The NBA playoffs may be rocking and rolling, but draft season is in full swing with the lottery on the horizon and the annual selection process nearly a month away.
Here's a brief procedural note before we get started: The projected draft order below is a pre-lottery look and will be subject to change once the pingpong balls bounce on Tuesday, May 17.
So as teams mull over interviews and workouts from the NBA Draft Combine in Chicago and hunker down before individual workouts kick into high gear, here's an early mock draft featuring this year's most coveted prospects:
Top Prospects to Watch
Ben Simmons, F, LSU Tigers
Ben Simmons is a terror in transition and as gifted of a passer as you'll find in the 2016 NBA draft, so the Los Angeles Lakers are undoubtedly crossing their fingers for the LSU Tigers forward to fall into their laps June 23.
While the Lakers have accrued plenty of fine young assets in recent years, such as D'Angelo Russell, Julius Randle and soon-to-be restricted free-agent Jordan Clarkson, Simmons resides in another tier of stardom at jus ...
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