2013 NBA Mock Draft: McDermott 10.0

D Day is finally here! Although I reserve the right to change my mind due to information that will come out today, I really want this to be my final mock. I’ve been saying this for a while now, but I really think the Jazz go big with #14 unless: 1. They trade up, 2. A point guard they really like falls, 3. They trade down. I think this draft has the potential for a lot of movement and it should be entertaining. Here we go!

#	Team	Player	H	W	P	School	C
1	Cleveland	Nerlens Noel	6’11”	225	PF/C	Kentucky	Fr.
2	Orlando	Victor Oladipo	6’4″	215	SG/SF	Indiana	Jr.
3	Washington	Otto Porter	6’8″	205	SF	Georgetown	So.
4	Charlotte	Anthony Bennett	6’7″	240	SF/PF	UNLV	Fr.
5	Phoenix	Ben McLemore	6’5″	195	SG	Kansas	Fr.
6	New Orleans	Alex Len	7’1″	255	C	Maryland	So.
7	Sacramento	Trey Burke	6’0″	190	PG	Michigan	So.
8	Detroit	Michael Carter-W…	6’6″	185	PG	Syracuse	So.
9	Minnesota	CJ McCollum	6’3″	190	PG/SG	Lehigh	Sr.
10	Portland	Cody Zeller	6’11”	240	PF/C	Indiana	So.
11	Philadelphia	Kentavious Caldw…	6’5″	205	SG	Georgia	So.
12	Oklahoma City	Steven Adams	7’0″	250	C	Pittsburgh	Fr.
13	Dallas	Sergey Karasev	6’7″	197	SG/SF	Russia	Intl.
14	Utah	Kelly Olynyk	7’0″	240	PF/C	Gonzaga	Jr.
15	Milwaukee	Shane Larkin	5’11”	176	PG	Miami	So.
16	Boston	Lucas Nogueira	7’0″	220	PF/C	Brazil	Intl.
17	Atlanta	Rudy Gobert	7’1″	230	C	France	Intl.
18	Atlanta	Shabazz Muhammad	6’6″	225	SF	UCLA	Fr.
19	Cleveland	Giannis Adetokoubo	6’9″	205	SF/PF	Greece	Intl.
20	Chicago	Mason Plumlee	6’11”	240	PF	Duke	Sr.
21	Utah	Dennis Schroeder	6’2″	168	PG	Germany	Intl.
22	Brooklyn	Jamaal Franklin	6’5″	205	SG/SF	San Diego St.	Jr.
23	Indiana	Ricardo Ledo	6’6″	197	SG	Providence	Fr.
24	New York	Isaiah Canaan	6’0″	190	PG	Murray St.	Sr.
25	LA Clippers	Tim Hardaway Jr	6’6″	205	SG	Michigan	Jr.
26	Minnesota	Gorgui Dieng	6’10”	245	C	Louisville	Jr.
27	Denver	Reggie Bullock	6’7″	200	SG/SF	North Carolina	Jr.
28	San Antonio	Allen Crabbe	6’6″	210	SG	California	Jr.
29	Oklahoma City	Tony Snell	6’7″	200	SG/SF	New Mexico	Jr.
30	Phoenix	Tony Mitchell	6’8″	235	SF/PF	North Texas	So.
#	Team	Player	H	W	P	School	C
31	Cleveland	Nate Wolters	6’5″	196	PG	South Dakota …	Sr.
32	Oklahoma City	Glen Rice Jr.	6’6″	211	SG	D League	Jr.
33	Cleveland	DeShaun Thomas	6’7″	225	SF/PF	Ohio State	Jr.
34	Houston	Pierre Jackson	5’10”	176	PG	Baylor	Sr.
35	Philadelphia	Jeff Withey	7’0″	235	C	Kansas	Sr.
36	Sacramento	CJ Leslie	6’9″	200	PF	NC State	Jr.
37	Washington	Archie Goodwin	6’5″	189	SG	Kentucky	Fr.
38	Detroit	Livio Jean-Charles	6’9″	217	SF/PF	France	Intl.
39	Portland	Trevor Mbakwe	6’8″	236	PF/C	Minnesota	Sr.
40	Portland	Alex Abrines	6’6″	190	SG	Spain	Intl.
41	Memphis	Andre Roberson	6’7″	206	SF/PF	Colorado	Jr.
42	Philadelphia	James Ennis	6’7″	200	SG/SF	Long Beach St…	Sr.
43	Milwaukee	Peyton Siva	6’1″	181	PG	Louisville	Sr.
44	Dallas	Augusto Lima	6’9″	240	PF	Brazil	Intl.
45	Portland	Kenny Kadji	6’10”	242	PF/C	Miami	Sr.
46	Utah	Brandon Davies	6’9″	242	PF	BYU	Sr.
47	Atlanta	Lorenzo Brown	6’5″	189	PG/SG	NC State	Jr.
48	LA Lakers	Erick Green	6’3″	185	PG	Virginia Tech	Sr.
49	Chicago	Solomon Hill	6’7″	226	SF	Arizona	Sr.
50	Atlanta	Ryan Kelly	6’11”	230	PF	Duke	Sr.
51	Orlando	Adonis Thomas	6’6″	232	SF	Memphis	So.
52	Minnesota	Ray McCallum	6″1″	190	PG	Detroit	Jr.
53	Indiana	Mike Muscala	6’11”	230	PF/C	Bucknell	Sr.
54	Washington	Myck Kabongo	6’1″	180	PG	Texas	Fr.
55	Memphis	Dewayne Dedmon	6’11”	240	C	USC	Jr.
56	Detroit	Robert Covington	6’7″	209	SF	Tennessee State	Sr.
57	Phoenix	Carrick Felix	6’6″	203	SG/SF	Arizona St.	Sr.
58	San Antonio	James Southerland	6’8″	221	SF/PF	Syracuse	Sr.
59	Minnesota	Colton Iverson	7’0″	263	PF/C	Colorado St.	Sr.
60	Memphis	Rodney Williams	6’7″	200	SF	Minnesota	Sr.

I think Olynyk makes a lot of sense for the Jazz on many levels. He’s ready to play and contribute right now. He has elite passing skills for a big man, he can spread the floor with his range, and he will pick up the Jazz offense quickly. He will be a great glue guy and rotation player for many years to come. He’s the type of player that will reduce the Jazz’s temptation to resign Paul and Al. This offense needs a big man that can pass like Olynyk to function at the highest level possible. I think he can be a Vlade Divac type passing big man.

At 21 if Schroeder is available I think not only is he the best point guard available but has the highest ceiling of any player that would be available. A lot of issues have been put to rest. The more I listen to Walt Perrin’s comments about what he needs to improve on, the more it sounds like a smokescreen. Usually the more a team likes a player the quiter they are. Schroeder should at least be a servicable rotation player but I think he has the talent and potential to become a starter.

Randy Rigby said the Jazz have targeted a player higher than where they are drafting at 14 and are trying to move up. In my opinion I think they are trying to move up to get Burke, Carter-Williams or McCollum in that order. I really think an offer of 14 and 21 to the Kings for Jimmer, 7 and maybe the 36th pick could get it done. Then I would like the Jazz to take Marion and #13 from the Mavericks so they can still draft Olynyk. To me that would be a highly successful draft. No matter what happens though, I’m excited to see what they decide to do and to watch the new players in the Orlando Summer League. The beginning of a new era is right now!