Updated Draft Express Mock Hot off the Press

[Fireworks_Boom!]

Zubac is a reach at 16 for sure. I like him at 23 possibly, depending on who drops.

[dreamgreen]

http://www.draftexpress.com/nba-mock-draft/2016/

Finally DX seems to recognize we're doing some draft and stash, I'd be thrilled with this crop.

03 Dunn
16 Zubac
23 Kormaz
31 Yabiusele
35 Papagiannis
45 Whitehead
51 Payton
58 Bolomboy

I think I threw up in my mouth.   

Bahahaha I'm not sure why Dunn is the BPA and not sure how he would fit on the team. If he's better than Smart and Smart sits on the bench than his value will go down even further that it already is and that's scary.

[Evantime34]

http://www.draftexpress.com/nba-mock-draft/2016/

Finally DX seems to recognize we're doing some draft and stash, I'd be thrilled with this crop.

03 Dunn
16 Zubac
23 Kormaz
31 Yabiusele
35 Papagiannis
45 Whitehead
51 Payton
58 Bolomboy

I think I threw up in my mouth.   

+1

TP!

[boscel33]

well at least Dunn is considered a lock at #3

Does that mean we're trading it no matter what?

No.  If there's no trade available, I think that means Evan Turner will not be a Celtic next year.  There are a lot of available minutes for Dunn if he's NBA-ready.

Behind Thomas on a win-now team?  I'm not so sure about that.  I'd much rather take Hield who doesn't need to usurp our already-top-notch back court rotation.  He'd compliment what we are doing and become that added scoring threat & floor spacer alongside IT that we so desperately need. 

drafting a PG that isn't the sure fire #1 prospect in the draft really scares me.  I could care less about what he did in college --- considering the number of elite PG's in the L right now --- I just don't see the ceiling that everyone else is imagining for him.  I have a feeling he'll struggle against pros for a few years.

Yeah, I'm with you. Granted, I'm not all that high on Dunn, but legitimately having IT, Smart, Bradley, and Dunn just won't work, let alone Rozier who also deserves backup minutes. We're already seeing the effects of Smart's limited development due to Turner's presence with ball-handling, so I'm definitely not keen on keeping Dunn without some sort of other trade.

Perhaps if we would keep Dunn Danny would know that we're shipping someone like Bradley off for a vet like Love or Butler.

You forgot Rozier, who we spent a 1st on last year bypassing some one like a Hollis-Jefferson who would have certainly fit a need at SF and may have seen some playing time which Rozier really didn't.

[jpotter33]

well at least Dunn is considered a lock at #3

Does that mean we're trading it no matter what?

No.  If there's no trade available, I think that means Evan Turner will not be a Celtic next year.  There are a lot of available minutes for Dunn if he's NBA-ready.

Behind Thomas on a win-now team?  I'm not so sure about that.  I'd much rather take Hield who doesn't need to usurp our already-top-notch back court rotation.  He'd compliment what we are doing and become that added scoring threat & floor spacer alongside IT that we so desperately need. 

drafting a PG that isn't the sure fire #1 prospect in the draft really scares me.  I could care less about what he did in college --- considering the number of elite PG's in the L right now --- I just don't see the ceiling that everyone else is imagining for him.  I have a feeling he'll struggle against pros for a few years.

Yeah, I'm with you. Granted, I'm not all that high on Dunn, but legitimately having IT, Smart, Bradley, and Dunn just won't work, let alone Rozier who also deserves backup minutes. We're already seeing the effects of Smart's limited development due to Turner's presence with ball-handling, so I'm definitely not keen on keeping Dunn without some sort of other trade.

Perhaps if we would keep Dunn Danny would know that we're shipping someone like Bradley off for a vet like Love or Butler.

You forgot Rozier, who we spent a 1st on last year bypassing some one like a Hollis-Jefferson who would have certainly fit a need at SF and may have seen some playing time which Rozier really didn't.

Yeah, I just don't think that we can afford to have both him and Smart around (let alone IT, Bradley, and Rozier) when we can't even let Smart fully develop and run the show. You're going to sacrifice one for the other, if not both of them.

[colincb]

well at least Dunn is considered a lock at #3

Does that mean we're trading it no matter what?

No.  If there's no trade available, I think that means Evan Turner will not be a Celtic next year.  There are a lot of available minutes for Dunn if he's NBA-ready.

Behind Thomas on a win-now team?  I'm not so sure about that.  I'd much rather take Hield who doesn't need to usurp our already-top-notch back court rotation.  He'd compliment what we are doing and become that added scoring threat & floor spacer alongside IT that we so desperately need. 

drafting a PG that isn't the sure fire #1 prospect in the draft really scares me.  I could care less about what he did in college --- considering the number of elite PG's in the L right now --- I just don't see the ceiling that everyone else is imagining for him.  I have a feeling he'll struggle against pros for a few years.

Yeah, I'm with you. Granted, I'm not all that high on Dunn, but legitimately having IT, Smart, Bradley, and Dunn just won't work, let alone Rozier who also deserves backup minutes. We're already seeing the effects of Smart's limited development due to Turner's presence with ball-handling, so I'm definitely not keen on keeping Dunn without some sort of other trade.

Perhaps if we would keep Dunn Danny would know that we're shipping someone like Bradley off for a vet like Love or Butler.

I don't attribute Smart's lack of development to Turner taking minutes. Smart was just up and down all year. I still think he can be very good, but he does some dumb stuff including his shot selection.

[GreenCoffeeBean]

I will be shocked if Caris Levert is available at 45, but if pass on him there I will be very angry.  Otherwise, I generally appreciate the number of draft-and-stash's in this version.  The C's aren't bringing in more than three rookies next year, and even that would be a stretch.  If they can't work out trades, this is definitely the way the draft should look.

I agree. I think we should take him at 31 or maybe even 23. He's the best shooter in this draft by far. He's worth taking the risk on injuries.