NBA mock draft: California's Jaylen Brown to Suns at No. 4
Following Tuesday night's NBA draft lottery, FOXSports.com came out with its first mock draft of the year.
With the Suns pick at No. 4, Aaron Torres projects that Ben Simmons, Brandon Ingram and Dragan Bender will be off the board. The pick?
California forward Jaylen Brown.
Assuming they keep their first-round picks, the Suns are up again at No. 13, and Torres again projects a forward -- Marquette's Henry Ellenson:
Next up, again assuming the highly unlikely scenario that they keep all three of their first-round picks, is the 28th pick acquired from Cleveland. The theory here would be to shun immediate help in favor of a draft and stash. Hence, Croatian center Ante Zizic:
Click here for the complete mock draft.
Of course, FOX Sports isn't the only mock draft to be published following the lottery, and Brown is a strong consensus among various others -- although a number of experts can see Bender falling to Phoenix.
Here's a recap of some of the other prominent mockers:
2016 NBA mock drafts
| Source | No. 4 | No. 13 | No. 28 |
| Scott Howard-Cooper, NBA.com | Jaylen Brown, F, California | Marquese Chriss, F, Washington | Chieck Diallo, F, Kansas |
| Chad Ford, ESPN.com | Dragan Bender, F, Croatia | Denzel Valentine G, Michigan St. | Juan Hernangomez, F, Spain |
| Andrew Sharp, Sports Illustrated | Dragan Bender, F, Croatia | Timothe Luwawu, F, France | Chieck Diallo, F, Kansas |
| Gary Parrish, CBSSports.com | Jaylen Brown, F, California | Marquese Chriss, F, Washington | Juan Hernangomez, F, Spain |
| Jonathan Givony, The Vertical | Jaylen Brown, F, California | Henry Ellenson, F, Marquette | Petr Cornelie, F, France |
| Sean Deveney, SportingNews.com | Jaylen Brown, F, California | Skal Labissiere, C, Kentucky | Ben Bentil, F, Providence |
| Andrew Gould, Bleacher Report | Jaylen Brown, F, California | Timothe Luwawu, F, France | Malcolm Brogdon, G, Virginia |
| Kevin O'Connor, SBNation.com | Jaylen Brown, F, California | Timothe Luwawu, F, France | Petr Cornelie, F, France |
| Derek Bodner, USA Today | Jaylen Brown, F, California | Skal Labissiere, C, Kentucky | Zhou Qi, C, China |
| Aran Smith, NBADraft.net | Dragan Bender, F, Croatia | Skal Labissiere, C, Kentucky | Thon Maker, F, Australia |
| DraftExpress.com | Jaylen Brown, F, California | Henry Ellenson, F, Marquette | Petr Cornelie, F, France |
| Petr Cornelie, F, France |
| Petr Cornelie, F, France |
| Skal Labissiere, C, Kentucky |
| Jaylen Brown, F, California |
| Jaylen Brown, F, California |
| Skal Labissiere, C, Kentucky |
