2016 NBA Draft Rankings: Centers

Skal Labissiere, Kentucky
Height: 7-0. Year: Fr.
Projected Selection: Top-five.
Jakob Poeltl, Utah
Height: 7-0. Year: Soph.
Projected Selection: mid-late lottery.
Diamond Stone, Maryland
Height: 6-10. Year: Fr.
Projected Selection: mid-lottery-late teens.

Damian Jones, Vanderbilt
Height: 6-10. Year: Jr.
Projected Selection: late lottery-early 20s.
Thomas Bryant, Indiana
Height: 6-10. Year: Fr.
Projected Selection: late teens-late first.
Zhou Qi, China
Height: 7-2. Year: 1996.
Projected Selection: late teens-late first.

Stephen Zimmerman, UNLV
Height: 7-0. Year: Fr.
Projected Selection: late teens-early second.
Kennedy Meeks, North Carolina
Height: 6-9. Year: Jr.
Projected Selection: late first-early second.
Ilimane Diop, Senegal
Height: 6-11. Year: 1995.
Projected Selection: late first-mid-second.

Kaleb Tarczewski, Arizona
Height: 7-0. Year: Sr.
Projected Selection: early-mid second.

Other 2016 NBA Draft Center Prospects:

Amida Brimah, Connecticut, 7-0, Jr.
A.J. Hammons, Purdue, 7-0, Sr.
Przemek Karnowski, Gonzaga, 7-1, Sr.
Mamadou Ndiaye, UC-Irvine, 7-6, Jr.
Daniel Ochefu, Villanova, 6-11, Sr.
Mike Tobey, Virginia, 6-11, Sr.
Cameron Ridley, Texas, 6-10, Sr.
Josh Scott, Colorado, 6-10, Sr.
Joel James, North Carolina, 6-10, Sr.
Shevon Thompson, George Mason, 6-11, Sr.
Mike Thorne Jr., Illinois, 6-11, Sr.

Written by Paul Banks of the Washington Times, and David Kay of the The Sports Bank.
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