Welcome to Colton's 2017 Mock Draft Compilation, v. 2.0. This is the final version. I used 16 mock drafts, all of which had been updated Jun 19 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 at 24, 30, 42, and 55.
1 Markelle Fultz
2 Lonzo Ball
3 Josh Jackson
4 Jayson Tatum
5 De'Aaron Fox
6 Jonathan Isaac
7 Lauri Markkanen
8 Malik Monk
9 Dennis Smith
10 Frank Ntilikina
11 Zach Collins
12 Donavan Mitchell
13 Luke Kennard
14 OG Anunoby
15 John Collins
15 Justin Jackson
17 Jarrett Allen
18 Justin Patton
18 Harry Giles
20 T.J. Leaf
21 Ike Anigbogu
22 Terrance Ferguson
23 Bam Adebayo
24 Anzejs Pasecniks
25 D.J. Wilson
26 Tyler Lydon
27 Ivan Rabb
27 Isaiah Hartenstein
27 Semi Ojeleye
30 Jordan Bell
31 Caleb Swanigan
32 Jawun Evans
33 Frank Jackson
34 Derrick White
35 Kyle Kuzma
36 Tony Bradley
37 Josh Hart
38 Wesley Iwundu
39 Jonah Bolden
40 Johnathan Motley
40 Mathias Lessort
42 Alec Peters
43 Dillon Brooks
44 P.J. Dozier
45 Thomas Bryant
46 Edmond Sumner
47 Sterling Brown
48 Frank Mason
49 Devin Robinson
49 Jaron Blossomgame
49 Monte Morris
49 Tyler Dorsey
49 Sindarius Thornwell
49 L.J. Peak
49 Alpha Kaba
49 Damyean Dotson
49 Kobi Simmons
49 George De Paula
59 Cameron Oliver
60 Dwayne Bacon
Some observations about where the Jazz pick:
Pick 24
* The "best guesses" for pick 24, if there is such a thing, are:
Anzejs Pasecniks (2 mocks think the Jazz will select him, 11 think he'll be available),
D.J. Wilson (2 mocks think the Jazz will select him, 12 think he'll be available),
Semi Ojelele (2 mocks think the Jazz will select him, 14 think he'll be available), and
Tony Bradley (2 mocks think the Jazz will select him, 16 think he'll be available).
* The highest ranked player that any of the mock drafts have available at pick 24 is OG Anunoby.
* The highest ranked player that any of the mock drafts have the Jazz picking at pick 24 is Ike Anigbogu. One mock has the Jazz selecting him.
* The highest rated players the mocks don't think the Jazz like at pick 24:
Justin Patton (3 mocks have him available and think the Jazz will pass),
Terrance Ferguson (6 mocks have him available and think the Jazz will pass), and
Ivan Rabb (13 mocks have him available and think the Jazz will pass)
Pick 30
* The "best guess" for pick 30 is: Jawun Evans (5 mocks have the Jazz picking him, 11 think he'll be available).
* The highest ranked player that any of the mock drafts have available at pick 30 is OG Anunoby.
* The highest ranked player that any of the mock drafts have the Jazz picking at pick 30 is Tyler Lydon. One mock has the Jazz selecting him.
* The highest rated players the mocks don't think the Jazz like at pick 30:
Anzejs Pasecniks (3 mocks have him available and think the Jazz will pass),
D.J. Wilson (5 mocks have him available and think the Jazz will pass),
Ivan Rabb (6 mocks have him available and think the Jazz will pass),
Semi Ojeleye (8 mocks have him available and think the Jazz will pass), and
Jordan Bell (8 mocks have him available and think the Jazz will pass).
Pick 42
* The "best guess" for pick 42, if there is such a thing, is Alec Peters (2 mocks have the Jazz picking him, 6 think he'll be available, not including those that didn't have a second round listed).
* The highest ranked player that any of the mock drafts have available at pick 42 (not including those that didn't have a second round listed) is Anzejs Pasecniks. One mock has him available there.
* The highest ranked player that any of the mock drafts have the Jazz picking at pick 42 is Juwan Evans. One mock has the Jazz selecting him.
* The highest rated players the mocks don't think the Jazz like at pick 42 (not including those that didn't have a second round listed):
Derrick White (2 mocks have him available and think the Jazz will pass),
Kyle Kuzma (3 mocks have him available and think the Jazz will pass),
Tony Bradley (2 mocks have him available and think the Jazz will pass),
Josh Hart (2 mocks have him available and think the Jazz will pass), and
Wesley Iwundu (4 mocks have him available and think the Jazz will pass).
Pick 55
* The "best guess" for pick 55, if there is such a thing, is Alberto Abalde (2 mocks have the Jazz picking him, 8 think he'll be available, not including those that didn't have a second round listed).
* The highest ranked player that any of the mock drafts have available at pick 55 (not including those that didn't have a second round listed) is Wesley Iwundu. One mock has him available there.
* The highest ranked player that any of the mock drafts have the Jazz picking at 55 is Wesley Awundu. One mock has the Jazz selecting him.
* The highest rated players the mocks don't think the Jazz like at pick 55 (not including those that didn't have a second round listed):
Johnathan Motley (2 mocks have him available and think the Jazz will pass),
Dillon Brooks (3 mocks have him available and think the Jazz will pass),
Edmond Sumner (2 mocks have him available and think the Jazz will pass),
Sterling Brown (4 mocks have him available and think the Jazz will pass), and
Frank Mason (3 mocks have him available and think the Jazz will pass).
For full data see https://www.physics.byu.edu/faculty/colton/nba mock draft compilation 2017 - v.2.0.htm; sorry about the messed up formatting of the hyperlinks but I don't have time to fix that.
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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):
http://www.nbadraftroom.com/p/2017-nba-mock-draft.html Jun 21
http://www.drafttek.com/2017-NBA-Draft/2017-NBA-Mock-Draft-Round-1.asp Jun 21
http://www.cbssports.com/nba/draft/mock-draft/round/1 (Reid Forgrave) Jun 21
http://www.cbssports.com/nba/draft/mock-draft/round/1 (Gary Parrish) Jun 21
http://www.nbadraft.net/2017mock_draft Jun 20
https://nbadraft.theringer.com/ ~Jun 19
https://www.si.com/nba/2017/06/19/nba-mock-draft-celtics-76ers-trade-lakers-josh-jackson-lonzo-ball Jun 19
http://www.mynbadraft.com/NBA-Mock-Draft Jun 20
http://www.foxsports.com/nba/galler...tics-los-angeles-lakers-markelle-fultz-061417 Jun 20
http://netscoutsbasketball.com/scouting/2016-nba-mock-draft/ Jun 19
https://www.usatoday.com/story/spor...-los-angeles-lakers-boston-celtics/399097001/ Jun 19
http://www.draftexpress.com/nba-mock-draft/2017/ Jun 20
http://walterfootball.com/nbadraft2017mock.php Jun 20
http://www.basketballinsiders.com/nba-am-final-mock-of-the-2017-nba-draft/ Jun 20
http://www.nba.com/article/2017/06/...collection=writer/archive/scott-howard-cooper Jun 19
http://www.sportingnews.com/nba/new...-ball-josh-jackson/1gaqcubaannj415d36bax2zpmt Jun 19
1 Markelle Fultz
2 Lonzo Ball
3 Josh Jackson
4 Jayson Tatum
5 De'Aaron Fox
6 Jonathan Isaac
7 Lauri Markkanen
8 Malik Monk
9 Dennis Smith
10 Frank Ntilikina
11 Zach Collins
12 Donavan Mitchell
13 Luke Kennard
14 OG Anunoby
15 John Collins
15 Justin Jackson
17 Jarrett Allen
18 Justin Patton
18 Harry Giles
20 T.J. Leaf
21 Ike Anigbogu
22 Terrance Ferguson
23 Bam Adebayo
24 Anzejs Pasecniks
25 D.J. Wilson
26 Tyler Lydon
27 Ivan Rabb
27 Isaiah Hartenstein
27 Semi Ojeleye
30 Jordan Bell
31 Caleb Swanigan
32 Jawun Evans
33 Frank Jackson
34 Derrick White
35 Kyle Kuzma
36 Tony Bradley
37 Josh Hart
38 Wesley Iwundu
39 Jonah Bolden
40 Johnathan Motley
40 Mathias Lessort
42 Alec Peters
43 Dillon Brooks
44 P.J. Dozier
45 Thomas Bryant
46 Edmond Sumner
47 Sterling Brown
48 Frank Mason
49 Devin Robinson
49 Jaron Blossomgame
49 Monte Morris
49 Tyler Dorsey
49 Sindarius Thornwell
49 L.J. Peak
49 Alpha Kaba
49 Damyean Dotson
49 Kobi Simmons
49 George De Paula
59 Cameron Oliver
60 Dwayne Bacon
Some observations about where the Jazz pick:
Pick 24
* The "best guesses" for pick 24, if there is such a thing, are:
Anzejs Pasecniks (2 mocks think the Jazz will select him, 11 think he'll be available),
D.J. Wilson (2 mocks think the Jazz will select him, 12 think he'll be available),
Semi Ojelele (2 mocks think the Jazz will select him, 14 think he'll be available), and
Tony Bradley (2 mocks think the Jazz will select him, 16 think he'll be available).
* The highest ranked player that any of the mock drafts have available at pick 24 is OG Anunoby.
* The highest ranked player that any of the mock drafts have the Jazz picking at pick 24 is Ike Anigbogu. One mock has the Jazz selecting him.
* The highest rated players the mocks don't think the Jazz like at pick 24:
Justin Patton (3 mocks have him available and think the Jazz will pass),
Terrance Ferguson (6 mocks have him available and think the Jazz will pass), and
Ivan Rabb (13 mocks have him available and think the Jazz will pass)
Pick 30
* The "best guess" for pick 30 is: Jawun Evans (5 mocks have the Jazz picking him, 11 think he'll be available).
* The highest ranked player that any of the mock drafts have available at pick 30 is OG Anunoby.
* The highest ranked player that any of the mock drafts have the Jazz picking at pick 30 is Tyler Lydon. One mock has the Jazz selecting him.
* The highest rated players the mocks don't think the Jazz like at pick 30:
Anzejs Pasecniks (3 mocks have him available and think the Jazz will pass),
D.J. Wilson (5 mocks have him available and think the Jazz will pass),
Ivan Rabb (6 mocks have him available and think the Jazz will pass),
Semi Ojeleye (8 mocks have him available and think the Jazz will pass), and
Jordan Bell (8 mocks have him available and think the Jazz will pass).
Pick 42
* The "best guess" for pick 42, if there is such a thing, is Alec Peters (2 mocks have the Jazz picking him, 6 think he'll be available, not including those that didn't have a second round listed).
* The highest ranked player that any of the mock drafts have available at pick 42 (not including those that didn't have a second round listed) is Anzejs Pasecniks. One mock has him available there.
* The highest ranked player that any of the mock drafts have the Jazz picking at pick 42 is Juwan Evans. One mock has the Jazz selecting him.
* The highest rated players the mocks don't think the Jazz like at pick 42 (not including those that didn't have a second round listed):
Derrick White (2 mocks have him available and think the Jazz will pass),
Kyle Kuzma (3 mocks have him available and think the Jazz will pass),
Tony Bradley (2 mocks have him available and think the Jazz will pass),
Josh Hart (2 mocks have him available and think the Jazz will pass), and
Wesley Iwundu (4 mocks have him available and think the Jazz will pass).
Pick 55
* The "best guess" for pick 55, if there is such a thing, is Alberto Abalde (2 mocks have the Jazz picking him, 8 think he'll be available, not including those that didn't have a second round listed).
* The highest ranked player that any of the mock drafts have available at pick 55 (not including those that didn't have a second round listed) is Wesley Iwundu. One mock has him available there.
* The highest ranked player that any of the mock drafts have the Jazz picking at 55 is Wesley Awundu. One mock has the Jazz selecting him.
* The highest rated players the mocks don't think the Jazz like at pick 55 (not including those that didn't have a second round listed):
Johnathan Motley (2 mocks have him available and think the Jazz will pass),
Dillon Brooks (3 mocks have him available and think the Jazz will pass),
Edmond Sumner (2 mocks have him available and think the Jazz will pass),
Sterling Brown (4 mocks have him available and think the Jazz will pass), and
Frank Mason (3 mocks have him available and think the Jazz will pass).
For full data see https://www.physics.byu.edu/faculty/colton/nba mock draft compilation 2017 - v.2.0.htm; sorry about the messed up formatting of the hyperlinks but I don't have time to fix that.
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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):
http://www.nbadraftroom.com/p/2017-nba-mock-draft.html Jun 21
http://www.drafttek.com/2017-NBA-Draft/2017-NBA-Mock-Draft-Round-1.asp Jun 21
http://www.cbssports.com/nba/draft/mock-draft/round/1 (Reid Forgrave) Jun 21
http://www.cbssports.com/nba/draft/mock-draft/round/1 (Gary Parrish) Jun 21
http://www.nbadraft.net/2017mock_draft Jun 20
https://nbadraft.theringer.com/ ~Jun 19
https://www.si.com/nba/2017/06/19/nba-mock-draft-celtics-76ers-trade-lakers-josh-jackson-lonzo-ball Jun 19
http://www.mynbadraft.com/NBA-Mock-Draft Jun 20
http://www.foxsports.com/nba/galler...tics-los-angeles-lakers-markelle-fultz-061417 Jun 20
http://netscoutsbasketball.com/scouting/2016-nba-mock-draft/ Jun 19
https://www.usatoday.com/story/spor...-los-angeles-lakers-boston-celtics/399097001/ Jun 19
http://www.draftexpress.com/nba-mock-draft/2017/ Jun 20
http://walterfootball.com/nbadraft2017mock.php Jun 20
http://www.basketballinsiders.com/nba-am-final-mock-of-the-2017-nba-draft/ Jun 20
http://www.nba.com/article/2017/06/...collection=writer/archive/scott-howard-cooper Jun 19
http://www.sportingnews.com/nba/new...-ball-josh-jackson/1gaqcubaannj415d36bax2zpmt Jun 19
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