In hindsight, most would not have believed some of the wild things that happened in last year's NBA draft.
If someone had slapped a bold prediction on the table saying four players from the Kentucky Wildcats would go off the board in the lottery, one might have scoffed. Then Karl-Anthony Towns, Willie Cauley-Stein, Trey Lyles and Devin Booker did just that.
If someone said the first player to skip college to play in China and then enter the draft would be a top-seven pick, well, yeah right, right? Then Emmanuel Mudiay came off the board at No. 7.
It goes on and on. But the lesson is rather simple: No bold prediction is too crazy ahead of Thursday's 2016 NBA draft, unless it's blatantly impossible.
With such an understanding in mind, here's a look at an updated mock with some notable predictions after the jump.
2016 NBA Mock Draft
Bold Predictions for 1st-Round Prospects
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NBA Mock Draft 2016: Bold Predictions for 1st-Round Prospects
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