Welcome to the traditional annual "Colton's Mock Draft Compilation": 2018 mock draft compilation, v. 1.0. I will probably do one or two more versions. I used 10 mock drafts, all of which had been updated Jun 1 or later. 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. Currently their picks are at 21 and 52 but of course trades can always happen.
1 DeAndre Ayton
2 Marvin Bagley III
3 Luka Doncic
4 Jaren Jackson Jr
5 Michael Porter Jr
6 Mohamed Bamba
7 Wendell Carter Jr
8 Trae Young
9 Mikal Bridges
10 Collin Sexton
11 Miles Bridges
12 Kevin Knox
13 Lonnie Walker
14 Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
15 Robert Williams
16 Zhaire Smith
17 Troy Brown
17 Khyri Thomas
17 Keita Bates-Diop
17 Aaron Holiday
17 Mitchell Robinson
17 Dzanan Musa
17 Anfernee Simons
17 Jacob Evans
17 De'Anthony Melton
17 Landry Shamet
27 Donte DiVincenzo
28 Chandler Hutchison
29 Kevin Huerter
30 Elie Okobo
31 Gary Trent Jr
32 Jalen Brunson
33 Grayson Allen
34 Omari Spellman
35 Jerome Robinson
36 Josh Okogie
37 Bruce Brown
38 Melvin Frazier
39 Trevon Duval
40 Rawle Alkins
41 Moritz Wagner
42 Jevon Carter
43 Hamidou Diallo
44 Rodions Kurucs
45 Brandon McCoy
46 Chimezie Metu
47 Devonte Graham
48 Shake Milton
49 Kevin Hervey
50 Jarred Vanderbilt
50 Tony Carr
50 Raymond Spalding
50 Justin Jackson
50 Isaac Bonga
50 Arnoldas Kulboka
50 Kenrich Williams
50 Brian Bowen
58 Malik Newman
59 Devon Hall
60 Sviatoslav Mykhailiuk
For full data see https://www.physics.byu.edu/faculty/colton/nba mock draft compilation 2018 - v.1.0.htm; sorry about the messed up formatting of the hyperlinks there but I don't have time to fix that.
Some observations about where the Jazz pick:
Pick 21
* The "best guesses" for pick 21, if there is such a thing, are all the players tied at 17: Troy Brown, Khyri Thomas, Keita Bates-Diop, Aaron Holiday, Mitchell Robinson, Dzanan Musa, Anfernee Simons, Jacob Evans, De'Anthony Melton, Landry Shamet.
* The highest ranked player that any of the mock drafts have available at pick 21 is Lonnie Walker.
* The highest ranked player that any of the mock drafts have the Jazz picking at pick 21 is Troy Brown. Two mocks have the Jazz selecting him.
Pick 52
* The "best guess" for pick 52 is: (there is no current best guess).
* The highest ranked player that any of the mock drafts have available at pick 52 is Aaron Holiday.
* The highest ranked player that any of the mock drafts have the Jazz picking at pick 52 is Elie Okobo. One mock has the Jazz selecting him.
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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. Where the players ended up tied, I used their median and average rankings (in that order) to be the tie-breakers in how I listed them.
Mock drafts used (in no particular order):
https://www.si.com/nba/2018/06/05/2...r-jr-marvin-bagley-suns-kings-grizzlies-hawks Jeremoy Woo Jun 5
https://www.nbcsports.com/chicago/b...ncic-bamba-bagley-young-porter-carter-bridges Mark Strotman Jun 5
http://netscoutsbasketball.com/scouting/2018-nba-mock-draft/ Carl Berman? Jun 5
http://www.nbadraft.net/2018mock_draft ? Jun 5
https://www.cbssports.com/college-b...rojection-is-dominated-by-big-men-at-the-top/ Matt Norlander Jun 5
http://www.basketballinsiders.com/nba-daily-2018-60-pick-nba-mock-draft-6-5-18/ Steve Kyler Jun 5
https://nbadraft.theringer.com/?_ga=2.162234751.2125459334.1528302899-472487641.1528302899 Kevin O'Connor Jun 4
http://www.nbadraftroom.com/p/2018-nba-mock-draft.html ? Jun 2
http://walterfootball.com/nbadraft2018mock.php David Kay Jun 2
https://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/...d-before-grizzlies-can-pounce-with-no-4-pick/ Gary Parrish Jun 2
If you have suggestions/requests for other mocks that should be included, let me know.
1 DeAndre Ayton
2 Marvin Bagley III
3 Luka Doncic
4 Jaren Jackson Jr
5 Michael Porter Jr
6 Mohamed Bamba
7 Wendell Carter Jr
8 Trae Young
9 Mikal Bridges
10 Collin Sexton
11 Miles Bridges
12 Kevin Knox
13 Lonnie Walker
14 Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
15 Robert Williams
16 Zhaire Smith
17 Troy Brown
17 Khyri Thomas
17 Keita Bates-Diop
17 Aaron Holiday
17 Mitchell Robinson
17 Dzanan Musa
17 Anfernee Simons
17 Jacob Evans
17 De'Anthony Melton
17 Landry Shamet
27 Donte DiVincenzo
28 Chandler Hutchison
29 Kevin Huerter
30 Elie Okobo
31 Gary Trent Jr
32 Jalen Brunson
33 Grayson Allen
34 Omari Spellman
35 Jerome Robinson
36 Josh Okogie
37 Bruce Brown
38 Melvin Frazier
39 Trevon Duval
40 Rawle Alkins
41 Moritz Wagner
42 Jevon Carter
43 Hamidou Diallo
44 Rodions Kurucs
45 Brandon McCoy
46 Chimezie Metu
47 Devonte Graham
48 Shake Milton
49 Kevin Hervey
50 Jarred Vanderbilt
50 Tony Carr
50 Raymond Spalding
50 Justin Jackson
50 Isaac Bonga
50 Arnoldas Kulboka
50 Kenrich Williams
50 Brian Bowen
58 Malik Newman
59 Devon Hall
60 Sviatoslav Mykhailiuk
For full data see https://www.physics.byu.edu/faculty/colton/nba mock draft compilation 2018 - v.1.0.htm; sorry about the messed up formatting of the hyperlinks there but I don't have time to fix that.
Some observations about where the Jazz pick:
Pick 21
* The "best guesses" for pick 21, if there is such a thing, are all the players tied at 17: Troy Brown, Khyri Thomas, Keita Bates-Diop, Aaron Holiday, Mitchell Robinson, Dzanan Musa, Anfernee Simons, Jacob Evans, De'Anthony Melton, Landry Shamet.
* The highest ranked player that any of the mock drafts have available at pick 21 is Lonnie Walker.
* The highest ranked player that any of the mock drafts have the Jazz picking at pick 21 is Troy Brown. Two mocks have the Jazz selecting him.
Pick 52
* The "best guess" for pick 52 is: (there is no current best guess).
* The highest ranked player that any of the mock drafts have available at pick 52 is Aaron Holiday.
* The highest ranked player that any of the mock drafts have the Jazz picking at pick 52 is Elie Okobo. One mock has the Jazz selecting him.
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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. Where the players ended up tied, I used their median and average rankings (in that order) to be the tie-breakers in how I listed them.
Mock drafts used (in no particular order):
https://www.si.com/nba/2018/06/05/2...r-jr-marvin-bagley-suns-kings-grizzlies-hawks Jeremoy Woo Jun 5
https://www.nbcsports.com/chicago/b...ncic-bamba-bagley-young-porter-carter-bridges Mark Strotman Jun 5
http://netscoutsbasketball.com/scouting/2018-nba-mock-draft/ Carl Berman? Jun 5
http://www.nbadraft.net/2018mock_draft ? Jun 5
https://www.cbssports.com/college-b...rojection-is-dominated-by-big-men-at-the-top/ Matt Norlander Jun 5
http://www.basketballinsiders.com/nba-daily-2018-60-pick-nba-mock-draft-6-5-18/ Steve Kyler Jun 5
https://nbadraft.theringer.com/?_ga=2.162234751.2125459334.1528302899-472487641.1528302899 Kevin O'Connor Jun 4
http://www.nbadraftroom.com/p/2018-nba-mock-draft.html ? Jun 2
http://walterfootball.com/nbadraft2018mock.php David Kay Jun 2
https://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/...d-before-grizzlies-can-pounce-with-no-4-pick/ Gary Parrish Jun 2
If you have suggestions/requests for other mocks that should be included, let me know.
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