2014 Rankings by Position - The Draft Review

Point Guards

#	Team	Player	Draft Class	Ht.	Wt.	Forecast
1.	Oklahoma State	Marcus Smart	SO.	6-4	220	Top 10
2.	Syracuse	Tyler Ennis	FR.	6-2	180	Late Lottery
3.	UCONN	Shabazz Napier	SR.	6-2	180	Late Lottery - Mid 1st
4.	LA-Lafayette	Elfrid Payton	JR.	6-3	190	Mid 1st
5.	Mega Vizura	Vasilije Micic	1994	6-4	185	Mid - Late 1st
6.	Xavier	Semaj Christon	SO.	6-3	185	Late 1st - Early 2nd
7.	Arizona St.	Jahii Carson	SO.	5-11	180	Early 2nd - Mid 2nd
8.	Nevada	Deonte Burton	SR.	6-1	190	Mid 2nd
9.	San Diego St.	Xavier Thames	SR.	6-3	195	Mid - Late 2nd
10.	Iowa State	DeAndre Kane	SR.	6-4	200	Late 2nd - Undrafted

Darkhorse Sleeper: Keith Appling, 6-2 175 - Michigan State

Viable Options:

Justin Cobbs 6-2 190 - California
Bryce Cotton, 6-1 165 - Providence
Aaron Craft, 6-2 195 - Ohio St.
Spencer Dinwiddie, 6-6 200 - Colorado
Tim Frazier 6-0 170 - Penn St.
Joe Jackson, 6-1 174 - Memphis
Russ Smith, 6-0 165 - Louisville
Kendall Williams, 6-4 180 - New Mexico

Shooting Guards

#	Team	Player	Draft Class	Ht.	Wt.	Forecast
1.	Kansas	Andrew Wiggins	FR.	6-8	220	Top 3
2.	Lake Ginninderra	Dante Exum	1995	6-6	188	Top 10
3.	Michigan St.	Gary Harris	SO.	6-4	205	Top 10
4.	Kentucky	James Young	FR.	6-6	205	Late Lottery
5.	Michigan	Nik Stauskas	SO.	6-5	190	Late Lottery - Mid 1st
6.	UCLA	Zach Lavine	FR.	6-5	180	Mid - Late 1st
7.	UCLA	Jordan Adams	SO.	6-5	220	Late 1st
8.	Arizona	Nick Johnson	JR.	6-3	200	Late 1st - Early 2nd
9.	Texas (D-League)	P.J. Hairston	1992	6-4	230	Late 1st - Early 2nd
10.	Clemaon	K.J. McDaniels	JR.	6-6	200	Late 1st - Early 2nd

Darkhorse Sleeper: Fuquan Edwin, 6-6 200 - Seton Hall

Viable Options:

Bogdan Bogdanovic, 6-6 205 - Partizan (Serbia)
Jabari Brown 6-5 215 - Missouri
Markel Brown, 6-3 190 - Oklahoma St.
Jordan Clarkson, 6-5 195 - Missouri
Drew Crawford 6-5 210 - Northwestern
Nemanja Dangubic, 6-7 193 - Mega Vizura (Serbia)
Andre Dawkins, 6-5 215 - Duke
Joe Harris, 6-6 215 - Virginia
Marshall Henderson, 6-2 177 - Mississippi
Sean Kilpatrick, 6-4 215 - Cincinnati
Roy Devyn Marble, 6-6 200 - Iowa
Jordan McRae, 6-6 185 - Tennessee
Lamar Patterson, 6-5 225 - Pittsburgh
Casey Prather, 6-6 212 - Florida
Axel Toupane, 6-7 195 - Strasbourg (France)
C.J. Wilcox, 6-5 195 - Washington

Small Forwards

#	Team	Player	Draft Class	Ht.	Wt.	Forecast
1.	Duke	Jabari Parker	FR.	6-8	235	Top 3
2.	UCLA	Kyle Anderson	SO.	6-9	230	Mid - Late Lottery
3.	Creighton	Doug McDermott	SR.	6-7	225	Mid - Late Lottery
4.	Cibona	Dario Saric	1994	6-10	225	Late Lottery - Mid 1st
5.	Duke	Rodney Hood	SO.	6-8	215	Late Lottery - Mid 1st
6.	Syracuse	Jerami Grant	SO.	6-8	210	Mid - Late 1st
7.	North Carolina St.	TJ Warren	SO.	6-8	225	Mid- Late 1st
8.	Wichita State	Cleanthony Early	SR.	6-8	220	Late 1st
9.	UCONN	DeAndre Daniels	JR.	6-8	195	Late 1st
10.	Michigan	Glenn Robinson III	SO.	6-6	210	Late 1st - Early 2nd

Darkhorse Sleeper: Jakarr Sampson, 6-9 215 - St. John's

Viable Options:

Thanasis Antetokounmpo 6-7 215 - Delaware (D-League)
Cameron Clark, 6-7 211 - Oklahoma
Melvin Ejim 6-6 220 - Iowa St.
C.J. Flair 6-7 225 - Syracuse
Viktor Gaddefors, 6-8 215 - Virtus Bologna (Italy)
Alessandro Gentile 6-7 230 - Olimpia Milano (Italy)
Josh Huestis 6-7 230 - Stanford
Damien Inglis 6-9 240 - Roanne (France)
Maximilian Kleber, 6-11 230 - s.Oliver Baskets (Germany)
Mike Moser, 6-7 210 - Oregon
LaQuinton Ross, 6-8 219 - Ohio St.
Ojars Silins, 6-9 215 - Reggio Emilia (Italy)

Power Forwards

#	Team	Player	Draft Class	Ht.	Wt.	Forecast
1.	Kentucky	Julius Randle	FR.	6-9	250	Top 5
2.	Indiana	Noah Vonleh	FR.	6-9	235	Top 10
3.	Arizona	Aaron Gordon	FR.	6-9	215	Late Lottery
4.	Michigan St.	Adreian Payne	SR.	6-10	240	Mid - Late 1st
5.	Chalon	Clint Capela	1994	6-10	215	Mid - Late 1st
6.	UNLV	Khem Birch	JR.	6-9	220	Mid 2nd
7.	North Carolina	James McAdoo	JR.	6-9	230	Mid - Late 2nd
8.	Tennessee	Jarnell Stokes	JR.	6-8	260	Mid - Late 2nd
9.	Baylor	Corey Jefferson	SR.	6-9	230	Late 2nd - Undrafted
10.	LSU	Johnny O'Bryant	JR.	6-9	255	Late 2nd - Undrafted

Darkhorse Sleeper: Aaric Murray, 6-10 250 - Texas Southern

Viable Options:

Cameron Bairstow 6-9 250 - New Mexico
Chane Behanan, 6-6 245 - Louisville
Tarik Black, 6-8 250 - Kansas
Cristiano Felicio, 6-9 240 - Flamengo (Brazil)
Louis Labeyrie 6-10 220 - Paris-Levallois (France)
Lucas Mariano, 6-9 270 - Franca (Brazil)
Eric Moreland 6-10 210 - Oregon St.
Norvel Pelle, 6-10 210 - Delaware (D-Leadue)
Dwight Powell 6-10 240 - Stanford
Juvonte Reddic, 6-9 235 - VCU
Roscoe Smith 6-8 220 - UNLV
Patric Young, 6-9 245 - Florida

Centers

#	Team	Player	Draft Class	Ht.	Wt.	Forecast
1.	Kansas	Joel Embiid	FR.	7-0	250	Top 5
2.	Cedevita	Jusuf Nurkic	1994	6-11	280	Late 1st - Early 2nd
3.	Michigan	Mitch McGary	SO.	6-10	265	Early - Mid 2nd
4.	Baylor	Isaiah Austin	SO.	7-1	220	Early - Mid 2nd
5.	Gran Canaria	Walter Tavares	1992	7-3	260	Mid - Late 2nd
6.	WI-Gren Bay	Alec Brown	SR.	7-1	220	Late 2nd - Undrafted
7.	Arizona St.	Jordan Bachynski	SR.	7-2	250	Late 2nd - Undrafted
8.	Avtodor	Artem Klimenko	1994	7-1	230	Late 2nd - Undrafted
9.	New Mexico	Alex Kirk	JR.	7-0	245	Undrafted
10.	Mew Mexico St.	Sim Bhullar	SO.	7-5	360	Undrafted

Darkhorse Sleeper: Nikola Jokic, 6-11 253 - Mega Vizura (Serbia)

Viable Options:

Ondrej Balvin 7-2 260 - Sevilla (Spain)
Nemanja Besovic, 7-2 236 - Verviers-Pepinster (Belgium)
Li Muhao, 7-2 242 - Dongguan (China)
Philipp Neumann, 6-10 245 - EWE Baskets Oldenburg (Germany)
Artem Pustovyi 7-2 225 - Khimik (Ukraine)
Richard Solomon, 6-11 235 - California
Shayne Whittington, 6-11 250 - Western Michgian

Unprojected Draftees

Team	Pick	Player	Draft Class	Ht.	Wt.
Pinheiros	Toronto 1/20	Bruno Cabcolo	INT.	6-9	200

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

Player	Team	Draft Class	Ht.	Wt.
Travis Bader	Oakland	SR.	6-5	190
Ioannis Papapetrou	Olympiacos (Greece)	INT.	6-9	233

Details: Written by The Draft Review; Published: 01 May 2014; Created: 01 May 2014; Last Updated: 22 March 2024

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