2016 NBA Mock Draft: Celtics hold the draft cards at 3

2. player. 20. <p>No tears will be shed for the Lakers if they miss out on Ben Simmons and end up with Duke’s Brandon Ingram on draft night. There is a viable argument that Ingram should be the top pick in the draft. It starts with the fact that the Duke freshman is a year younger than Simmons, making him less of a finished product and giving him more time to grow into his theoretical potential. Ingram is also the perfect plug-and-play prospect, a 6-10 wing with a 7-3 wingspan who is well designed to slot in as a small forward from day one. As a player, Ingram has developed into an excellent isolation scorer who is capable of taking advantage of his physical size to create mismatches.</p> <p>The 18-year old delivered a productive year during his loan season at Duke, scoring 20.0 points per 40 minutes while hitting 41.0 percent of his three-pointers. He has a nice shooting motion, but his poor free throw shooting (68.2 percent) will raise some questions about the sustainability of his outside shot in the NBA.</p> <p>Ingram is still developing defensively and Duke’s decision to frequently use him at the top of its 1-3-1 zone may have been necessary to help the Blue Devils win more games in the short-term, but it wasn’t ideal for turning Ingram into the defensive stopper that he has the potential to be. Still, the physical tools are there for him if he can develop his fundamentals at the next level.</p> <p><em>To read more about Brandon Ingram, <a href=. SF. Duke. Brandon Ingram