Mock NBA Draft 2014

[Jamar Howard 4 President]

Something tells me that we won't be attempting to use Mo Evans as a bullet point when presenting all the perks of coming to WSU to a recruit.

[Dave Stalwart]

This thread is ridiculous. The center for Evansville is not getting drafted in 2014.

[shocksrbest]

Felt like it needed it's own thread, NBADraft.net has updated it's mock yesterday and has Early going in the Top 15 as a lottery pick.

Excuse my ignorance, but what constitutes a lottery pick? Top 15?

[ShockerEngr]

This thread is ridiculous. The center for Evansville is not getting drafted in 2014.

lol...took me a bit to get that...

[Shock Therapy]

Excuse my ignorance, but what constitutes a lottery pick? Top 15?

Top 14. The lottery is made up of the 14 teams that don't make the playoffs.

[ShockerMas]

Excuse my ignorance, but what constitutes a lottery pick? Top 15?

In the NBA the top 8 teams in each conference (16 overall) make the playoffs, so they get the last 16 picks of the 1st round. All of the 14 non-playoff teams are entered into a "draft lottery" where they are given a certain number of ping-pong balls in the drawing based on their record (worst overall record gets most balls, 2nd worst gets second most, etc). This system is in place to provide the worst teams with the greatest chances of getting the 1st overall pick without guaranteeing a team that they will get rewarded if they were to lose all of their games on purpose.

So basically top 14 pick.

Edit: oops, Shock Therapy beat me to it

[vancedave56]

He was fouled.

Yes, he was.

[vtshocker]

Chad Ford of espn has Cle ranked 22 on his big board. Baker at 35

[1972Shocker]

lol...took me a bit to get that...

Same here, but the light finally went on.

[Dan]

is there a realistic chance Baker could leave this year?

[shockmonster]

no

[Downtown Shocker Brown]

Yes, but highly doubtful.

[Steeleshocker]

Yes, but highly doubtful.

I don't see him leaving until next year at the earliest. He's one year away from graduating and isn't quite into the guaranteed money in the mock drafts. And he is probably still more likely to stay for his senior year than leave after his junior.

[wsushox1]

is there a realistic chance Baker could leave this year?

I mean there's always a chance. But Baker's stock is likely to only keep rising.....wise for him to stay

[BostonWu]

Baker needs to show what he's capable of as the prime scorer. If he performs well under that roll then his stock will surely rise.