Keep in mind, these are top rankings, not a mock draft. The NBA Draft Lottery gave Minnesota the top spot, followed by the Lakers and Sixers, but we're not interested in what each team will do individually. From a purely academic standpoint, we're hoping to rank the best players in the long term. If one might perform a "re-draft" 8 years from now, it will be fun to look back to see how close these pre-draft boards had been.
| Player | Pos. | School | Class | Average | Std Dev. |
| Karl-Anthony Towns | C | Kentucky | Fr. | 1 | 0 |
| Jahlil Okafor | C | Duke | Fr. | 2 | 0 |
| D'Angelo Russell | PG | Ohio State | Fr. | 3 | 1 |
| Emmanuel Mudiay | PG | Guangdong | 1996 | 4 | 1 |
| Justise Winslow | SG/SF | Duke | Fr. | 6 | 1 |
| Mario Hezonja | SG/SF | FC Barcelona | 1995 | 6 | 1 |
| Kristaps Porzingis | PF | Cajasol Sevilla | 1995 | 7 | 3 |
| Willie Cauley-Stein | C | Kentucky | Jr. | 9 | 3 |
| Stanley Johnson | SF | Arizona | Fr. | 9 | 1 |
| Myles Turner | C | Texas | Fr. | 11 | 2 |
| Devin Booker | SG | Kentucky | Fr. | 12 | 1 |
| Trey Lyles | PF | Kentucky | Fr. | 13 | 6 |
| Cameron Payne | PG | Murray St. | So. | 14 | 6 |
| Frank Kaminsky | C | Wisconsin | Sr. | 14 | 5 |
| Sam Dekker | SF | Wisconsin | Jr. | 15 | 1 |
| Bobby Portis | PF | Arkansas | So. | 16 | 2 |
| Jerian Grant | PG | Notre Dame | Sr. | 16 | 1 |
| Kelly Oubre | SF | Kansas | Fr. | 18 | 1 |
| Rondae Hollis-Jefferson | SF | Arizona | So. | 20 | 6 |
| Kevon Looney | PF | UCLA | Fr. | 20 | 2 |
| Tyus Jones | PG | Duke | Fr. | 21 | 8 |
| Montrezl Harrell | PF | Louisville | Jr. | 23 | 1 |
| Delon Wright | PG/SG | Utah | Sr. | 23 | 6 |
| Justin Anderson | SF | Virginia | Jr. | 24 | 4 |
| RJ Hunter | SG | Georgia St. | Jr. | 25 | 4 |
| Chris McCullough | PF | Syracuse | Fr. | 28 | 6 |
| Christian Wood | PF | UNLV | So. | 28 | 6 |
| Jarell Martin | PF | LSU | So. | 29 | 2 |
| Rashad Vaughn | SG | UNLV | Fr. | 31 | 11 |
Looks a lot like last month, but there are a couple of "Hot" names where guys are moving up the boards quickly. There's also a name which has cooled quite a bit as of late.
Who's Hot: Devin Booker and Cameron Payne. Each of these players have moved up four spots from last month. Both are getting much more love from NBADraft.net and Chad Ford than they were getting before. Jonathan Givony hasn't changed these guys as much on the Draft Express board, but they have moved up a bit there as well.
Who's Not: Kelly Oubre. Kelly has dropped eight spots on average, but all the boards have dropped him a similar amount. For a kid with all the talent in the world, there just seems to be something missing. My guess is that scouts may question his work ethic and instincts to play a winning brand of basketball. He could be a "pendulum swing" type of pick for someone willing to play the risk/reward game with their draft pick.
It will be fun to see how the mock drafts change over the next few weeks, but these big board rankings shouldn't change as much. We'll see.
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