NBA Mock Draft 2016: Projections for Top Point Guard Prospects

One has to only take a passing glance at the NBA playoffs to understand the importance of the point guard position.

Those point guards left alive? Kyrie Irving, Goran Dragic, Kyle Lowry, Stephen Curry and Russell Westbrook.

Indeed, hitting point guard well in the draft is the key to success in the Association these days in large part thanks to the guys mentioned above, including a unanimous MVP. It just so happens the 2016 class offers an interesting slate of names at the spot, too.

Below, let’s take a look at an updated mock and then focus on some of the purest point guard prospects in the class. Others might fall into the classification based on system fit, but the players regardless of system get the look here.

2016 NBA Mock Draft

Projections for Top Point Guard Prospects 8. Sacramento Kings: Kris Dunn, Providence

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Providence’s Kris Dunn gets hype like he’s the top point guard in the class, and it’s well earned.

Dunn started all four years with the Friars, ending his collegiate career on a high note thanks to averages of 16.4 points, 5.3 rebounds and 6.2 assists per game. And while he boasts a spotty jumper, Dunn has the size at 6’4″ and 220 pounds to do everything else well.

For Dunn himself, it’s all about his effectiveness on the defensive end of the court, as Brett Dawson of the New Orleans Advocate captured:

Kris Dunn says defense is his greatest strength: “I like to get after people. I like to get under people’s skin.”

— Brett Dawson (@BDawsonWrites) May 12, 2016

Dunn sounds like a guy by the name of Rajon Rondo, which is pretty interesting because Rondo himself might leave the Sacramento Kings this summer…opening up the Dunn-to-Sacramento pipeline.

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