Right now I've got Fultz-Jackson-Ball in that order. It's a much different draft for me this year in that I'm having trouble falling in love with value guys like I did last year in LeVert, Zizic, Zubac, Siakam, and Dejounte Murray who I'd have drafted 10+ spots higher in some cases. Only 6-6 combo guard PJ Dozier of South Carolina fits into this group as my binkie. I also don't hate anyone as overrated as I did Bender last year going really high. It was such a natural and confident feeling I had projecting each of these players. The closest I've come are not liking the UK guards Monk and Fox for where they will likely be picked, still hate Ivan Rabb as a pro, don't like Kennard, hate Harry Giles, while viewing Justin Jackson of UNC and TJ Leaf as a value guys but they have both shot up some boards I'm watching.
I think Josh Hart is an NBA player in the late 1st/early 2nd who could be next years Malcolm Brogdon. One kid to keep an eye of is Creighton's Marcus Foster, a thick 6-3 combo guard who can flat out ball and is simply fearless. If I had to pick one guy to be an Isaiah Thomas as a 60th pick this would be the guy, he knows how to put the ball in the basket and has an underrated floor game. I can't complete a post without commenting on FSU's Baconator.......he's interesting to me late 1st/early 2nd as a Keith Bogans-type of wing if he can defend at this level so he could stick. I don't feel his ceiling is very high due to feeling he can't create his own shot against better athletes.....kinda reminds me of Marcus Smart at OkState where he bulldozed his way past smaller weaker players which he won't be able to do in the NBA while his shot and mechanics are wildly inconsistent.
I always have a good feel for certain foreign guys who stick out in both positive and negative ways........I don't yet see that Porzingis guy I drool over or the Hezonja kid where I wonder what the hell the scouts are seeing. Generally speaking I'm bulling on foreign bigs and bearish on the guards which has played out pretty well over the years so there's that to go by if nothing else.
One caveat......I'd say that a minimum of 33% of prospect "picks" panning out or not have to do with the organization that drafts them. How would Okafor, Noel, or Cauley-Stein have developed in our system or the Spurs? Was Dedmon really a better prospect than Noel or WCS? Would Brogdon or Jaylen look this good in Sacramento? The fit is crucial and we simply don't know where these kids are going to land. Right now it's guestimates on how their games translate to the pros and the role they will be asked to play.