Home NBA Point Guard efficiency ratings NBA Shooting Guard efficiency ratings NBA Small Forward efficiency ratings NBA Power Forward efficiency ratings NBA Center efficiency ratings

NBA Draft 2017

This is a ranking (not a 'mock-draft' of where we think players will be picked). Rankings as of June 22, 2017. 4:34 pm.

Why should the HoopObsession opinion matter? Because no NBA team or draft web site, or draft expert gets it 100% right. From the brilliant Jerry West to the guru Daryl Morey, to Sam Hinkie or Sam Presti, or Chad Ford or Jonathan Ginovy ...or us, nobody is perfect when it comes to predicting the future of mostly 18 to 22 year old male athletes. For every great pick, like Geoff Petrie selecting Isaiah Thomas 60th in 2011, there is an equally poor choice laying in the closet of all the great basketball minds in the NBA.

The key is to be skilled and obsessive enough to limit mistakes, and have more hits than misses.

Our HoopObsession Draft Board may not look like the boards on mass media sights. And that is okay.

In 2011 we ranked Kawhi Leonard third on our board and watched as a dozen teams passed on him until he was selected 15th. In 2012 we ranked Draymond Green seventh. He was taken 35th. Those are just a couple of examples that stand out.

We may not get everything correct but you can rest assured we are over here obsessing. We watch FULL games, not just Synergy highlights. We ALWAYS consider the NBA positional landscape. We have 25-plus years experience in player evaluation.

Contact

 

 

First Round Second Round

1. Lonzo Ball - UCLA 6'6" 190 PG frosh.

31. Ike Anigbogu - UCLA 6'10" 252 C frosh.

2. Jonathan Isaac - Florida St. 6'11" 205 PF frosh.

32. Jarrett Allen - Texas 6'11" 227 C frosh.

3. Markelle Fultz - Washington 6'5" 186 PG frosh.

33. Edrice "Bam" Adebayo - Kentucky 6'9" 240 PF frosh.

4. Jayson Tatum - Duke 6'8" 204 SF frosh.

34. OG Anunoby - Indiana 6'8" 232 PF soph.

5. Josh Jackson - Kansas 6'8" 202 SF frosh.

35. Edmond Sumner - Xavier 6'6" 176 SG jr.

6. De'Aaron Fox - Kentucky 6'3" 170 PG frosh.

36. Dillon Brooks - Oregon 6'7" 225 SF jr.

7. Malik Monk - Kentucky 6'3" 197 SG frosh.

37. Dwayne Bacon - Florida St. 6'6" 222 SG soph.

8. John Collins - Wake Forest 6'10" 225 C soph.

38. Monte Morris - Iowa St. 6'2" 170 PG SR.

9. Zach Collins - Gonzaga 7'0" 232 C frosh.

39. Jaron Blossomgame - Clemson 6'7" 219 SG SR.

10. Justin Patton - Creighton 6'11" 224 PF frosh.

40. Cameron Oliver - Nevada 6'8" 239 PF soph.

11. Dennis Smith Jr. - N.C. State 6'2" 190 PG frosh.

41. Aleksandar Vezenkov - Cyprus 6'9" 225 SF born 1995.

12. TJ Leaf - UCLA 6'9" 215 PF frosh.

42. Jake Wiley - Eastern Washington 6'7" 220 PF SR.

13. D.J. Wilson - Michigan 6'10" 240 SF jr.

43. Anzejs Pasecniks - Latvia 7'1" 220 PF born 1995.

14. Luke Kennard - Duke 6'5" 196 PG soph.

44. Sindarius Thornwell - South Carolina 6'5" 212 SG SR.

15. Jawun Evans - Oklahoma St. 6'0" 185 PG soph.

45. P.J. Dozier - South Carolina 6'7" 201 SF soph.

16. Harry Giles - Duke 6'11" 232 C frosh.

46. Kennedy Meeks - North Carolina 6'10" 277 C SR.

17. Caleb Swanigan - Purdue 6'9" 260 PF soph.

47. Frank Jackson - Duke 6'4" 202 SG frosh.

18. Donovan Mitchell - Louisville 6'3" 210 SG soph.

48. James Blackmon Jr. - Indiana 6'3" 190 SG SR.

19. Tony Bradley - North Carolina 6'11" 249 C frosh.

49. Frank Ntilikina - France 6'5" 180 PG born 1998.

20. Justin Jackson - North Carolina 6'8" 201 SF jr.

50. Tyler Lydon - Syracuse 6'10" 215 PF soph.

21. Josh Hart - Villanova 6'5" 209 SG SR.

51. Tyler Dorsey - Oregon 6'5" 183 SG soph.

22. Derrick White - Colorado 6'5" 190 PG SR.

52. Isaiah Hicks - North Carolina 6'9" 233 C SR.

23. Jordan Bell - Oregon 6'9" 224 C jr.

53. Rodney Pryor - Georgetown 6'4" 201 SG SR.

24. Semi Ojeleye - SMU 6'7" 241 SF jr.

54. Isaiah Hartenstein - Germany 7'1" 225 C born 1998.

25. Ivan Rabb - California 6'10' 215 PF frosh.

55. Eric Mika - BYU 6'10" 233 PF born 1995.

26. Thomas Bryant - Indiana 6'11" 248 PF soph.

56. Jamel Artis - Pittsburgh 6'7" 213 SF SR.

27. Mathias Lessort - France 6'9" 250 C born 1995

57. George Lucas (de Paula) - Brazil 6'6" 197 PG born 1996.

28. Jonah Bolden - Australia 6'10" 215 PF born 1996

58. Michael Young - Pittsburgh 6'9" 235 PF SR.

29. Frank Mason - Kansas 6'0" 189 PG SR.

59. Deonte Burton - Iowa St. 6'4" 240 SF SR.

30. Lauri Markkanen - Arizona 7'0" 235 PF frosh.

60. Terrance Ferguson - Australia 6'7" 186 SG born 1997.

THE AFTER PARTY. 61-65: Andrew White - Syracuse 6'7" 220 SF SR., Alpha Kaba - France 6'10" 225 PF born 1996., Wesley Iwundu - Kansas St. 6'7" 193 SF SR., Ben Moore - SMU 6'7" 203 SF SR., Chris Boucher - Oregon 6'10" 182 PF SR.

 

66-70: Devin Robinson - Florida 6'8" 190 PF jr., Johnathan Motley - Baylor 6'9" 238 C jr. Moses Kingsley - Arkansas 6'10" 230 PF SR., Malcom Hill - Illinois 6'6" 220 SF SR., Jalen Moore - Utah St. 6'8" 215 SF SR.

 

71-75: Kyle Kuzma - Utah 6'10" 223 PF jr., Nigel Williams-Goss - Gonzaga 6'3" 195 PG SR., Jordan Washington - Iona 6'8" 235 C SR., Melo Trimble - Maryland 6'3" 195 PG jr., Vlatko Cancar - Slovenia 6'8" 210 SF born 1997.

Home - BLOG

76-80: Felipe Dos Anjos - Brazil 7'2" 230 C born 1998., Andrew Rowsey - Marquette 5'10" 175 SG SR., J.J. Frazier - Georgia 5'10" 155 PG SR., Derrick Walton - Michigan 6'1" 185 PG SR., Reggie Upshaw - Middle Tennessee 6'7" 222 SF SR.

 

81-85: Jack Gibbs - Davidson 5'11" 195 PG SR., Sterling Brown - SMU 6'6" 200 SG SR., Josh Hawkinson - Washington St. 6'10" 242 PF SR., Peter Jok - Iowa 6'6" 200 SG SR., Kris Jenkins - Villanova 6'6" 240 SF SR.

 

86-90: Kadeem Allen - Arizona 6'3" 180 PG SR., Michael Fusek - Slovak Republic 7'5" 220 C born 1995., Andrew Chrabascz - Butler 6'7" 225 SF SR., Landen Lucas - Kansas 6'10" 250 C SR., Blake Hamilton - Buffalo 6'5" 190 SG SR.

 

91-95: Tadas Sedekerskis - Lithuania 6'8" 210 SF born 1998., Alberto Abalde - Spain 6'7" 215 SG born 1995., Jajuan Johnson - Marquette 6'5" 185 SG SR., T.J. Cline - Richmond 6'8" 240 PF SR., Trevor Thompson - Ohio St. 6'11" 210 C jr.

 

96-100: Marko Guduric - Serbia 6'6" 220 SG born 1995., Emmanuel Omogbo - Colorado St. 6'8" 210 PF SR., Amile Jefferson - Duke 6'9" 210 C SR., Tidjane Keita - France 6'10" 200 SF born 1996., Tim Kempton - Lehigh 6'10" 245 PF SR.
 

101-105: Isaiah Briscoe - Kentucky 6'3" 218 SG soph., Chris Flemmings - UNC Wilmington 6'5" 180 SG SR., Derek Willis - Kentucky 6'9" 228 SF SR., Rashawn Thomas - Texas A&M Corpus Christi 6'7" 240 PF SR., Alec Peters - Valparaiso 6'9" 230 PF SR.

 

106-110: Damyean Dotson - Houston 6'5" 209 SG SR., Chance Comanche - Arizona 6'10" 210 C soph., Hassan Martin - Rhode Island 6'7" 230 C SR., Xavier Johnson - Colorado 6'7" 230 SF SR., Antonio Blakeney - LSU 6'4" 186 SG soph.
 

111-115: Charles Cooke - Dayton 6'5" 192 SG SR., Luke Fischer - Marquette 6'11" 245 C SR., L.J. Peak - Georgetown 6'5" 215 SG jr., Lorenzo Bonam - Utah 6'4" 215 SG SR., Davon Reed - Miami 6'6" 208 SG SR.

 

116-120: V.J. Beachem - Notre Dame 6'8" 200 SF SR., Kobi Simmons - Arizona 6'4" 170 SG frosh., Wesley Alves Da-Silva - Brazil 6'6" 189 SG born 1996., Ognjen Jaramaz - Serbia 6'4" 172 SG born 1995, Jimmy Hall - Kent St. 6'7" 215 C SR.

 

121-125: Dallas Moore - North Florida 6'1" 175 PG SR., Tyler Cavanaugh - George Washington 6'9" 235 PF SR., Amida Brimah - Connecticut - 7'0" 217 C SR., Cullen Russo - Fresno State 6'9" 225 SF SR., Antonius Cleveland - SE Missouri St. 6'6" 195 SG SR.

 

126-130: Shawn Prudhomme - Southern 6'4" 215 SG SR., Justin Tuoyo - Chattanooga 6'10" 220 PF SR., Kendall Pollard - Dayton 6'6" 210 SG SR., Zak Irvin - Michigan 6'6" 215 SG SR., Jonathan Jeanne - France 7'2" 210 C born 1997.

Players who would be considered in the top 130 if they declared: (listed in alphabetical order) Jo Acuil - Baylor 7'0" 210 C frosh., Jaylen Adams - St. Bonaventure 6'1" 180 PG jr., Deng Adel - Louisville 6'7" 190 SF soph., Peyton Aldridge - Davidson 6'7" 205 SF jr., Rawle Alkins - Arizona 6'5" 220 SG frosh., Grayson Allen - Duke 6'4" 195 SG jr., KeVaughn Allen - Florida 6'2" 183 SG soph., Kamar Baldwin - Butler 6'0" 170 SG frosh., Jaylen Barford - Arkansas 6'3" 202 SG jr., Keita Bates-Diop - Ohio St. 6'7" 190 SF jr, Joel Berry - North Carolina 6'0" 195 PG jr., Trevon Bluiett - Xavier 6'6" 215 SG jr., Marques Bolden - Duke 6'11" 250 C frosh., Ky Bowman - Boston College 6'1" 182 SG frosh., Carlton Bragg - Kansas 6'9" 220 PF soph., Mikal Bridges - Villanova 6'7" 191 SF soph., Miles Bridges - Michigan St. 6'8" 230 SF frosh., Vladimir Brodziansky - TCU 6'11" 220 PF jr., Bruce Brown - Miami 6'5" 190 SG frosh., Jalen Brunson - Villanova 6'2" 200 PG soph., Devontae Cacok - UNC Wilmington 6'7" 240 C soph., Jeffrey Carroll - Oklahoma St. 6'6" 215 SG jr., Jevon Carter - West Virginia 6'2" 195 PG jr., Brekkott Chapman - 6'8" 215 SF jr., Zylan Cheatham - San Diego St. 6'7" 205 SG soph., Chris Chiozza - Miami 6'0" 165 PG jr., Gary Clark - Cincinnati 6'7" 230 SF jr., Sandy Cohen III - Green Bay 6'6" 180 SG jr., Chris Cokley - UAB 6'8" 216 PF jr., David Collette - Utah 6'8" 220 PF soph., Bonzie Colson - Notre Dame 6'5" 226 PF jr., Xavier Cooks - Winthrop 6'8" 185 SF jr., Bryant Crawford - Wake Forest 6'3" 190 PG soph., Mike Daum - South Dakota State 6'9" 245 PF soph., Terence Davis - Mississippi 6'4" 190 SG soph., Tyler Davis - Texas A&M 6'10" 265 C soph., Angel Delgado - Seton Hall 6'10" 240 C jr., Hamidou Diallo - High School 6'5" 188 SG. born 1998., Vince Edwards - Purdue 6'7" 220 SF jr., Tacko Fall - UCF 7'6" 300 C soph., Wenyen Gabriel - Kentucky 6'9" 197 PF frosh., Tolga Gecim - Turkey 6'8" 200 PG born 1996, Devonte Graham - Kansas 6'2" 175 PG jr., Isaac Haas - Purdue 7'2" 297 C jr., Ludde Hakanson - Spain 6'2" 184 PG born 1996, Ethan Happ - Wisconsin 6'8" 200 PF soph., Mustapha Heron - Auburn 6'5" 215 SG frosh., D.J. Hogg - Texas A&M 6'8" 214 SF soph., Aaron Holiday - UCLA 6'1" 185 SG soph., Markus Howard - Marquette 5'11" 175 SG frosh., Kevin Huerter - Maryland 6'7" 190 SF frosh., Chandler Hutchison - Boise St. 6'7" 180 SF jr., Dazon Ingram - Alabama 6'5" 205 SG frosh., Justin Jackson - Maryland 6'7" 229 SF frosh., Alize Johnson - Missouri St. 6'9" 201 PF born 1996, B.J. Johnson - LaSalle 6'7" 185 SF jr., Andrew Jones - Texas 6'4" 190 SG frosh., Arnoldas Kulboka - Lithuania 6'9" 198 SF born 1998, Rodion Kurucs - Latvia 6'9" 190 SF born 1998, Khadeem Lattin - Oklahoma 6'9" 200 PF jr., Ben Lammers - Georgia Tech 6'10" 241 C jr., Jock Landale - Saint Mary's 6'11" 255 C jr., Anthony Lawrence Jr. - Miami 6'7" 185 SF soph., Dedric Lawson - Memphis 6'8" 195 PF soph., William Lee - UAB 6'9" 210 SF jr., Marcus Lovett - St. John's 6'0" 175 SG frosh., Daryl Macon - Arkansas 6'3" 185 SG jr., Kelan Martin - Butler 6'7" 220 SF jr., C.J. Massinburg 6'3" 170 SG soph., Yante Maten - Georgia 6'8" 240 PF jr., Markis McDuffie - Wichita St. 6'8" 185 SF soph., Jordan McLaughlin - USC 6'1" 170 PG jr., Blaz Mesicek - Slovenia 6'6" 175 SG born 1997, Chimezie Metu - USC 6'11" 215 C soph., Elijah Minnie - E. Michigan 6'8" 210 SF jr., Doral Moore - Wake Forest 7'1" 250 C soph., Kostja Mushidi - Belgium 6'5" 210 SG born 1998., Sviatoslav Mykhailiuk - Kansas 6'8" 191 SF jr., Malik Newman - Kansas 6'4" 179 SG soph., Elie Okobo - France 6'2" 180 PG born 1997., Josh Okogie - Georgia Tech 6'4" 207 SG frosh., Viny Okouo - Congo 7'2" 240 C born 1997., Theo Pinson - North Carolina 6'6" 195 PG jr., Shamorie Ponds - St. John's 6'1" 170 PG frosh., Desi Rodriguez - Seton Hall - 6'6" 215 SG jr., Jordan Sakho - Congo 6'10" 230 PF born 1997, Corey Sanders - Rutgers 6'2" 175 SG soph., Chris Silva - South Carolina 6'9" 205 C soph., Borisa Simanic - Serbia 6'10" 220 PF born 1998, Dwayne Sutton - Louisville 6'5" 195 SG soph., Jae'Sean Tate - Ohio St. 6'4" 190 SG jr., Allonzo Trier - Arizona 6'5" 198 SG soph., Moritz Wagner - Michigan 6'10" 210 PF soph., Nick Ward - Michigan St. 6'8" 250 C frosh., Quinndary Weatherspoon - Mississippi St. 6'4" 190 SG soph., Nick Weiler-Babb - Iowa St. 6'5" 210 PG soph., Thomas Welsh - UCLA 7'0" 245 PF jr., Thomas Wilder - W. Michigan - 6'3" 185 PG jr., Isaiah Wilkins - Virginia 6'8" 205 SF jr., Grant Williams - Tennessee 6'5" 234 PF frosh., Robert Williams - Texas A&M 6'9" 237 PF frosh, Darral Willis Jr. - Wichita St. 6'9" 221 C jr., Cassius Winston - Michigan St. 6'0" 185 PG frosh., Omer Yurtseven - N.C. State 7'0" 245 frosh.

Outside the top 130: (listed in alphabetical order) Malachi Alexander - Holy Cross 6'7" 217 SF SR., Bryce Alford - UCLA 6'3" 180 PG SR., Dominic Artis - UTEP 6'1" 186 PG SR., Axel Bouteille - France 6'6" 195 SF born 1995., Vitto Brown - Wisconsin 6'8" 237 SF SR., DaJuan Coleman - Syracuse 6'9" 255 PF SR., Christian Cunningham - Jacksonville St. 6'6" 200 C SR., Chris Davenport - North Florida 6'8" 215 SF SR., Ilimane Diop - Senegal 6'10" 216 born 1995, Jon Elmore - Marshall 6'3" 191 PG soph., Phil Forte - Oklahoma St. 5'11" 185 SG SR., Billy Garrett - DePaul 6'6" 213 SG SR., Rashid Gaston - Xavier 6'9" 240 C SR., Wesley Gordon - Colorado 6'9" 240 SF SR., Nigel Hayes - Wisconsin 6'8" 235 SF SR., Quinton Hooker - North Dakota 6'0" 195 PG SR., Isaac Humphries - Kentucky 7'0" 260 C soph., Jaylen Johnson* - Louisville 6'9" 215 PF jr., Nigel Johnson - Kansas St. 6'1" 185 PG SR., Marcus Keene - Central Michigan 5'11" 160 SG jr., Sagaba Konate - West Virginia 6'8" 250 C SR., Luke Kornet - Vanderbilt 7'1" 240 C SR., Zach LeDay - Virginia Tech 6'7" 235 PF SR., Marcus Lee - Kentucky 6'9" 220 PF SR., Paris Lee - Illinois St. 5'11" 183 PG SR., Naz Mitrou-Long Iowa St. 6'4" 210 SG SR., Marc Loving - Ohio St. 6'7" 215 SF SR., Marquese Moore - George Mason 6'2" 200 SG SR., Jeremy Morgan - Northern Iowa 6'5" 192 SG SR., Lamond Murray Jr. - Pepperdine 6'5" 200 SG SR., Derrick Newton - Stetson 6'7" 220 SF soph., Austin Nichols* - Virginia 6'8" 212 C SR., Xavier Rathan-Mayes* - Florida St. 6'4" 190 PG jr., Aaron Ross - Texas Tech 6'8" 225 SF SR., Sebasatian Saiz - Mississippi 6'9" 233 C SR., Craig Victor - LSU 6'9" 205 C jr., Ishmail Wainright - Baylor 6'5" 250 SG SR., Antone Warren* - Antelope Valley CC 6-10 soph., Maurice Watson - Creighton 5'10" 165 PG SR., Tim Williams - New Mexico 6'8" 220 PF SR., Jordan Woodard - Oklahoma 6'0" 185 PG SR.