2016 NBA Mock Draft: Latest Predictions for 1st-Round Prospects

With the 2016 NBA draft now just a month away, teams must start to narrow down their lists and focus on their preferred handful of prospects, especially those clubs set to pick early on June 23.

There was no shake-up in the selection order following the NBA draft lottery on May 17, which meant the ping-pong balls bounced a certain way for the first time, according to Boston.com contributor and CelticsHub’s Brian Robb:

For the record, 2016 was the first time in NBA Draft Lottery history (31 years) that the predraft order remained exactly the same 1-14.

— Brian Robb (@CelticsHub) May 18, 2016

This means teams in the lottery will not need to alter their plans much, since any possibility of moving up or down no longer applies.

It has been over two weeks since this mock draft appeared and much has changed after the conclusion of the NBA Draft Combine on May 15. Let us take a look at the updated mock as well as some thoughts on several of the draft’s top prospects.

Dragan Bender is Still the Pick for Boston

It has been a foregone conclusion for months that some combination of Duke’s Brandon Ingram and LSU’s Ben Simmons will be the first two names called by NBA Commissioner Adam Silver in Brooklyn, New York.

The intrigue begins with the picks immediately following, as there are a number of players available who are hardly separable when it comes to what they could bring to an NBA team.

As tempting as dynamic guards Kris Dunn (Providence), Buddy Hield (Oklahoma) and Jamal Murray (Kentucky) are, the Boston …

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