2012 NBA Mock Draft: Round One - Picks 16-30

@Rubio: He was trying to see if there are any wolves fans out there.

With all of the positions cleveland needs to fil you dont honestly have them taking 2 project centers do you?

Thanks for talking about the Magic in the T-Wolves pick analysis. Nice editing, Walt.

Seriously? They just added Ariza to give them a proven veteran SF and a 2nd year guy in Singleton (who plays great D and shot 34.6% on 3pt shots), yet the morons running this thing still put MKG there?

If the trade said anything at all, it's that the Wizards are locked in on Beal at the 3rd pick. Unless there's further movement then it's going to be Beal with the 2nd round pick being spent on whomever is the BPA.

If the Celtics got Perry Jones III and Fab Melo that'd probably fill their biggest needs. If the big 3 go their line up next year is Rondo / Bradley / Green / Johnson / O'Neal. Rondo and Bradley look great for years to come but Green is coming off heart surgery, Johnson played limited minutes as a rookie and O'Neal is a million years old, always injured and frankly terrible. Jones can play SF and PF and will be able to help both areas while Fab Melo would be a huge upgrade over O'Neal. I understand the Jones would have to fall a bit but this would be ideal if he's not there then maybe Quincy Miller or Terrance Jones would be available. But they deffinately need front court help.

dion waiters will be a steal in the draft. combo guard with great athleticism similar to westbrook

My worst nightmare for Portland. Sullinger and Marshall. If the Blazers take either of these guys, I'm gonna lose my lunch.

What's with the "Washington Bullets" stuff? Someone's idea of a joke??

I feel with our new GM Olshey that he will look at PG and Center . Possibly Lenoard from Illinois and Lillard from Weber St. And then maybe dealing the two seconds to move up and grab the best small forward .Like Henson .

I'd take Zeller and Jones in a heartbeat but I don't expect Zeller to still be on the board. I think he's top 10. I think Jeremy Lamb, Jones or Terance Ross will be the picks at 14 and 16.

So, you have the Heat drafting a player that they basically already have 2 of in Wade and LeBron. That makes a lot of sense, pick up another guy who really all he can do is attack the rim and struggle with midrange/outside shots...

Henson did terrible in his workout! Portland won't go the Sullinger route. I think they wanna trade out of 6. If not, it could be a slue of guards. Lillard, Waiters, Lamb, Marshall. Especially if Drummond is gone. Pistons have a big workout next week! My wish list (I'm a buckeye fan, so obviously I have bias and want Sully). But in order for us: Sullinger, Leonard, Henson, T Jones, Lamb. Jones is very intriguing cuz he can play both forward spots and we need help at both!

Blazers will NEVER draft Sullenger because front page news on ESPN says that several team doctors raised major red flags about his health.

http://espn.go.com/nba/draft2012/story/_/id/8069495/2012-nba-draft-docs-medically-red-flag-jared-sullinger-sources-say


A team that lost Greg Oden AND Brandon Roy to injuries will not draft another player with such red flags.

if Terrence jones falls all the way to Boston's first pick I'll jump for joy. I've been high on him all year cause he's a do it all forward and fills a need for forward depth in case Jeff green goes elsewhere. I've been highly critical of melo for a while now because his upside as a defensive center didn't seem so appealing, but if he can become the anchor Boston needs in the middle (kinda like a Tyson chandler maybe?) then I think that It can be an okay pick. Boston has so many options in this years draft but if jones drops to us I hope we'll pounce

From an end-user point of view, this mock draft is the easiest to read. Nice to have the link to player summaries. Really good job guys. I hope Portland comes away with Kendall Marshal and Jared Sullinger. Andre Drummond will be a project for years.