2018 NBA Mock Draft: What’s in store for the second round?

With the lottery order set and the combine finished, the latest edition of our 2018 NBA mock draft addresses the Wild West of the second round, where picks are sold, prospects are stashed, and teams always seem to have a few picks or none at all.

For each pick, team needs are taken into consideration, as well as fit. This includes who we projected each team would take in last week’s mock, and how the current player would balance with those selections.

I have no idea who the Sixers will take with the last pick of the entire draft, and while they may be nearing the end of their first-round bounty from the Process days, the team has four second-rounders to stash overseas or use as bench depth. The problem is there aren’t a lot of needs at which to throw second-round darts. Because a team can never have too much shooting, Mykhailiuk is a great option.

Mykhailiuk doesn’t carry to big a reputation to sit on the bench or accept a two-way contract, meaning he truly could be the type of valuable second-round player that can help an expensive team build depth. The senior launched over 250 bombs this season for a Final Four Kansas squad and made 44 percent of those shots. At this point, he’s a pure shooter, but he boosted his playmaking efficiency and was effective for a great team after four seasons of development. That role is close to what his would be in Philadelphia.

With both Marco Belinelli and JJ Redick up for new contracts, the Sixers will lose quite a bit of shooting this summer. They can afford to make a bet on someone like Mykhailiuk as a bench floor-spacer and see if he can add more to his game.