I think this coming draft is not as good as the last draft. I'd take Towns or Porzingis (and maybe Okafor) over any of the guys in the 2016 draft. Granted, it is early, but that is my assessment. Just don't see the same combination of length and skill as the three I mentioned.
I am warming up to this one more and more. For comparison, there was a clear top 8 for me last year: KAT, Porzingis, Okafor, Russell, Hezonja, Mudiay, Stanley Johnson and Justise Winslow (with Myles Turner on the bubble). That's a good run of prospects. WCS, Kaminsky, Sam Dekker, Cameron Payne, Rashad Vaugn, Oubre and Trey Lyles are all varying degrees of garbage, but there are some other useful players mixed in there like Devin Booker. Hopefully Rozier turns serviceable and I really like RJ.
This year though, I honestly think Ben Simmons and Labissiere are on the same level as KAT and Porzingis. Maybe not better, but on that level. So that's a push.
Then, there are 2 other SFs that look great: Ingram and Brown. I like them both at least as much as I like Winslow and Hezonja, if not more. I really like Winslow and Hezonja too, I'm just saying that these new guys have high ceilings.
Dragan Bender - I have no idea. He plays in Israel, which is not an elite league. He has great size, but not as good as Porzingis. I was SUPER high already on Porzingis this time last year and I am not so sure about Bender. I haven't really researched him as much though, but typically I like prospects out of the French and Spanish leagues a lot more than any other foreign players. However, he's played some exhibition games against actual NBA players and played fine, like 10 points on 3-8 shooting or so. Keep in mind, he just turned 18. Really hard to tell, I could see him going either way but right now I'd probably pass until about the 8th or 9th pick.
Jacob Poeltl: looks absolutely legit:
http://www.sbnation.com/college-basketball/2015/11/23/9781194/college-basketball-scores-utah-jakob-poeltl-nba-draft-2016Jamaal Murry and Kris Dunn- they're going like 7th and 8th and I like both better than Russell.
Henry Ellenson: He is an American white guy so any kind of opinions on him have a ton of baggage, but he looks to be the best American white guy PF in awhile. More of an NBA game than Kaminsky.
Diamond Stone: Inconsistent, but he has had good games. He is a project for sure, but if we could get him with whatever our second pick ends up, I'd be interested. Great name, we could potentially end up with Dragan Bender and Diamond Stone in one draft. I could see him struggling for a couple years, then getting really good.
Cheick Diallo - too short, no thanks
Anyways, that's the top group and I think I like it as much as last year. Maybe a little less, but man it could actually be really good.