2016 NBA Draft Prospects Blowing Expectations out of the Water

February 1st, 2016 by Jonathan Wasserman Leave a reply »

Every year we see NCAA players unexpectedly evolve into exciting NBA prospects.

It happened last season with freshmen D'Angelo Russell, Trey Lyles and Devin Booker—three lottery picks who entered their first college seasons off the 2015 draft radar. Cameron Payne practically came out of nowhere before soaring up boards during conference play.

We've already seen a handful of prospects make similar surprise leaps, including two seniors competing for National Player of the Year honors.

I'd even peg one of the following five prospects as potentially the biggest one-and-done sleeper in the country.

Had you asked NBA evaluators about these particular prospects just a few months ago, you wouldn't have heard praise as surefire first-round talents. Now, each one of these players may have a shot at cracking the 2016 lottery.

 

Buddy Hield (Oklahoma, SG, Senior)

Projection Entering the Year: Late first to second round

Current Projection: Lottery

Hield chose ...

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