How will this draft class look in 2017?
Jun 28, 2012 04:59 PM

With the first two picks in the NBA draft coming from the same school (Kentucky), and the first three picks all jumping into the league after their freshman seasons, we're especially curious to see how this year's top picks pan out. What do you forecast for these players and the rest of the top 10 ...
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SportsNation 
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326 Days ago
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silshak 
Davis is either a Dwight Howard or Kwamé Brown. He seems like he's leaning towards a DH type player because of his enormous length and his shot block ability.
323 Days ago
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Behaviourist 
ha! the inbred uni-brow, the poor man's sam bowie, will make Kwame' look like Wilt. "shot block ability"?! a short, fat, bald, old man could average 3 blcoks per game in the the soft/easy/kkkonference!(it's not very good)(in fact, it's historically bad)
321 Days ago
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joesully20 
length????? u mean height?????
321 Days ago
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fcbspain 
I think that Barnes will be one of the best in the NBA !
324 Days ago
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Tulo4ever 
i think that rivers, ross, barnes, and beal will all be stars. Davis is either going to be a great player like d rose and john wall or a bust like greg oden
324 Days ago
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OnTheCliffe 
John wall has good skills but the production and Elite Player Title is not there yet
322 Days ago
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HornsandColts3 
John Wall? Oh i get it, it was a joke. Very funny.
323 Days ago
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Karlo9946 
I think Harrison Barnes & Austin Rivers will have a better NBA career than college!
324 Days ago
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fusdoore 
rivers not barnes
323 Days ago
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fleehunter 
barnes not rivers
324 Days ago
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fleehunter 
rivers is trash
325 Days ago
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fusdoore 
hes beast
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Adamc314guy 
Davis needs to bulk up a bit to bang around inside with the big boys.
325 Days ago
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joesully20 
...and the girls!!!!!!!!!
321 Days ago
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kobeb13 
From top to bottom this year's draft class has to be one of the deepest in history. There will be plenty of late first round-2nd round contributors out of this class. Every team just got a little better.
325 Days ago
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SWAG851 
come on austin river is gona be a star
325 Days ago
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joesully20 
in 5 yrs we'll b saying: who r the new orleans hornets? and wat evr happened 2 anthony davis and austin rivers?
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kobeb13 
Austin River doesn't exist. Austin Rivers is a New Orleans Hornet player.
325 Days ago
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sportyguyusa 
The Hornets are LOADED with very young talent- Gordon, Davis, and Rivers. If they could only get a good center, they could be what the Thunder are in 2 or 3 seasons- young and very talented.
325 Days ago
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joesully20 
who r the hornets??
321 Days ago
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patriots72 
They also have Darius Miller
324 Days ago
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AXZ1021 
he can certainly play center in the nba, especially given that he could still be growing for all we know
325 Days ago
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SWAG851 
hes a PF BUT HE CAN PROBBALY PLAY C
325 Days ago
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thelalfan24 
he's 6'11 220. . . He's not a center, look it up on his player profile.
325 Days ago
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tyrjones64 
anthony davis is a center
325 Days ago
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wjmoffatt 
Austin Rivers is not a Star NBA player!
325 Days ago
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joesully20 
he shuda stayd @ duke
321 Days ago
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egoldie23 
no he's not
323 Days ago
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fusdoore 
hes gonna be
323 Days ago
silshak 
Davis is either a Dwight Howard or Kwamé Brown. He seems like he's leaning towards a DH type player because of his enormous length and his shot block ability.
323 Days ago
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Behaviourist 
ha! the inbred uni-brow, the poor man's sam bowie, will make Kwame' look like Wilt. "shot block ability"?! a short, fat, bald, old man could average 3 blcoks per game in the the soft/easy/kkkonference!(it's not very good)(in fact, it's historically bad)
321 Days ago
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joesully20 
length????? u mean height?????
321 Days ago
fcbspain 
I think that Barnes will be one of the best in the NBA !
324 Days ago
Tulo4ever 
i think that rivers, ross, barnes, and beal will all be stars. Davis is either going to be a great player like d rose and john wall or a bust like greg oden
324 Days ago
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OnTheCliffe 
John wall has good skills but the production and Elite Player Title is not there yet
322 Days ago
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HornsandColts3 
John Wall? Oh i get it, it was a joke. Very funny.
323 Days ago
Karlo9946 
I think Harrison Barnes & Austin Rivers will have a better NBA career than college!
324 Days ago
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fusdoore 
rivers not barnes
323 Days ago
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fleehunter 
barnes not rivers
324 Days ago
fleehunter 
rivers is trash
325 Days ago
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fusdoore 
hes beast
323 Days ago
Adamc314guy 
Davis needs to bulk up a bit to bang around inside with the big boys.
325 Days ago
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joesully20 
...and the girls!!!!!!!!!
321 Days ago
kobeb13 
From top to bottom this year's draft class has to be one of the deepest in history. There will be plenty of late first round-2nd round contributors out of this class. Every team just got a little better.
325 Days ago
SWAG851 
come on austin river is gona be a star
325 Days ago
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joesully20 
in 5 yrs we'll b saying: who r the new orleans hornets? and wat evr happened 2 anthony davis and austin rivers?
321 Days ago
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kobeb13 
Austin River doesn't exist. Austin Rivers is a New Orleans Hornet player.
325 Days ago
sportyguyusa 
The Hornets are LOADED with very young talent- Gordon, Davis, and Rivers. If they could only get a good center, they could be what the Thunder are in 2 or 3 seasons- young and very talented.
325 Days ago
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joesully20 
who r the hornets??
321 Days ago
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patriots72 
They also have Darius Miller
324 Days ago
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AXZ1021 
he can certainly play center in the nba, especially given that he could still be growing for all we know
325 Days ago
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SWAG851 
hes a PF BUT HE CAN PROBBALY PLAY C
325 Days ago
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thelalfan24 
he's 6'11 220. . . He's not a center, look it up on his player profile.
325 Days ago
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patrickb1002 
How many teams could he not play center against? Magic, Lakers...anybody else?
324 Days ago
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tyrjones64 
anthony davis is a center
325 Days ago
wjmoffatt 
Austin Rivers is not a Star NBA player!
325 Days ago
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joesully20 
he shuda stayd @ duke
321 Days ago
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egoldie23 
no he's not
323 Days ago
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fusdoore 
hes gonna be
323 Days ago
Stuie299 
Overall I think this was a very strong draft class. We'll probably only see a few all-stars from this class but we'll see more late first round and second round players making an impact then we normally would.
325 Days ago
tmblcklck 
I think we are accustomed to seeing classes with large numbers of all-stars, making this class appear weaker than it actually is. I think this class is going to be better than previous and future couple of years.
326 Days ago
tarunsathish 
This class has a lot of good role players and a couple stars, but it's not going to produce a lot of all-star players.
326 Days ago
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