Basketball Draft Recommendations

Basketball draft

1982 

Indicators from best to worst: ^, *, +, ~

PG: Fat Lever*,

C: Mark Eaton*

SF: James Worthy, Dominique Wilkins, Ricky Pierce,

PF: Terry Cummings,

SG: Sleepy Floyd,

1983

Recommended drafts are: Clyde Drexler for SG and Doc Rivers for PG

C: Ralph Sampson^,

SG: Clyde Drexler^, Dale Ellis*, Jeff Malone+,

PG: Doc Rivers+

1984

Recommended drafts are: Charles Barkley^, John Stockton^, and Oscar Schmidt^#

C: Akeem Olajuwon^1,

G/F: Michael Jordan^3, Oscar Schmidt^# 131

F: Charles Barkley^5,

G: John Stockton^16, Alvin Robertson* 7,

F/C: Kevin Willis*11, Otis Thorpe+9

1985

Recommended drafts are Karl Malone^, Joe Dumars^, Terry Porter+, and Michael Adams+.

C: Patrick Ewing^1, Arvydas Sabonis^#,

SF: Chris Mullin^7,

PF: Karl Malone^13, Xavier McDaniel+4, Charles Oakley+9,

SG: Joe Dumars^18,

SF/PF: Detlef Schrempf*8, A. C. Green+23,

PG: Terry Porter+24, Michael Adams+66,

1986

Recommended drafts are 7: Arvydas Sabonis^ 25:Dennis Rodman^ 35:Dražen Petrović^. Although the international players will present more challenges, we think their value will exceed cost and effort.

C: Arvydas Sabonis^ 24, Brad Daugherty* 1, Kevin Duckworth+ 33,

PF: Dennis Rodman^ 27,

SG: Dražen Petrović^ 60, Jeff Hornacek+ 46,

PG: Mark Price* 25,

1987

Recommended drafts are Reggie Lewis and Šarūnas Marčiulionis. International players still present more challenges, but we think their value will exceed their cost and effort.

C: David Robinson^ 1,

SF: Scottie Pippen^ 5,

SG: Reggie Miller^ 11, Šarūnas Marčiulionis^127, Reggie Lewis+ 22,

PG: Kevin Johnson* 7, Mark Jackson+ 18,

PF/C: Horace Grant+ 10,

1988

Recommended drafts are: 46: Anthony Mason, 49: John Starks

SG: Mitch Richmond^ 5, Hersey Hawkins+ 6, John Starks+ U,

SF/PF: Anthony Mason* 53,

PF: Danny Manning+ 1,

C: Rik Smits + 2,

SF: Dan Majerle + 14,

PG: Rod Strickland x 19,

1989

Recommended drafts are: 8: Tim Hardaway and 35: Dino Rađa

PG:Tim Hardaway^ 14, Mookie Blaylock+ 12, Dana Barros+ 16, B. J. Armstrong+ 18,

C: Vlade Divac^ 26,

PF: Dino Rađa^ 40,

SF: Glen Rice* 4,

PF/C: Shawn Kemp* 17,

SF/SG: Sean Elliott+ 3,

PF/C: Clifford Robinson+ 36,

1990

We do not have a recommendation for this year since all the projected draft spots are too late to get a quality pick. We would recommend at least trading an extra player for one of the listed players.

PG: Gary Payton^ 2,

SF: Toni Kukoč^ 29, Cedric Ceballos+ 48,

PF/C: Derrick Coleman* 1, Jayson Williams+ 21, Antonio Davis+ 45,

PF: Tyrone Hill+ 11,

1991

Recommended drafts are: 6: Dale Davis or Chris Gatling

C: Dikembe Mutombo^ 4,

PF: Larry Johnson* 1, Dale Davis+ 13, Chris Gatling+ 16,

PG: Kenny Anderson+ 2, Terrell Brandon+ 11,

SG: Steve Smith+ 5,

1992

Recommended drafts are: 4: Latrell Sprewell or Tom Gugliotta

C: Shaquille O'Neal^ 1, Alonzo Mourning^ 2,

SG: Latrell Sprewell* 24,

PF: Christian Laettner+ 3, Tom Gugliotta+ 6,

1993

Recommended drafts are: 4: Jamal Mashburn, 28: Nick Van Exel

PF/C: Chris Webber^ 1,

PG/SG: Penny Hardaway* 3,

SF: Jamal Mashburn* 4,

PF: Vin Baker* 8,

PG: Sam Cassell* 24, Nick Van Exel+ 37,

SG: Allan Houston+ 11,

1994

Recommended drafts are 2: Jason Kidd.

PG: Jason Kidd^ 2,

SF: Grant Hill^ 3, Glenn Robinson+ 1,

PF: Juwan Howard* 5,

SG: Eddie Jones* 10,

1995

Recommended drafts are 12: Michael Finley.

PF: Kevin Garnett^ 5, Antonio McDyess* 2,

SF/SG: Michael Finley* 21, Jerry Stackhouse+ 3,

PF/C: Rasheed Wallace+ 4, Theo Ratliff+ 18

1996

Recommended drafts are 9: Kobe Bryant and Ben Wallace.

SG/PG: Allen Iverson^ 1,

SG: Ray Allen^ 5, Kobe Bryant^ 13,

PG: Steve Nash^ 15,

C/F: Ben Wallace^ U,

G: Stephon Marbury* 4,

F: Peja Stojaković* 14, Shareef Abdur-Rahim+ 3, Antoine Walker+ 6, Žydrūnas Ilgauskas+ 20,

F/C: Jermaine O'Neal* 17,

1997

Recommended drafts are: 9: Tracy McGrady

PF/C: Tim Duncan^1,

SG/SF: Tracy McGrady^9,

PG: Chauncey Billups*3,

1998

Recommended drafts are: 9: Dirk Nowitzki, 32: Rashard Lewis, and 35: Brad Miller

PF: Dirk Nowitzki^9, Rashard Lewis+32,

SF/SG: Paul Pierce^10, Vince Carter*~ 5,

F: Antawn Jamison+4,

C: Brad Miller+U,

1999

We do not advise trading our draft pick. Recommended drafts are: 9: Shawn Marion*, 36: Manu Ginóbili^* 

SG: Manu Ginóbili^* 57,

PF/C: Elton Brand*~ 1,

PG: Baron Davis* 3, Steve Francis+~ 2,

SF/PF: Shawn Marion*9,

SF: Ron Artest*(aka Metta World Peace) 16, Andrei Kirilenko+ 24,

SG/SF: Wally Szczerbiak+ 6, Richard Hamilton+ 7,

We do not recommend drafting: C: Frédéric Weis#, Tyrone Washington#, Venson Hamilton#, F: Rico Hill#, J. R. Koch#, Antwain Smith#, G: Louis Bullock#, Galen Young#, Roberto Bergersen#, Kris Clack#, Eddie Lucas#, SG: Melvin Levett# 

2000

We do not advise trading our draft pick. Recommended drafts are: 12: Jamaal Magloire+, 31: Michael Redd*

SG: Michael Redd* 43,

PF: Kenyon Martin+1,

PF/C: Jamaal Magloire+19,

We do not recommend drafting: SG: Chris Carrawell#, G: DeeAndre Hulett#, Josip Sesar#, Cory Hightower#, Jaquay Walls#, Scoonie Penn#, F: Pete Mickeal#, PG: Mark Karcher#

2001

We do not advise trading our draft pick. Recommended drafts are 23: Tony Parker^,

PF/C: Pau Gasol^~ 3,

PG: Tony Parker^ 28, Gilbert Arenas* 31,

C: Tyson Chandler* 2, Mehmet Okur+ 38,

SG: Joe Johnson* 10,

PF: Zach Randolph* 19,

SF: Gerald Wallace+ 25,

We do not recommend drafting: PF: Michael Wright#, Ousmane Cisse#, Andre Hutson#, SG: Maurice Jeffers#, C: Eric Chenowith#, Robertas Javtokas#, PG: Kyle Hill#, SF: Bryan Bracey# 

2002

We do not advise trading our draft pick. Recommended drafts are: 25: Carlos Boozer* 

C: Yao Ming^ 1,

PF/C: Amar'e Stoudemire*~ 9,

PF: Carlos Boozer* 35,

SF: Caron Butler+ 10,

We do not recommend drafting: PG: Steve Logan#, Miloš Vujanić#, Marcus Taylor#, SG: Rod Grizzard#, Mladen Šekularac#, C: Jason Jennings#, PF: Sam Clancy#, Peter Fehse#, SF: Federico Kammerichs#,

2003

Recommended drafts are: 29: Josh Howard+

PF/C: Chris Bosh^4,

SG: Dwyane Wade^5, Kyle Korver+51,

SF/PF: LeBron James*~1, Carmelo Anthony*3,

C: Chris Kaman+6,

PF: David West+18,

F/G: Josh Howard+29,

PG: Mo Williams+47,

We do not recommend drafting: C: Sofoklis Schortsanitis#, Remon van de Hare, Nedžad Sinanović#, Xue Yuyang#, PF: Szymon Szewczyk#, Mario Austin#, Malick Badiane#, Tommy Smith#, Rick Rickert#, SG: Sani Bečirović#, PG: Paccelis Morlende#,

2004

Recommended drafts are 5: Devin Harris+,

C/PF: Dwight Howard* 1

PG: Devin Harris+ 5, Jameer Nelson+ 20,

SF: Luol Deng+ 7, Andre Iguodala* 9,

PF/C: Al Jeffersonx 15,

We do not recommend drafting: PF: Albert Miralles#, Serhiy Lishchuk#, Marcus Douthit#, G: David Young#, Sergei Karaulov#, Rashad Wright#, SF: Viktor Sanikidze#, Christian Drejer#, SG: Tim Pickett#, Ricky Minard#, Romain Sato#, Rickey Paulding#, PG: Blake Stepp#,

2005

We do not advise trading our draft pick. Recommended drafts are: 30: David Lee* 

PG: Deron Williams* 3, Chris Paul*~ 4,

C: Andrew Bynum* 10, Andrew Bogutx 1,

PF: David Lee* 30,

SF: Danny Granger+ 17,

We do not recommend drafting: F/C: Fran Vázquez#, F: Ricky Sánchez#, Erazem Lorbek#, Axel Hervelle# G: Cenk Akyol#,

2006

Recommended drafts are: 28: Paul Millsap+ 

PF: LaMarcus Aldridge* 2, Paul Millsap+ 47,

SG: Brandon Roy*~ 6,

PG: Rajon Rondo* 21, Kyle Lowry* 24,

We do not recommend drafting: G: Denham Brown#, Yotam Halperin#, J. R. Pinnock#, F: Lior Eliyahu#, Vladimir Veremeenko#, Ejike Ugboaja#, Edin Bavčić#, C: Loukas Mavrokefalidis#,

2007

Recommended drafts are: 34: Marc Gasol* 

SF: Kevin Durant*~ 2,

C: Al Horford* 3, Joakim Noah* 9, Marc Gasol* 48,

PG: Mike Conley+ 4

We do not recommend drafting: SG: Petteri Koponen#, Adam Haluska#, Renaldas Seibutis#, Sammy Mejia#, C: Stanko Barać#, Milovan Raković, # SF: Reyshawn Terry#, Brad Newley, PG: Jared Jordan#, PF: Herbert Hill#, Giorgos Printezis#,

2008

We do not advise trading our draft pick. Recommended drafts are: 21: DeAndre Jordan* or Goran Dragić* based on team needs

PG: Derrick Rose*~ 1, Russell Westbrook* 4, Goran Dragić* 45,

PF: Kevin Love* 5,

C: DeAndre Jordan* 35, Brook Lopez+ 10, Roy Hibbert+ 17,

We do not recommend drafting: C: Ante Tomić#, DeVon Hardin#, PF: Trent Plaisted#, Richard Hendrix#, Tadija Dragićević#, Maarty Leunen#, James Gist#, SG: Shan Foster#, SF: Deron Washington# 

2009

We do not have a recommendation for our projected draft position.

PF: Blake Griffin*~ 1,

SG: James Harden* 3, DeMar DeRozan* 9,

PG: Stephen Curry* 7, Jrue Holiday+ 17, Jeff Teague+ 19,

We do not recommend drafting: PG: Sergio Llull#, PF: Henk Norel#, Ahmad Nivins#, Emir Preldžič#, Chinemelu Elonu#, SG: Sergiy Gladyr#, Jack McClinton#, Robert Vaden#, C: Goran Suton#, SF: Robert Dozier# 

2010

We do not have a recommendation for our projected draft position.

PG: John Wall* 1,

C: DeMarcus Cousins* 5,

SF/SG: Paul George* 10,

SF: Gordon Hayward+ 9

We do not recommend drafting: SG: Terrico White# , SF: Da'Sean Butler# , Latavious Williams# , Stanley Robinson# , C: Paulão Prestes# , PF: Tiny Gallon# , Ryan Richards# , Magnum Rolle# , Dwayne Collins#

2011

We do not advise trading our draft pick. Recommended drafts are: 26: Jimmy Butler*, 57: Isaiah Thomas* 

PG: Kyrie Irving*~ 1, Kemba Walker* 9, Isaiah Thomas* 60,

SG: Klay Thompson* 11,

SF: Kawhi Leonard* 15,

SF/SG: Jimmy Butler* 30,

C: Nikola Vučević+ 16,

We do not recommend drafting: SG: Jon Diebler# , Ádám Hanga# , PF: Milan Mačvan# , Chukwudiebere Maduabum# , Ater Majok# , SF: Tanguy Ngombo# ,

2012

Recommended drafts are: 24: Draymond Green*, 33: Khris Middleton+

PF/C: Anthony Davis* 1,

SG: Bradley Beal* 3,

PG: Damian Lillard*~ 6,

C: Andre Drummond* 9,

PF: Draymond Green* 35,

SF: Khris Middleton+ 39,

We do not recommend drafting: PF: İzzet Türkyılmaz# , Tomislav Zubčić# , İlkan Karaman# , PG: Marcus Denmon# 

2013

Recommended drafts are: 13: Giannis Antetokounmpo*, 18: Rudy Gobert* 

SG/PG: Victor Oladipo* 2,

PF: Giannis Antetokounmpo* 15,

C: Rudy Gobert* 27,

We do not recommend drafting: SF: Livio Jean-Charles# , Jānis Timma# , PF/C: Marko Todorović# , PF: Romero Osby# , Arsalan Kazemi# , Bojan Dubljević# , C: Colton Iverson# , Alex Oriakhi# , SF: Deshaun Thomas# ,

2014

Recommended drafts are: 34: Nikola Jokić* 

C: Joel Embiid*3 , Nikola Jokić* 41,

PF: Julius Randle* 7,

SF/SG: Andrew Wiggins+~ 1,

SG: Zach LaVine+13,

We do not recommend drafting: SF: DeAndre Daniels# , Alessandro Gentile# , C: Alec Brown# , SG: Nemanja Dangubić# , PF/C: Louis Labeyrie# , PG/SG: Xavier Thames# 

2015

We do not have a recommendation for our projected draft position.

C: Karl-Anthony Towns*~ 1,

SG: Devin Booker* 13,

PG: D'Angelo Russell+ 2,

PF/C: Kristaps Porziņģis+ 4,

We do not recommend drafting: C: Nikola Milutinov# , Artūras Gudaitis# , Satnam Singh# , SF: Juan Pablo Vaulet# , Sir'Dominic Pointer# , Dani Díez# , PG: Olivier Hanlan# , Marcus Thornton# , Nikola Radičević# , PF: Aaron White# , Cady Lalanne# , Dimitrios Agravanis# , Luka Mitrović# , SG: Marcus Eriksson# , PG: Tyler Harvey# , SG/SF: J. P. Tokoto# 

2016

We do not advise trading our draft pick. Recommended drafts are: 16: Pascal Siakam*

PF/PG: Ben Simmons*~1,

SF/SG: Jaylen Brown*3,

C/PF: Domantas Sabonis*11,

PF: Pascal Siakam*27,

SF: Brandon Ingram+2,

PG/SG: Dejounte Murray+29,

PG: Fred VanVleet+ U,

We do not recommend drafting: SG/SF: Rade Zagorac#, PG: David Michineau#, SG: Isaïa Cordinier#, C: Wang Zhelin#, PG/SG: Isaiah Cousins# 

2017

Recommended drafts are 9: Donovan Mitchell*,

SF: Jayson Tatum*3,

PG: De'Aaron Fox*5,

SG: Donovan Mitchell*13,

PF: Lauri Markkanen+7,

PF/C: Bam Adebayo+14,

C: Jarrett Allen+22,

We do not recommend drafting: PF/C: Mathias Lessort# , Alpha Kaba# , PG: Ognjen Jaramaz# 

2018

Recommended drafts are: 3: Luka Dončić*~,

PG: Luka Dončić*~3, Trae Young*5,

SG/PG: Shai Gilgeous-Alexander*11,

PF: Jaren Jackson Jr.+ 4

We do not recommend drafting: SF: Justin Jackson# , PG: Issuf Sanon# , Tony Carr# 

2019

We do not have a recommendation for our projected draft position.

PG: Ja Morant*~2, Darius Garland+ 5

PF: Zion Williamson+1

We do not recommend drafting: PG: Jaylen Hands#, SG: Vanja Marinković# 

2020

We do not have a recommendation for our projected draft position.

SG: Anthony Edwards+1,

PG: LaMelo Ball~+3, Tyrese Haliburton+12

We do not recommend drafting: PG: Yam Madar#, SG: Justinian Jessup# 

2021

We do not have recommendations after this point.