2024 NBA Mock Drafts

[husky429]

Nailed it. If he can protect the rim, dunk/layup his way to 12-15ish PPG, and show a decent shot form then the scouts will be all over him

7'2 agile center who can finish at the rim, run the floor, control the paint, and potentially stretch the floor is a highly valuable build. And as a college sophomore that's an EASY lottery pick. The footspeed on defense, conditioning, and vision can be worked on in the league

Also... being a sophomore won't hurt his stock as much as some others. He never prepped or reclassed after freshman year, so he's only going to be 20.4 on draft day. He'll be younger than Brandon Miller and the same age as Amen and Ausar were.

 

[HuskyHawk]

Lively just went 12th after his freshman year, Clingan is better than him.

Completely different players. Lively is way more athletic. 40 inch vertical. Like a 7 foot Andre Jackson. Lively can handle the ball. Clingan has better post skills, better passing, vision, I assume shooting. Clingan was certainly better last year. Sanogo was a lot better than Lively (as was Timme) and didn’t get drafted.

Agree with @husky429 the young age really helps him.

 

[imno1]

Completely different players. Lively is way more athletic. 40 inch vertical. Like a 7 foot Andre Jackson. Lively can handle the ball. Clingan has better post skills, better passing, vision, I assume shooting. Clingan was certainly better last year. Sanogo was a lot better than Lively (as was Timme) and didn’t get drafted.

Agree with @husky429 the young age really helps him.

Especially for a real Big. They generally take longer to develop. The sky’s the limit for DC.

 

[CardiacAndre7]

Completely different players. Lively is way more athletic. 40 inch vertical. Like a 7 foot Andre Jackson. Lively can handle the ball. Clingan has better post skills, better passing, vision, I assume shooting. Clingan was certainly better last year. Sanogo was a lot better than Lively (as was Timme) and didn’t get drafted.

Agree with @husky429 the young age really helps him.

Where did you see Lively handling the ball? High School doesn’t matter anymore. He like never left the paint on offense.

 

[Waquoit]

IIRC, Castle was a 4-star when he committed. Since then, he's been bumped up to a 5-star and now I've seen him Top 10 in two mocks. UConn Basketball!

 

[cullaville]

Because it's never too early.

Gary Parrish is predicting 2 Huskies in the lottery next season (only has predictions for the first 14 picks).

2024 NBA Mock Draft: Bronny James not a lottery pick, another French star at No. 1 in early look at next year

Sure the 2023 NBA Draft just ended, but it's never too early to look at the players likely to be a lottery pick in 2024

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Yes it is way TOO early...................................

 

[andy34]

This guy was higher than most on Andre Jackson going into the draft. Just shared his perspective on 2024 and DC and SC are both lotto. He lists Jaylin Stewart in his "Tier 4" which is the first time I've seen anyone mention Jaylin for 2024.

 

[UConn2SF]

 

[Psolo12]

This guy was higher than most on Andre Jackson going into the draft. Just shared his perspective on 2024 and DC and SC are both lotto. He lists Jaylin Stewart in his "Tier 4" which is the first time I've seen anyone mention Jaylin for 2024.

Are we sleeping on Stewart?

 

[MDHuskFan]

 

[dannyHAM]

Are we sleeping on Stewart?

The plan they never saw coming?

 

[SwampYankee]

Castle we sure hops is a stud who shoots well enough. Clingan has to show a lot more than last year to go top 20.

To the contrary, it would take a major regress and/or a serious medical concern for Clingan to fall out of the top 20 next year (neither being impossible, of course). Smart analysts, such as Sam Vecenie, correctly saw him in the 20-ish range had he declared this year. We're lucky he's betting on his ceiling as a top-10 pick.

 

[husky429]

Are we sleeping on Stewart?

High ceiling guy for sure. He has a deep bag. I haven't seen the effeciency or defense to warrant draft interest yet.

 

[caw]

High ceiling guy for sure. He has a deep bag. I haven't seen the effeciency or defense to warrant draft interest yet.

If those are his two issues he came to the correct school. We all know those are probably two things Hurley teaches the best, good shot efficiency and defense.

I will say he did take a lot of challenged/forced shots but they appeared to be shots his coach was more than OK with him taking, so it will be interesting to see how quickly he adjusts.

 

[Bazz4A]

I do agree that the sentiment is between 2023 and 2004. I think 2004 is the right answer. But on the right track that the ceilings of this year and 2004 were higher than any other team. Not even to say the 1999 or 2011 teams weren’t “better” than this years. But goodness when 2023 and 2004 got rolling the firepower was so much more than the other 3 teams.

 

[imno1]

This guy was higher than most on Andre Jackson going into the draft. Just shared his perspective on 2024 and DC and SC are both lotto. He lists Jaylin Stewart in his "Tier 4" which is the first time I've seen anyone mention Jaylin for 2024.

Is Jaylin on campus yet?

 

[ToolzieFan]

Castle at 7 (Spurs), Clingan at 8 (Pacers), and Karaban at 27 (Lakers).

2024 NBA Mock Draft: Thunder load up on Kentucky stars; Bronny James heads to Knicks

The Wildcats dominate the first round of the 2024 NBA Draft in Kyle Boone's early mock

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[HooperScooper]

Castle at 7 (Spurs), Clingan at 8 (Pacers), and Karaban at 27 (Lakers).

2024 NBA Mock Draft: Thunder load up on Kentucky stars; Bronny James heads to Knicks

The Wildcats dominate the first round of the 2024 NBA Draft in Kyle Boone's early mock

www.cbssports.com

If that actually happens then you'd have to bet that UConn will have had a very good season.

 

[Ratso]

i’m surprised that karaban wasn’t mentioned in earlier mocks. the guy obviously showed that he can defend throughout the tournament. can shoot the ball & maybe 6’9? unless something goes left, he’s in that draft.

 

[HuskyWarrior611]

i’m surprised that karaban wasn’t mentioned in earlier mocks. the guy obviously showed that he can defend throughout the tournament. can shoot the ball & maybe 6’9? unless something goes left, he’s in that draft.

His recruiting profile says 6’7. If he’s 6’9 now that would help his NBA prospects a lot. At 6’7 he may have to show he can play the 3 more.

 

[Jre2000]

i’m surprised that karaban wasn’t mentioned in earlier mocks. the guy obviously showed that he can defend throughout the tournament. can shoot the ball & maybe 6’9? unless something goes left, he’s in that draft.

In pictures where Karaban is next to Sanogo, he looks slightly shorter. He’s probably 6’6/6’6.5 without shoes right now

 

[Improviser]

His dad claims he grew.

Who better than his Dad, would know?

 

[HuskyHawk]

His recruiting profile says 6’7. If he’s 6’9 now that would help his NBA prospects a lot. At 6’7 he may have to show he can play the 3 more.

I don't think he's more than 6'7" He's tall enough for the 4, if he gets stronger. But no matter what he'd need to have enough agility to switch and take SF and SG defensively, so I expect he's working on that too.

 

[ToolzieFan]

I present to you the worst 2024 big board I have ever seen. No Clingan, and - wait for it - Judah Mintz at #1. I figured we could all use a good laugh.

 

[TrueBlue22]

I present to you the worst 2024 big board I have ever seen. No Clingan, and - wait for it - Judah Mintz at #1. I figured we could all use a good laugh.

His take on not having Clingan in there was enough for me to just move on and laugh. Would be shocked if he has seen him play at all.