2017 Rankings by Position - The Draft Review

Point Guards

#	Team	Player	Draft Class	Ht.	Wt.	Forecast
1.	Kentucky	De'Aaron Fox	FR.	6-3	187	Top 5
2.	UCLA	Lonzo Ball	FR.	6-6	190	Top 5
3.	North Carolina St.	Dennis Smith	FR.	6-3	195	Top 10
4.	Strasbourg	Frank Ntilikina	1998 INT.	6-2	190	Top 15
5.	Duke	Frank Jackson	FR.	6-3	200	Mid - Late 1st
6.	Oklahoma St.	Jawun Evans	SO.	6-1	200	Late 1st - Early Second
7.	Xavier	Edmond Sumner	SO.	6-5	175	Mid 2nd - Late 2nd
8.	Iowa St.	Monte Morris	SR.	6-3	175	Mid 2nd - Late 2nd
9.	Kansas	Frank Mason	SR.	6-0	190	Late 2nd - Undrafted
10.	Gonzaga	Nigel Williams-Goss	JR.	6-3	195	Late 2nd - Undrafted

Viable Options:

Isaiah Briscoe 6-2 220 - Kentucky
George de Paula, 6-6 197 - Paulistano
Marcus Keene, 5-9 175 - Central Michigan
Xavier Rathan-Mayes, 6-4 208 - Florida State
Melo Trimble, 6-3 195 - Maryland
Derrick Walton Jr., 6-1 189 - Michigan
Maurice Watson Jr., 5-10 165 - Creighton

Shooting Guards

#	Team	Player	Draft Class	Ht.	Wt.	Forecast
1.	Washington	Markell Fultz	FR.	6-4	195	Top 3
2.	Kentucky	Malik Monk	FR.	6-3	200	Top 8
3.	Louisville	Donovan Mitchell	SO.	6-3	200	Late Lottery - Mid 1st
4.	Duke	Luke Kennard	SO.	6-5	200	Late Lottery - Mid 1st
5.	Adelaide	Terrance Ferguson	1998	6-7	185	Mid 1st - Late 1st
6.	South Carolina	P.J. Dozier	SO.	6-7	175	Late 1st - Mid 2nd
7.	Florida State	Dwayne Bacon	SO.	6-7	221	Late 1st - Early 2nd
8.	South Carolina	Sindarius Thornwell	SR.	6-5	211	Late 1st - Mid 2nd
9.	Villanova	Josh Hart	SR.	6-5	215	Mid - Late 2nd
10.	Colorado	Derrick White	SR.	6-4	190	Late 2nd
11.	Arizona	Kobi Simmons	FR.	6-5	175	Late 2nd
12.	Houston	Damyean Dotson	SR.	6-6	205	Late 2nd - Undrafted
13.	Oregon	Tyler Dorsey	SO.	6-4	185	Late 2nd - Undrafted
14.	SMU	Sterling Brown	SR.	6-6	230	Late 2nd - Undrafted
15.	Georgetown	L.J. Peak	JR.	6-5	205	Late 2nd - Undrafted

Viable Options:

Bryce Alford 6-3 185 - UCLA
James Blackmon Jr., 6-4 210 Indiana
Jabari Bird 6-6 190 - California
Charles Cooke 6-5 196 - Dayton
Zak Irvin 6-6 215 - Michigan
Kris Jenkins 6-6 230 - Villanova
Peter Jok, 6-6 202 Iowa
Rodney Purvis, 6-4 205 - UCONN

Small Forwards

#	Team	Player	Draft Class	Ht.	Wt.	Forecast
1.	Kansas	Josh Jackson	FR.	6-8	207	Top 5
2.	Duke	Jayson Tatum	FR.	6-8	205	Top 8
3.	Florida St.	Jonathan Isaac	FR.	6-10	210	Mid - Late Lottery
4.	North Carolina	Justin Jackson	JR.	6-8	210	Mid 1st - Late 1st
5.	Indiana	OG Anunoby	SO.	6-8	235	Mid 1st - Late 1st
6.	Clemson	Jaron Blossomgame	SR.	6-7	220	Mid 2nd
7.	Kansas St.	Wesley Iwundu	SR.	6-7	205	Mid - Late 2nd
8.	Oregon	Dillon Brooks	JR.	6-6	220	Late 2nd
9.	Valparaiso	Alec Peters	SR.	6-9	235	Late 2nd - Undrafted
10.	Mega Leks	Vlatko Cancar	1997 INT.	6-8	210	Late 2nd - Undrafted
11.	Paulistano	Lucas Dias Silva	1995 INT.	6-10	205	Late 2nd - Undrafted
12.	Florida	Devin Robinson	JR.	6-8	200	Late 2nd - Undrafted
13.	Notre Dame	V.J. Beachem	SR.	6-8	200	Late 2nd - Undrafted
14.	Joventut	Alberto Abalde	1995 INT.	6-7	215	Late 2nd - Undrafted
15.	Illinois	Malcolm Hill	SR.	6-6	220	Undrafted

Viable Options:

Hassan Martin 6-7 235 - Rhode Island
Jalen Moore, 6-9 225 - Utah State
Davon Reed 6-6 206 - Miami (FL.)
Andrew White, 6-6 210 - Syracuse
Jacob Wiley, 6-7 220 - Eastern Washington

Power Forwards

#	Team	Player	Draft Class	Ht.	Wt.	Forecast
1.	Arizona	Lauri Markkanen	FR.	7-0	230	Top 10
2.	Wake Forest	John Collins	SO.	6-10	225	Top 20
3.	UCLA	T.J. Leaf	FR.	6-10	225	Late Lottery - Mid 1st
4.	Duke	Harry Giles	FR.	6-10	240	Mid 1st - Late 1st
5.	Syracuse	Tyler Lydon	SO.	6-9	223	Late 1st
6.	Purdue	Caleb Swanigan	SO.	6-9	250	Late 1st - Early 2nd
7.	Michigan	D.J. Wilson	JR.	6-10	235	Late 1st
8.	Zalgiris	Isaiah Hartenstein	1998 INT.	6-11	250	Late 1st - Early 2nd
9.	California	Ivan Rabb	SO.	6-10	220	Mid to Late 1st
10.	SMU	Semi Ojeleye	JR.	6-7	240	Late 1st - Early 2nd
11.	Utah	Kyle Kuzma	JR.	6-9	220	Late 1st - Early Second
12.	Oregon	Jordan Bell	JR.	6-8	225	Early 2nd - Mid 2nd
13.	Nanterre	Mathias Lessort	1995 INT.	6-9	235	Mid 2nd
14.	Baylor	Johnathan Motley	JR.	6-9	230	Mid 2nd
15.	FMP	Jonah Bolden	1996 INT.	6-10	220	Mid 2nd - Late 2nd
16.	Nevada	Cameron Oliver	SO.	6-7	220	Mid 2nd - Late 2nd
17.	Mega Leks	Alpha Kaba	1996 INT.	6-9	230	Late 2nd - Undrafted
18.	FC Barcelona	Aleksandar Vezenkov	1995 INT.	6-9	225	Late 2nd - Undrafted
19.	Wisconsin	Nigel Hayes	SR.	6-8	254	Late 2nd - Undrafted
20.	North Carolina	Isaiah Hicks	SR.	6-8	220	Undrafted

Viable Options:

Chris Boucher, 6-10 180 Oregon
Josh Hawkinson, 6-10 230 - Washington State
Amile Jefferson, 6-9 225 - Duke
Moses Kingsley, 6-10 230 Arkansas
Luke Kornet, 7-1 240 Vanderbilt

Centers

#	Team	Player	Draft Class	Ht.	Wt.	Forecast
1.	Gonzaga	Zack Collins	FR.	7-0	230	Top 10
2.	Texas	Jarrett Allen	FR.	6-11	235	Top 15
3.	Creighton	Justin Patton	FR.	7-0	215	Mid - Late 1st
4.	Kentucky	Edrice Adebayo	FR.	6-10	225	Mid to Late 1st
5.	UCLA	Ike Anigbogu	FR.	6-10	250	Late 1st - Early 2nd
6.	Gran Canaria	Anzejs Pasecniks	1995 INT.	7-1	220	Late 1st - Early 2nd
7.	North Carolina	Tony Bradley	FR.	6-10	250	Late 1st - Early 2nd
8.	Indiana	Thomas Bryant	SO.	6-11	248	Mid 2nd
9.	North Carolina	Kennedy Meeks	SR.	6-10	277	Late 2nd
10.	BYU	Eric Mika	SO.	6-10	233	Late 2nd
11.	Kentucky	Isaac Humphries	SO.	7-0	260	Late 2nd - Undrafted
12.	Spirou	Michael Fusek	1995 INT.	7-5	220	Late 2nd - Undrafted

Viable Options:

Amida Brimah, 7-0 217 - UCONN
Change Comanche 6-11 215 - Arizona
Ilimane Diop 6-11 230 - Baskonia (Spain)
Luke Fischer, 6-11 250 - Marquette
Trevor Thompson, 7-0 250 - Ohio State
Justin Tuoyo, 6-10 230 - Chattanooga

Unprojected Draftees

Team	Pick	Player	Draft Class	Ht.	Wt.
Arizona	Boston 2/53	Kadeem Allen	SR.	6-3	205

Players the NBA listed as Draft Prospects in programs and media guides.

Player	Team	Draft Class	Ht.	Wt.
Landen Lucas	Kansas	SR.	6-10	250
Derek Willis	Kentucky	SR.	6-9	228

Details: Written by The Draft Review; Published: 17 June 2017; Created: 17 June 2017; Last Updated: 30 March 2024

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