2016 NBA Mock Draft: Lakers Slide, Celtics nab Simmons

10. player. 89. <p>Jakob Poeltl is definitely a top 10 player in this draft. He may even be a top 5 pick, but it’s funny how adaptations of style of play in the NBA can change your perception of a true center. Poeltl is not going to knock down an excessive amount of 15-18 foot jump shots, because that’s not his game. What he will do is pound it down low and punish opposing teams on the block. There is still value in that type of big man and the Bucks would have a potential starting center in the 7-1 20-year-old.</p> <p>Poeltl runs the floor very well, can successfully defend smaller players in the pick-and-roll for short stints and is a solid rim protector to boot. Milwaukee is a young, very long and athletic team with two dynamite wing players in Giannis Antetokounmpo and Khris Middleton. Greg Monroe took a lot of flack this season for his lack of rim protection, so adding a center like Poeltl could help shoulder the load on the defensive end, especially if that was made Poeltl’s sole focus during his rookie season.</p> <p>Developing a jump shot is all good and well but there are a handful of bigs who have a massive impact on their team’s success without a jump shot as well. Think of Steven Adams, Andrew Bogut and of course The Stifle Tower himself, Rudy Gobert. Chicks dig the long ball, but NBA general managers dig consistency, and Poeltl can provide that in spades.</p> <p><em>To read more about Jakob Poeltl, <a href=. C. Utah. Jakob Poeltl