his measurements where known from previous combine but as expected he is huge, also getting a little Givony hype as a shooter)
