With Joel Embiid having foot surgery and now out 4 to 6 months along with some other information and conversations that I’ve had with people around the league, here is my updated Top 25 list of players for the 2014 NBA Draft.
1 Andrew Wiggins SF 6’8 – 200 – FR – Kansas
2 Jabari Parker SF 6’8 – 241 – FR – Duke
3 Noah Vonleh PF 6’10 – 240 – FR – Indiana
4 Dante Exum SG 6’6 – 188 – 18 years old – Australia
5 Joel Embiid C 7’0 – 250 – FR – Kansas
6 Julius Randle PF 6’9 – 225 – FR – Kentucky
7 Aaron Gordon PF 6’8 – 210 – FR – Arizona
8 Marcus Smart PG 6’4 – 225 – SPH – Oklahoma St.
9 James Young SG/SF 6’6 – 215 – FR – Kentucky
10 Dario Saric SF 6’10 – 223 – 19 years old – Croatia
11 Doug McDermott PF 6’10 – 210 – SR – Creighton
12 Rodney Hood SG 6’8 – 180 – SPH – Duke
13 P.J. Hairston SG 6’5 – 220 – SPH – North Carolina
14 Cleanthony Early PF 6’8 – 220 – SR – Wichita St.
15 Nik Stauskas SG 6’6 – 200 – SPH – Michigan
16 Gary Harris SG 6’5 – 210- SPH – Michigan St.
17 Jusuf Nurkic C 6’11 – 280 – 19 years old – Bosnia
18 Elfrid Payton PG 6’4 – 185 – JR – Louisiana Lafayette
19 T.J. Warren SF/SG 6‘8 – 230 – SPH – North Carolina St.
20 Zach LaVine SG 6’5 – 181 – FR – UCLA
21 Adreian Payne PF 6’10 – 240 – SR – Michigan St.
22 Kyle Anderson SF 6’9 – 233- SPH – UCLA
23 Clint Capela PF 6’11 – 222 – 19 – Switzerland
24 Shabazz Napier PG 6’1 – 175 – SR – UCONN
25 Tyler Ennis PG 6’2 – 181 – FR – Syracuse