2014 NBA Mock Draft - Hoosier Edition

Former Indiana Hoosier basketball legend (and rising KanJam star) Jordan Rappaport, predicts picks 1-30 for tonight's NBA Draft and provides some very unique commentary.

#	Team	Player	P	School	C	Rappaport Comments
1	Cleveland	Andrew Wiggins	SF	Kansas	Fr.	Because he's the best prospect in decades, right? Doesn't matter who ends up with the first pick.
2	Milwaukee	Dante Exum	PG/SG	Australia	Intl.	Pass on Parker as they aren't in win-now mode
3	*Philadelphia	Jabari Parker	SF/PF	Duke	Fr.	Because he tanked in Cleveland, but is actually the best
4	Orlando	Marcus Smart	PG	Oklahoma State	So.	All they need is a PG now….
5	Utah	Noah Vonleh	PF	Indiana	Fr.	Steal at 5
6	*Boston	Julius Randle	PF	Kentucky	Fr.	Slips from injury, but pairs great with Olynyk in the low post. Fills "grit" hole never replaced by The Truth
7	LA Lakers	Joel Embiid	C	Kansas	Fr.	Lakers can afford to take a year to rebuild Embiid before losing Gasol
8	Sacramento	Aaron Gordon	PF	Arizona	Fr.	Kings go for athlete instead of size, with Cousins handling the middle they can go small at the 4 and play above the rim
9	*Charlotte	Doug McDermott	SF	Creighton	Sr.	Seems like a great "Charlotte guy" to replace McRoberts. That's all I'll say about that.
10	*Philadelphia	Kyle Anderson	SF	UCLA	So.	Slo-Mo another lengthy piece of the puzzle. Sixers could play unstoppable 2-3 zone in 2016
11	*Denver	Rodney Hood	SF	Duke	So.	Experience and leadership, not Denver's forte in the past, maybe in the future?
12	*Orlando	TJ Warren	SF	NC State	So.	ACC POY pairs nicely, similar fit to what Tony Snell did for the Bulls
13	*Minnesota	Zach LaVine	PG/SG	UCLA	Fr.	This backcourt needs shooting, quickly. Lavine could be their guy.
14	*Phoenix	Glenn Robinson III	SF	Michigan	So.	The name plays big here. Should've gone Cleanthony Early
15	*Atlanta	Tyler Ennis	PG	Syracuse	Fr.	Hawks need leadership. Ennis brings it all
16	Chicago	Elfrid Payton	PG	Louisiana Laf...	Jr.	Marquise Teague didn't work out. D-Rose can't be trusted. Payton is best available PG
17	*Boston	Gary Harris	SG	Michigan St.	So.	Harris slips due to size, but fits in nicely with need and best available
18	*Phoenix	Adreian Payne	PF	Michigan St.	Sr.	Concerns from mono and limited workout, but could be a franchise player or at minimum a great fit similar to former teamate Draymond Green in SF
19	Chicago	Cleanthony Early	SF/PF	Wichita State	Sr.	Thibs loves D, but how could you pass on Early here??
20	Toronto	Nik Stauskas	SG	Michigan	So.	Oh yea, forgot about him. Overrated, Toronto will think they stole the B10 POY here though
21	*Oklahoma Cty	Shabazz Napier	PG	UConn	Sr.	Napier can babysit Westbrook and distribute all day to KD
22	Memphis	James Young	SG	Kentucky	Fr.	An actual steal at 22, Young is one of the best shooters in the draft
23	*Utah	Walter Tavares	C	Spain	Intl.	BIG MAN REACH AT 23! But Utah has to roll the dice here
24	*Charlotte	Jusuf Nurkic	C	Bosnia & Herz...	Intl.	Excellent Int'l reach valueat 24 for the Bosnian center. This position seems to be making a comeback
25	Houston	PJ Hairston	SG	USA	Jr.
26	Miami	Jordan Clarkson	PG/SG	Missouri	Jr.	A strong combo-guard role player for a team that needs deep bench value
27	*Phoenix	CJ Wilcox	SG	Washington	Sr.	With the Sun's 18th first rounder…. Experience and great shooting play well
28	LA Clippers	Markel Brown	SG	Oklahoma State	Sr.	Lob City… meet Markel Brown….your new highest vertical leaper
29	Oklahoma Cty	Bogdan Bogdanovic	SG	Serbia		International reach to store for the future. No immediate value to plug in remaining
30	San Antonio	Thanasis Antetok...	SF	Greece	Intl.	Spurs know what they are doing, I won't question it.