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Clipperholics 2019 NBA Mock Draft: Vol. 1

By Ethan Smith

CHICAGO, IL - MAY 14: An overall view of the stage at the 2019 NBA Draft Lottery on May 14, 2019 at the Chicago Hilton in Chicago, Illinois. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and/or using this photograph, user is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 2019 NBAE (Photo by Jeff Haynes/NBAE via Getty Images)
CHICAGO, IL - MAY 14: An overall view of the stage at the 2019 NBA Draft Lottery on May 14, 2019 at the Chicago Hilton in Chicago, Illinois. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and/or using this photograph, user is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 2019 NBAE (Photo by Jeff Haynes/NBAE via Getty Images) /
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CHICAGO, IL – MAY 14: Grant Williams poses for a portrait at the 2019 NBA Draft Combine on May 14, 2019 at the Chicago Hilton in Chicago, Illinois. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and/or using this photograph, user is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 2019 NBAE (Photo by David Sherman/NBAE via Getty Images)
CHICAGO, IL – MAY 14: Grant Williams poses for a portrait at the 2019 NBA Draft Combine on May 14, 2019 at the Chicago Hilton in Chicago, Illinois. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and/or using this photograph, user is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 2019 NBAE (Photo by David Sherman/NBAE via Getty Images) /

Grant Williams. 23. 118. Scouting Report. Pick Analysis. F. Tennessee. player

The Jazz made the playoffs as a solid team but were removed pretty quickly by the Rockets.

Derrick Favors may be moving on from Utah via trade soon, so to build another forward alongside Rudy Gobert will be needed and Grant Williams could be that guy.

Williams is developing an outside shot which would allow Utah to not clog the paint and stretch the floor for Donovan Mitchell, so Williams is the correct pick here with he size and toughness.

Florida State. player. 93. Scouting Report. Pick Analysis. C. Mfiondu Kabengele. 24

After the Sixers were bounced from the playoffs by Toronto, a glaring issue arose, the Sixers need a center behind Joel Embiid.

Kabengele would make sense here as he is a player that will take time to develop to his potential and could learn behind Embiid while getting 10-15 minutes a night.

He is smaller than most traditional centers, standing at 6-foot-9, but he makes up for it in perimeter shooting and willingness to play the four or the five.

Pick Analysis. Goga Bitadze. 25. Scouting Report. C. Buducnost, Georgia. player. 147

The Nets get this pick from the Denver Nuggets(may be out of order by this point), but the Nets should also look into getting a back-up center for Jarrett Allen and they go with Bitadze from the Republic of Georgia.

Bitadze has amazing offensive ability but lacks the defensive skillset to be a good center in the NBA right away, but by taking time and not being asked to play huge minutes right away, he can develop that skill in Brooklyn and develop into a solid two-way big man for the Nets.

Scouting Report. 26. 156. player. Pick Analysis. F. Washington. Matisse Thybulle

The Cavs go best available here in Thybulle after drafting Jarrett Culver at number 5.

Cleveland gets this pick from Houston and gets Thybulle from Washington, a 6-foot-6 forward who plays fabulous defense on the perimeter being considered a top defender in this draft.

He can score when he needs to but enjoys playmaking and passing, something the Cavs lacked with Collin Sexton this season. Thybulle makes sense here in an obvious rebuilding phase despite being a senior out of college.