Welcome to Colton's 2015 Mock Draft Compilation, v. 2.0. 18 mock drafts used! Here are who the mock drafts are listing as the "best players". See below for details. It should give a pretty good idea of who will be available when the Jazz pick at 12, 42, and 55.
1 Karl Anthony Towns
2 Jahlil Okafor
3 D'Angelo Russell
4 Emmanuel Mudiay
5 Kristaps Porzingis
6 Justise Winslow
7 Willie Cawley-Stein
8 Mario Hezonja
9 Stanley Johnson
10 Frank Kaminsky
10 Devin Booker
12 Myles Turner
13 Trey Lyles
14 Cameron Payne
15 Kelly Oubre
16 Sam Dekker
17 Bobby Portis
18 Kevin Looney
19 Jerian Grant
20 Tyus Jones
21 Montrezl Harrell
22 Rondae Hollis-Jefferson
23 R.J. Hunter
23 Justin Anderson
25 Delon Wright
26 Rashad Vaughn
27 Christian Wood
28 Terry Rozier
29 Chris McCullough
30 Robert Upshaw
31 Jordan Mickey
32 Jarell Martin
33 Rakeem Christmas
34 Cliff Alexander
35 George De Paula
36 Guillermo Hernangomez
37 Aleksander Vezenkov
38 J.P. Tokoto
39 Dakari Johnson
40 Norman Powell
41 Cedi Osman
42 Terran Petteway
43 Olivier Hanlan
44 Richaun Holmes
45 Michael Frazier
46 Michael Qualls
47 Alpha Kaba
48 Nikola Milutinov
49 Andrew Harrison
50 Mouhammedou Jaiteh
50 Joseph Young
52 Anthony Brown
53 Jonathan Holmes
53 Timothe Luwawu
53 Tyler Harvey
56 Marc Garcia
56 Vince Hunter
58 Alan Williams
59 Nedim Buza
60 Moussa Diagne
Misc observations:
1. 13 of the 18 mocks have Towns going #1, the rest have Okafor going #1.
2. Myles Turner is in the #12 slot. Other likely available players include Lyles, Payne, and Oubre, So one of those could be the most likely for the Jazz right now.
3. Stanley Johnson and Kaminsky are also popular choices for the Jazz in various mocks, 3 mocks each to be specific. But the consensus is that those two players likely won't be around when the Jazz pick at #12.
4. The highest rated player that any draft has going at #12 is Willie Cawley-Stein
(and they have the Jazz picking him). Seems very unlikely that he'd be there, though.
5. Booker and Payne win the wild card awards, with their projections being anywhere from 8 to 25 and 11 to 25, respectively.
6. There are only 21 players that ALL of the mocks have going in the first round. The remaining 9 picks of the first round seem pretty up for grabs.
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Ranking details: I used the following mock drafts as "voters" for the best players. That is, I assumed they ranked the players in the order that they felt like the players deserved to be drafted. (This is an incorrect assumption, because some mock drafts account for perceived team need, but it should be close.) Then I used the "instant run-off voting" algorithm in a program I wrote to deduce who deserved to be ranked in the top spot, then in the second spot, then in the third spot, and so forth. See here for details on that algorithm: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instant-runoff_voting
Mock drafts used:
https://www.drafttek.com/2015-NBA-Draft/2015-NBA-Mock-Draft-Round-1.asp Jun 15
https://www.nbadraftroom.com/p/2015-nba-mock-draft.html Jun 13
https://www.hoopsaddict.com/random/nba-draft/2015-nba-mock-draft/ Jun 13
https://www.mynbadraft.com/NBA-Mock-Draft Jun 12
https://www.nbadraft.net/2015mock_draft Jun 12
https://www.sheridanhoops.com/category/draft/ Jun 12
https://www.mynbadraft.com/2015-draft/mock-draft Jun 12
https://www.foxsports.com/nba/story/nba-mock-draft-2-0-no-wrong-answers-at-the-top-061115 Jun 11
https://www.draftexpress.com/nba-mock-draft/ Jun 10
https://walterfootball.com/nbadraft2015mock.php Jun 10
https://www.si.com/author/chris-mannix Jun 10
https://www.cbssports.com/nba/draft/mock-draft/ (Sam Vecenie) Jun 9
https://www.cbssports.com/nba/draft/mock-draft/ (Gary Parrish) Jun 8
https://www.cbssports.com/nba/draft/mock-draft/ (Zach Harper) Jun 8
https://bleacherreport.com/articles...r-where-coveted-1st-round-prospects-will-land Jun 6
https://www.rotoworld.com/articles/nba/54485/34/dr-as-nba-mock-draft Jun 4
https://www.si.com/nba/author/chris-johnson-and-jeremy-woo Jun 1
https://www.insidehoops.com/nba-mock-draft.shtml May 27
1 Karl Anthony Towns
2 Jahlil Okafor
3 D'Angelo Russell
4 Emmanuel Mudiay
5 Kristaps Porzingis
6 Justise Winslow
7 Willie Cawley-Stein
8 Mario Hezonja
9 Stanley Johnson
10 Frank Kaminsky
10 Devin Booker
12 Myles Turner
13 Trey Lyles
14 Cameron Payne
15 Kelly Oubre
16 Sam Dekker
17 Bobby Portis
18 Kevin Looney
19 Jerian Grant
20 Tyus Jones
21 Montrezl Harrell
22 Rondae Hollis-Jefferson
23 R.J. Hunter
23 Justin Anderson
25 Delon Wright
26 Rashad Vaughn
27 Christian Wood
28 Terry Rozier
29 Chris McCullough
30 Robert Upshaw
31 Jordan Mickey
32 Jarell Martin
33 Rakeem Christmas
34 Cliff Alexander
35 George De Paula
36 Guillermo Hernangomez
37 Aleksander Vezenkov
38 J.P. Tokoto
39 Dakari Johnson
40 Norman Powell
41 Cedi Osman
42 Terran Petteway
43 Olivier Hanlan
44 Richaun Holmes
45 Michael Frazier
46 Michael Qualls
47 Alpha Kaba
48 Nikola Milutinov
49 Andrew Harrison
50 Mouhammedou Jaiteh
50 Joseph Young
52 Anthony Brown
53 Jonathan Holmes
53 Timothe Luwawu
53 Tyler Harvey
56 Marc Garcia
56 Vince Hunter
58 Alan Williams
59 Nedim Buza
60 Moussa Diagne
Misc observations:
1. 13 of the 18 mocks have Towns going #1, the rest have Okafor going #1.
2. Myles Turner is in the #12 slot. Other likely available players include Lyles, Payne, and Oubre, So one of those could be the most likely for the Jazz right now.
3. Stanley Johnson and Kaminsky are also popular choices for the Jazz in various mocks, 3 mocks each to be specific. But the consensus is that those two players likely won't be around when the Jazz pick at #12.
4. The highest rated player that any draft has going at #12 is Willie Cawley-Stein
(and they have the Jazz picking him). Seems very unlikely that he'd be there, though.
5. Booker and Payne win the wild card awards, with their projections being anywhere from 8 to 25 and 11 to 25, respectively.
6. There are only 21 players that ALL of the mocks have going in the first round. The remaining 9 picks of the first round seem pretty up for grabs.
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Ranking details: I used the following mock drafts as "voters" for the best players. That is, I assumed they ranked the players in the order that they felt like the players deserved to be drafted. (This is an incorrect assumption, because some mock drafts account for perceived team need, but it should be close.) Then I used the "instant run-off voting" algorithm in a program I wrote to deduce who deserved to be ranked in the top spot, then in the second spot, then in the third spot, and so forth. See here for details on that algorithm: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instant-runoff_voting
Mock drafts used:
https://www.drafttek.com/2015-NBA-Draft/2015-NBA-Mock-Draft-Round-1.asp Jun 15
https://www.nbadraftroom.com/p/2015-nba-mock-draft.html Jun 13
https://www.hoopsaddict.com/random/nba-draft/2015-nba-mock-draft/ Jun 13
https://www.mynbadraft.com/NBA-Mock-Draft Jun 12
https://www.nbadraft.net/2015mock_draft Jun 12
https://www.sheridanhoops.com/category/draft/ Jun 12
https://www.mynbadraft.com/2015-draft/mock-draft Jun 12
https://www.foxsports.com/nba/story/nba-mock-draft-2-0-no-wrong-answers-at-the-top-061115 Jun 11
https://www.draftexpress.com/nba-mock-draft/ Jun 10
https://walterfootball.com/nbadraft2015mock.php Jun 10
https://www.si.com/author/chris-mannix Jun 10
https://www.cbssports.com/nba/draft/mock-draft/ (Sam Vecenie) Jun 9
https://www.cbssports.com/nba/draft/mock-draft/ (Gary Parrish) Jun 8
https://www.cbssports.com/nba/draft/mock-draft/ (Zach Harper) Jun 8
https://bleacherreport.com/articles...r-where-coveted-1st-round-prospects-will-land Jun 6
https://www.rotoworld.com/articles/nba/54485/34/dr-as-nba-mock-draft Jun 4
https://www.si.com/nba/author/chris-johnson-and-jeremy-woo Jun 1
https://www.insidehoops.com/nba-mock-draft.shtml May 27
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