Immanuel Quickley Declares for NBA Draft

[mcpapa]

Not entirely unexpected; seemed like a 50-50 proposition.

[bugatti]

Latest mock I saw had Quickley going mid-20s. Once he fills out I am interested to see if IQ is able to make it in the NBA.

[mcpapa]

Anyone else think that the relative weakness of this year’s draft is incentivizing more marginal players to declare?

[bugatti]

Anyone else think that the relative weakness of this year’s draft is incentivizing more marginal players to declare?

 

Absolutely, though I will say the overall mentality has changed. Even if this were a strong draft, the mentality now is to serve your one or two years in NCAA purgatory and start earning. Most people that get drafted do not make it in the NBA. That is the reality. Plenty of professional paths exist beyond the NBA and that is now more widely accepted.

[DragonFire]

Quickley had definitely jumped in the mocks, so it makes sense. I was still hoping though.

[Voice of Reason]

Any player who has good info that they will go round 1 should go.

[futurecoach]

Latest mock I saw had Quickley going mid-20s. Once he fills out I am interested to see if IQ is able to make it in the NBA.

 

The majority of mocks I have seen have him in the middle of the second round. Hopefully the one you seen is correct.

[John Anthony]

The majority of mocks I have seen have him in the middle of the second round. Hopefully the one you seen is correct.

 

Some of these mocks are confusing. Which one do you use?

[bugatti]

I had pulled up NBADraft.net to see where IG was projected. Outside the lottery I typically do not put much stock into a mock draft.

[futurecoach]

Some of these mocks are confusing. Which one do you use?

 

I honestly don’t have a set one. I just see a bunch pop up on twitter from different media sources.

[Voice of Reason]

I will look at 3, 4 even 5 different ones. It's interesting how big a difference there can be between the various mock drafts.