The latest 2020 mock draft has Memphis freshman center James Wiseman going to the Knicks with the No. 1 pick. ESPN’s Jonathan Givony has Georgia guard Anthony Edwards going to the Cavaliers at No. 2 and North Carolina guard Cole Anthony heading to the Suns at No. 3.
We have more from around the basketball world:
- Top pick Zion Williamson and his former college teammate R.J. Barrett could face each other in the Las Vegas summer league opener, the Associated Press reports. The Pelicans’ summer squad will face the Knicks on July 5.
- Dewayne Dedmon, Bojan Bogdanovic and Rudy Gay are among the underrated free agents heading to the market, Ameer Tyree of the Sporting News writes.
- Former NBA guard Leandro Barbosa will return to the Brazilian league and re-sign with Minas Storm, Sportando reports.
- Warriors assistant Chris DeMarco has agreed to become the head coach of the Bahamas Basketball Federation’s national team, according to a report from ESPN’s Marc Spears. The Bahamas did not qualify for the FIBA World Cup this summer but it does have some NBA talent, including Deandre Ayton and Buddy Hield.
A mock draft 362 days before the actual draft. That’s time well spent.
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2020 has the chance to be a very good draft. Silver – with good reason – thinks this past draft results will kill tanking. I think he should wait one more season. 2020 would be a good draft to be guaranteed a top 5 pick.
So it’s top-heavy?
Givony should just list the top players. Attaching them to teams is stupid and undermines the lists’ credibility. Slotting the teams is not a category of expertise.
I 100% agree. Attaching teams any time before the lottery is just useless. It’s the reason so many Knicks fans just accepted drafting Zion was a given. And for the most part, you can’t really blame casual or young fans for thinking that. Every mock draft had him going to the Knicks for months.
Yes it creates false hopes, and it’s also kind of dehumanizing.
I think there are Cavs fans who think Garland was taken over Hunter, because Hunter got attached to their pick somehow… But it was between Culver and Garland.
Seriously? 2020 mock draft. No summer league, no pre season, no season, and no playoffs. Yet you’re writing about the 2020 draft. SMH.