Predict the first five picks in the Draft.

[KG Living Legend]

 1 Joel Embiid Your stone cold crazy if you don't take him first overall. Best Center Prospect since Howard and I believe he will be better than Dwight.

 2 Parker recent slump but he will be a 20 ppg scorer with great size, length, and has an nba body 245 pounds.

 3 Dante Exum will be a mismatch problem in the NBA if he plays point especially. 6'6" lighting quick, awesome in transition and can shoot it very well.

 4 Andrew Wiggins hasn't lived up to the hype yet, but at 6'8" with great length, and a tremendous athlete he will be at least a very good two way player in the NBA, at best an multiple all star for years to come.

 5 Julius Randle an absolute beast physically, a double double waiting to happen. But he's a turnover machine, needs to clean that up.

[wiley]

 1 Joel Embiid Your stone cold crazy if you don't take him first overall. Best Center Prospect since Howard and I believe he will be better than Dwight.

 2 Parker recent slump but he will be a 20 ppg scorer with great size, length, and has an nba body 245 pounds.

 3 Dante Exum will be a mismatch problem in the NBA if he plays point especially. 6'6" lighting quick, awesome in transition and can shoot it very well.

 4 Andrew Wiggins hasn't lived up to the hype yet, but at 6'8" with great length, and a tremendous athlete he will be at least a very good two way player in the NBA, at best an multiple all star for years to come.

 5 Julius Randle an absolute beast physically, a double double waiting to happen. But he's a turnover machine, needs to clean that up.

Interestingly, I think for this moment at least you've got 1 and 5 correct (strange to feel strongly about who will be the 5th pick, but I do).  2,3 and 4 I feel uncertain about.  I can see that 2-4 going in any order among Wiggins, Parker and Exum.

The only way Marcus Smart can knock Randle out of the 5th spot is if someone decides they want him as a full time PG, that he can thrive at the 1.  In that scenario I think Smart could take the 5 spot and Randle would fall to 6.

[Quetzalcoatl]

Embiid
Wiggins
Parker
Randle
Exum

It really depends on who drafts where, though.  I think if the Cavs pick like 3rd or 4th they take Randle, just because they're idiots

[clover]

I'd slot Vonleh in ahead of Randle.

[Who]

Embiid
Wiggins
Smart
Parker
Exum

[sofutomygaha]

I think that we have been fed too much hype on Wiggins and Exum and that bias is showing. It depends on who is picking, of course, but I think that Aaron Gordon and Marcus Smart will rise and the first five will go something like this

Embiid to the Bucks or Magic
Parker to the Bucks or Magic
Randle to the Jazz
Smart to the 76ers
Gordon to the Cavs

In my scenario, we have the honor of drafting Wiggins, and then either the Lakers or the Kings will scoop up Exum.

These are all very good fits, but I'm pretty scared of the Wiggins pick. Parker, Randle, Smart, and Gordon are stone cold killers- you know they are going to flourish in the NBA you just don't know for sure if they have that star-level ceiling. Wiggins is the opposite.

[KG Living Legend]

Embiid
Wiggins
Smart
Parker
Exum

 That's pretty ballsy putting Smart third right now Who, but I like it. Smart is tough as nails love that kid.

[slamtheking]

Depends who's drafting in what position but from a talent (and hype perspective) I think it would play out like this:
Embiid
Parker
Smart
Wiggins
Exum

I don't see any teams right now that are set at center that won't make the playoffs so I can't see anyone passing on Embiid as the first pick -- even Sac, Det and Utah would probably take him even though they have young center prospects on their teams already.

[saltlover]

1. Parker
2. Embiid
3. Wiggins
4. Exum
5. Randle

I love Embiid.  When there was a thread in November about the games Kansas-Duke MSU-Kentucky games about who we were most excited to see, I was the first person to bring up Embiid.  In other words, I've been on the bandwagon early.  But he's much more likely to bust than Parker, because that's the fate of a still somewhat raw center, and given that their ceilings are both Hall-of-Fame caliber, you take Parker.

Also, Parker's got the kind of game and plays the type of minutes that can make him an NCAA tournament hero.  It's just tougher for centers in college to make that impact in the tournament.  That could have an effect in the draft.

[GreenShooter]

It doesn't say the picks have to be in order so the top 5 picks will be:

1. Embiid
2. Parker
3. Wiggins
4. Randle
5. Smart

It may be Exum in the top 5 but I've never seen him play. I like Smart. He reminds me of a bigger/thicker Joe Dumars....without the jump shot....yet.

[manl_lui]

It doesn't say the picks have to be in order so the top 5 picks will be:

1. Embiid
2. Parker
3. Wiggins
4. Randle
5. Smart

It may be Exum in the top 5 but I've never seen him play. I like Smart. He reminds me of a bigger/thicker Joe Dumars....without the jump shot....yet.

Smart reminds me more of D.Wade

but my top 5 is

1. Parker
2. Wiggins
3. Embiid
4. Smart
5. Exum/Randle

[GreenShooter]

It doesn't say the picks have to be in order so the top 5 picks will be:

1. Embiid
2. Parker
3. Wiggins
4. Randle
5. Smart

It may be Exum in the top 5 but I've never seen him play. I like Smart. He reminds me of a bigger/thicker Joe Dumars....without the jump shot....yet.

Smart reminds me more of D.Wade

but my top 5 is

1. Parker
2. Wiggins
3. Embiid
4. Smart
5. Exum/Randle

To each his own but Wade was an athletic freak when he came out. Smart is not nearly as explosive. I just don't see it.

[chambers]

In this order:

1.Embiid
2.Parker
3.Wiggins
4.Randle
5.Smart

6.Exum
7.Vonleh

one of them is ours. I'd actually like any of them except Randle. I think he'll be a bust in a Thomas Robinson way. Beats up on college and high schoolers, but the NBA boys might be too fast for him to shine at SF and I dunno if he's long enough to play PF unless he gets a very solid Chris Bosh/KG style 15 footer going.

[CFAN38]

It totally comes down to what teams have the picks.

The top of this draft is very fluid. Reports are that most teams rank 1. Embiid, 2. Parker, 3 Wiggins, 4. Exum ,5. Randle, 6.Smart

But some experts have said exum or smart could suprise and jump to top 3 based on team need. Utah would take Parker over Embiid, etc

[pp34isthe1]

1. Embiid
2. Parker
3. Wiggins
4. Exum
5. Smart.


6. Randle
7. Vonleh

The top 3 is set and will go in something to that order. I put a 6/7 because they have a chance at cracking the top 5.