2018 Rankings by Position - The Draft Review

Point Guards

#	Team	Player	Draft Class	Ht.	Wt.	Forecast
1.	Kentucky	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	FR.	6-6	190	Top 12
2.	Alabama	Collin Sexton	FR.	6-2	185	Top 12
3.	Oklahoma	Trae Young	FR.	6-2	180	Top 5
4.	Pau-Lacq-Orthez	Elie Okobo	1997 INT.	6-3	180	Top 20
5.	UCLA	Aaron Holiday	JR.	6-1	185	Mid - Late 2nd
6.	Villanova	Jalen Brunson	JR.	6-2	190	Late 1st - Early 2nd
7.	Duke	Trevon Duval	FR.	6-2	190	Late 1st - Mid Second
8.	SMU	Shake Milton	JR.	6-6	205	Mid - Late 2nd
9.	West Virginia	Jevon Carter	SR.	6-2	185	Mid - Late 2nd
10.	Penn State	Tony Carr	SO.	6-5	200	Mid - Late 2nd
11.	Olimpija	Issuf Sanon	1999 INT.	6-4	185	Late 2nd - Undrafted
12.	Kansas	Devonte' Graham	SR.	6-2	175	Late 2nd - Undrafted

Viable Options:

Jaylen Adams, 6-2 190 - St. Bonaventure
Joel Berry II, 6-0 195 - North Carolina
Bryant Crawford, 6-3 200 - Wake Forest
Keenan Evans, 6-3 190 - Texas Tech
Marcus Foster, 6-2 210 - Creighton
Andrew Rowsey, 5-11 180 - Marquette
Corey Sanders, 6-2 180 - Rutgers
Thomas Wilder, 6-3 190 - Western Michigan

Shooting Guards

#	Team	Player	Draft Class	Ht.	Wt.	Forecast
1.	Real Madrid	Luka Doncic	1999 INT.	6-8	225	Top 3
2.	Miami (Fl.)	Lonnie Walker	FR.	6-4	200	Top 15
3.	Oregon	Troy Brown	FR.	6-7	215	Mid 1st
4.	Texas Tech	Zhaire Smith	FR.	6-5	195	Mid - Late 1st
5.	Boston College	Jerome Robinson	JR.	6-5	190	Mid 1st - Late 1st
6.	Boise St.	Chandler Hutchison	SR.	6-7	196	Late 1st - Early 2nd
7.	Maryland	Kevin Huerter	SO.	6-7	195	Late 1st
8.	Villanova	Donte DiVincenzo	SO.	6-5	200	Late 1st
9.	IMG Academy H.S.	Anfernee Simons	HS.-P.G.	6-3	180	Late 1st
10.	USC	De'Anthony Melton	SO.	6-4	200	Late 1st
11.	Wichita St.	Landry Shamet	JR.	6-4	180	Late 1st
12.	Creighton	Khyri Thomas	JR.	6-3	210	Late 1st - Early 2nd
13.	Tulane	Melvin Frazier	JR.	6-5	200	Early - Mid 2nd
14.	Duke	Gary Trent Jr.	SR.	6-6	230	Late 1st - Mid 2nd
15.	Duke	Grayson Allen	SR.	6-5	210	Mid 2nd
16.	Georgia Tech	Josh Okogie	SO.	6-4	210	Mid 2nd
17.	Kansas	Sviatoslav Mykhailiuk	SR.	6-8	205	Mid 2nd
18.	Kansas	Malik Newman	SO.	6-3	205	Mid - Late 2nd
19.	Arizona	Alonzo Trier	JR.	6-4	205	Mid - Late 2nd
20.	Miami (FL.)	Bruce Brown	SO.	6-5	200	Mid - Late 2nd

Viable Options:

Rawle Alkins, 6-4 225 - Arizona
Jamel Artis, 6-7 215 - Pittsburgh
Jaylen Barford, 6-3 202 - Arkansas
Hamidou Diallo, 6-5 200 - Kentucky
Matthew Fisher-Davis, 6-5 185 - Vanderbilt
Devon Hall, 6-5 211 - Virginia
J.P. Macura, 6-5 215 - Xavier
EC Matthews, 6-5 190 - Rhode Island
Theo Pinson, 6-6 220 - North Carolina
Kendall Stephens, 6-7 235 - Nevada
Elijah Stewart, 6-5 195 - Southern California

Small Forwards

#	Team	Player	Draft Class	Ht.	Wt.	Forecast
1.	Kentucky	Kevin Knox	FR.	6-9	157	Top 10
2.	Villanova	Mikal Bridges	JR.	6-7	200	Top 8
3.	Missouri	Michael Porter	FR.	6-10	215	Mid - Late Lottery
4.	Michigan St.	Miles Bridges	JR.	6-7	230	Late Lottery -Mid 1st
5.	Cedevita	Dzanan Musa	1999 INT.	6-9	195	Late Lottery - Mid 1st
6.	Ohio State	Keita Bates-Diop	JR.	6-7	235	Mid to Late 1st
7.	Cincinnati	Jacob Evans	JR.	6-6	210	Late 1st - Mid 2nd
8.	Orlandina	Arnoldas Kulboka	1998 INT.	6-9	205	Mid to Late 2nd
9.	Frankfurt	Isaac Bonga	1999 INT.	6-8	175	Mid to Late 2nd
10.	Kentucky	Jarred Vanderbilt	FR.	6-9	215	Late 2nd - Undrafted
11.	FC Barcelona	Rodions Kurucs	1995 INT.	6-8	220	Late 2nd - Undrafted
12.	Maryland	Justin Jackson	SO.	6-7	225	Late 2nd - Undrafted
13.	Dayton	Kostas Antetokounmpo	FR.	6-10	195	Late 2nd - Undrafted
14.	Texas A&M	D.J. Hogg	JR.	6-9	215	Late 2nd - Undrafted
15.	TCU	Kenrich Williams	SR.	6-7	210	Late 2nd - Undrafted

Viable Options:

Deng Adel, 6-7 201 - Louisville
Trevon Bluiett, 6-5 198 - Xavier
Rodney Bullock, 6-8 225 - Providence
Jeffrey Carroll, 6-6 220 - Oklahoma State
Bonzie Colson, 6-6 225 - Notre Dame
Marcus Derrickson, 6-7 250 - Georgetown
Vince Edwards, 6-8 225 - Purdue
Terry Larrier, 6-8 195 - UCONN
Malik Pope, 6-10 225 - San Diego State

Power Forwards

#	Team	Player	Draft Class	Ht.	Wt.	Forecast
1.	Duke	Marvin Bagley	FR.	6-11	230	Top 3
2.	Texas	Mo Bamba	FR.	7-0	220	Top 5
3.	Michigan St.	Jaren Jackson Jr.	FR.	6-11	240	Top 5
4.	Duke	Wendell Carter	FR.	6-10	260	Top 10
5.	Texas A&M	Robert Williams	SO.	6-9	240	Top 15
6.	Villanova	Omari Spellman	FR.	6-9	255	Late 1st
7.	Michigan	Moritz Wagner	JR.	6-11	225	Late 1st - Early 2nd
8.	USC	Chimezie Metu	JR.	6-10	225	Late 1st - Early 2nd
9.	Louisville	Ray Spalding	JR.	6-10	225	Early -Mid 2nd
10.	TX-Arlington	Kevin Hervey	SR.	6-9	230	Late 2nd
11.	Missouri St.	Alize Johnson	SR.	6-8	215	Late 2nd - Undrafted
12.	Igokea	Billy Preston	1997	6-10	240	Late 2nd -Undrafted
13.	Cincinnati	Gary Clark	SR.	6-8	225	Late 2nd - Undrafted
14.	Kentucky	Wenyen Gabriel	SO.	6-9	210	Late 2nd - Undrafted
15.	Georgia	Yante Maten	SR.	6-8	245	Late 2nd - Undrafted

Viable Options:

Marko Arapovic, 6-9 230 - Cedevita
Leron Black, 6-7 220 - Illinois
Angel Delgado, 6-9 230 - Seton Hall
Obi Enechionyia, 6-10 220 - Temple
Tim Kempton, 6-10 245 - Lehigh
Khadeem Lattin, 6-9 212 - Oklahoma
Marcus Lee, 6-9 220 - California
Jonathan Williams, 6-9 228 - Gonzaga

Centers

#	Team	Player	Draft Class	Ht.	Wt.	Forecast
1.	Arizona	DeAndre Ayton	FR.	7-0	260	Top 3
2.	No Team	Mitchell Robinson	1998	7-1	225	Top 20
3.	UNLV	Brandon McCoy	FR.	7-0	255	Early to Mid 2nd
4.	Valencia	Tryggvi Hlinason	1997 INT.	7-1	260	Late 2nd - Undrafted
5.	Oregon St.	Drew Eubanks	JR.	6-10	245	Late 2nd - Undrafted
6.	Louisville	Anas Mahmoud	SR.	7-0	230	Late 2nd - Undrafted
7.	Baylor	Jo Lual-Acuil	SR.	7-0	225	Late 2nd - Undrafted
8.	UCLA	Thomas Welsh	SR.	7-0	255	Undrafted
9.	Purdue	Isaac Haas	SR.	7-2	291	Undrafted
10.	Texas A&M	Tyler Davis	JR.	6-10	266	Undrafted

Viable Options:

Herve Kabasele Kasonga 6-10 225 - Breogan
Jock Landale, 6-11 256 - Saint Mary's
Doral Moore, 7-1 280 - Wake Forest

Unprojected Draftees

Team	Pick	Player	Draft Class	Ht.	Wt.
Colorado	Phoenix 2/59	George King	SR.	6-6	220

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

Player	Team	Draft Class	Ht.	Wt.
Rob Gray	Houston	SR.	6-1	185

Details: Written by Matthew Maurer; Published: 19 June 2018; Created: 16 June 2018; Last Updated: 30 March 2024