Colton's 2015 Mock Draft Compilation, v. 1.0

[colton]

Welcome to Colton's 2015 Mock Draft Compilation, v. 1.0. 18 mock drafts used! (See below for details.) 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 and 42 (they also pick at 55).

1 Karl Anthony Towns
2 Jahlil Okafor
3 D'Angelo Russell
4 Emmanuel Mudiay
5 Justise Winslow
6 Kristaps Porzingis
7 Willie Cawley-Stein
8 Mario Hezonja
9 Stanley Johnson
10 Kelly Oubre
11 Frank Kaminsky
11 Myles Turner
11 Trey Lyles
14 Devin Booker
15 Sam Dekker
16 Bobby Portis
17 Cameron Payne
18 Kevin Looney
19 Jerian Grant
20 Tyus Jones
21 Montrezl Harrell
22 Rondae Hollis-Jefferson
23 Justin Anderson
24 R.J. Hunter
25 Christian Wood
26 Delon Wright
27 Robert Upshaw
28 Rashad Vaughn
29 Chris McCullough
30 Jarell Martin
30 Terry Rozier
32 Cliff Alexander
33 Guillermo Hernangomez
34 Jordan Mickey
35 Rakeem Christmas
36 Aleksander Vezenkov
36 Dakari Johnson
38 Andrew Harrison
38 George De Paula
40 J.P. Tokoto
41 Norman Powell
42 Mouhammedou Jaiteh




Misc observations:

1. 12 of the 18 mocks have Towns going #1. 6 have Okafor going #1.

2. Three players are tied for spots #11, 12, and 13: Kaminsky, Turner, and Lyles. So one of those could be the most likely for the Jazz right now.

3. Devin Booker is actually the player the most mock drafts have the Jazz picking at #12. But that's only 4 mock drafts. Kaminsky is the next most popular player for the Jazz's pick, with three mocks. Then come Oubre and Turner, and Lyles, with 2 mocks each.

4. The highest rated player that any draft has going at #12 is Porzingis (but they have the Jazz passing on him, not sure why). The next highest is Willie Cawley-Stein (and they have the Jazz picking him).

5. Oubre and Booker win the wild card awards, with their projections being anywhere from 7 to 20 and 8 to 25, respectively.


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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.draftexpress.com/nba-mock-draft/ Jun 1
https://walterfootball.com/nbadraft2015mock.php Jun 4
https://www.cbssports.com/nba/draft/mock-draft/ (Sam Vecenie) May 20
https://www.cbssports.com/nba/draft/mock-draft/ (Gary Parrish) May 21
https://www.cbssports.com/nba/draft/mock-draft/ (Zach Harper) May 20
https://www.mynbadraft.com/NBA-Mock-Draft Jun 1
https://www.nbadraft.net/2015mock_draft Jun 3
https://www.nbadraftroom.com/p/2015-nba-mock-draft.html Jun 5
https://www.sheridanhoops.com/category/draft/ May 30
https://thehoopdoctors.com/category/mock-draft/mock-draft-2015/ May 4
https://www.insidehoops.com/nba-mock-draft.shtml May 27
https://www.rotoworld.com/articles/nba/54485/34/dr-as-nba-mock-draft Jun 4
https://www.si.com/nba/2015/06/01/n...okafor-karl-anthony-towns-wolves-lakers-76ers Jun 1
https://www.si.com/nba/2015/05/20/n...owns-jahlil-okafor-timberwolves-lakers-knicks May 20
https://www.sportingnews.com/list/4644817-nba-mock-draft-2015-timberwolves-lakers-lottery-order Mar 19
https://www.mynbadraft.com/2015-draft/mock-draft Jun 1
https://bleacherreport.com/articles...r-where-coveted-1st-round-prospects-will-land Jun 6
https://www.hoopsaddict.com/random/nba-draft/2015-nba-mock-draft/ May 25

 

[Carbon13]

I love these things. Thanks for doing this.

 

[infection]

 

[fishonjazz]

Well done

 

[Tony]

"How bout keep darft player discussion in the designoted thred?"

 

[Jazz Spazz]

"How bout keep darft player discussion in the designoted thred?"

Feel free to go back to that thread and post.

 

[♪alt13]

"How bout keep darft player discussion in the designoted thred?"

 

[♪alt13]

I can post "bitch" if someone is being bitchy, can't I?

 

[Revolution 9]

Booker, Kaminsky, Portis, or Looney and Ill be happy.

 

[Darkwing Duck]

Bumping this because this really shouldn't be on the second page.

 

[Qman]

Yea. Useful information belongs on the front page.

 

[colton]

Yea. Useful information belongs on the front page.

Thanks. I'll try to do one or two updates before the draft.



... and I just realized I'm going to be at scout camp the week of the draft. No computer, probably no cell phone service, so no internet or other news. Great.

 

[The Midnight]

Thanks. I'll try to do one or two updates before the draft.



... and I just realized I'm going to be at scout camp the week of the draft. No computer, probably no cell phone service, so no internet or other news. Great.

Wow.. that is brutal..

 

[LogGrad98]

I can post "bitch" if someone is being bitchy, can't I?

You can say bitch and ******* all you want.

See?

BITCH BITCH BITCH

******* ******* *******


No problem!

 

[mellow]

Thanks. I'll try to do one or two updates before the draft.



... and I just realized I'm going to be at scout camp the week of the draft. No computer, probably no cell phone service, so no internet or other news. Great.

Yes, but just think you get to sleep on rocks, eat food prepared with filthy hands, be covered in sunscreen and insect repellent (or sunburn and bug bites) and probably will get to play EMT atleast twice. All as a volunteer.

Have fun.