GG Jackson at 15. Ferg might explode.
I'm not exploding. I think Vecenie is wrong on this, but I'm not that combustible about it. The NBA is dominated by long, athletic wings who score at three levels. The hardest thing to get in the draft is a player with positional size who has enough self-creation to be a primary offensive threat. GG is ahead of schedule, and he's going to look better on a spaced floor than he does at South Carolina where really only one or two other guys are respectable shooters. That said, he's very young and raw. I could see teams not wanting to wait an extra year or two to develop him.
I disagree with a few other things in Vecenie's mock. For one, Vecenie is a big Cason Wallace guy, and I think realistically he's got Wallace at least 5 spots too high. He's giving the benefit of every doubt to Dariq Whitehead, and I think Whitehead is likely to slip to the end of the lottery or even lower. Wait til Whitehead measures out just short of 6'5" without shoes. I think Jett Howard is more likely to go in the lottery than Gradey Dick, and I would flip those two players in Vecenie's mock.
I think Vecenie over-scrutinizes certain players. He's obsessed with how flexible certain players' hips are and whether they have what he calls "bend." He's also assuming that Brandon Miller is going to markedly improve his lower-body strength, improve his slow footwork, tighten his loose handle and evolve into a guy who can get separation and score in the paint. To me, that's a reach.
If Maxwell Lewis falls to #19, that's a steal.
Also, as luke-warm as I've been on Kyle Filipowski, I think he'll go higher than were Sam has him mocked. He'll probably be in the same neighborhood as Baba Miller. Baba just played his first game and didn't do much.
