Predicting the NBA Draft Order

The NBA Draft is usually the worst day of the year for college basketball fans. All of the amazing athletes you’ve come to know and love are moving onto the NBA, where you’ll likely see them sitting on the bench instead of knocking down threes and throwing alley-oops. This year, it seems that the college game will lose consensus Player of the Year Blake Griffin first overall in the NBA Draft. According to this ESPN article by Andy Katz, Griffin seems to be a lock to go No. 1 overall. After that, it’s anybody’s guess.

As far as determining the rest of the field, experts are somewhat torn. Ricky Rubio, a Spanish guard, is widely speculated to go second, but even that pick is in the air. Hasheem Thabeet, James Harden, Jordan Hill, DeMar Rozan and Tyreke Evans are all expected to be top ten picks. Which player goes where will probably be determined more clearly when the NBA Draft order comes out.

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