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2016 NBA Mock Draft: 1st-Round Predictions, Prospects Who Are Safest Bets
- Updated: May 16, 2016
The NBA Draft Combine wrapped up in Chicago this past weekend, helping to put the draft picture into clearer focus.
The next step in the predraft process is the NBA draft lottery, which will take place on Tuesday night at 8 p.m. ET on ESPN.
For the purposes of this pre-lottery mock draft, the lottery teams’ odds of securing the top pick have determined the order. On Tuesday, the order will change dramatically, with some teams potentially gaining or losing picks based where they land as the implications of previous trades involving protected picks.
Safest Draft Prospects
Brandon Ingram, Duke
Brandon Ingram, a candidate to go No. 1 overall, has the skill set to do a bit of everything on the court.
Ingram was one of just three players in all of college basketball a season ago to average two three-pointers per game and at least one block per game, per Sports-Reference.com. To put that into perspective, Kevin Durant of the Oklahoma City Thunder was the only NBA player with such a stat line during the 2015-16 NBA season.
It’s Ingram’s balanced skill set that makes him an elite prospect with the potential to impact the game on a Durant-like level. But that’s also what makes him such a …
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