The 2015 NBA draft lottery has passed, providing more clarity on where the top first-round prospects should land when the draft finally arrives June 25.
Most of the pro basketball focus will be on the ongoing conference finals and then the championship series thereafter. To tide over draftniks, there's never a bad time for a mock draft.
Below is an updated mock scenario for the first round, followed by analysis on some of the marquee selections.
2015 NBA Draft Analysis
The draft is in New York, but the Knicks can't be too pleased about how the lottery shook out for them. They had the second-best odds of landing the No. 1 overall pick yet fell to No. 4 overall.
Both Karl-Anthony Towns and Jahlil Okafor are frontcourt cornerstones New York could use to redefine its nonexistent identity. Although it seems like the Minnesota Timberwolves and Los Angeles Lakers are bound to choose those two players, ESPN.com's Dave McMenamin reports differently:
It makes sense that the Lakers would consider Ohio Sta ...
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Article written by Matt Fitzgerald