2015 NBA Mock Draft: Way, way too early edition

With the end of the Las Vegas Summer League, the 2015 NBA Draft season is officially upon us. While the draft process has largely become a two- to four-year cycle, in my opinion it doesn’t begin in earnest until a majority of the previous year’s draft picks suit up and play their first games with their respective professional teams.

So that means it’s time to put out a big board of prospects!

Yeah, this is still way too early to do one of these. Undoubtedly, I’m going to look foolish for publishing this as some players improve and others stagnate in their development. Before you take a look at the board though, here are some general thoughts on the class of 2015:

1. The top of this class isn’t as good as 2014, but it’s not nearly as bad as 2013 either. There might not be a guy who I like as an “overriding franchise talent,” but there are a few guys here who I think could potentially be all-stars or the second-best players on title teams.

2. The depth of this class is pretty similar to 2014. I didn’t love the depth of the 2014 class, and I don’t particularly like the depth of this one either. The players near the bottom of this board are all pretty flawed, although some will definitely make an NBA impact in some regard.

3. Keep in mind that, again, this is really early to do this. There will be guys on this list that fall off by the end of the season, and guys that aren’t on this list who rise up into the lottery. It’s unlikely that the top 7 picks are going to be freshmen, as I have listed here. Also, just because I don’t have Caris LeVert here doesn’t mean that he couldn’t put on strength this offseason and become a lottery pick that can both create for himself at the rim and shoot from distance.

4. We’ll be doing this monthly from now until February based on the information we continue to gather. This will most likely affect international prospects most. I might watch more tape on someone like Marc Garcia, who I have lower than most other draft people do, and fall in love with him. Or I might decide that Kristaps Porzingis deserves to fall. It will be a continual process to nail down as the 2015 draft continues to hurtle towards us.

So without further ado, here is our first big board of the 2015 NBA Draft season.

2015 NBA Mock Draft / Big Board

Next five who just missed the board: Jabari Bird, SF, California; Wang Zhelin, PF/C, China, Caris LeVert, SG, Michigan; Kaleb Tarczewski, C, Arizona; Andrew Harrison, PG, Kentucky;