With the NBA draft almost upon us, three UVA stars hope to hear their names called. Last month, we looked at the mock drafts after the NBA lottery was determined in order to predict the futures of De’Andre Hunter, Ty Jerome, and Kyle Guy.
After the blockbuster trade of Anthony Davis from New Orleans to the Lakers for the No. 4 pick, there was a whole new round of NBA Mock Drafts. This is particularly important for projecting where De’Andre Hunter will end up since he was slotting to go in that general area of the draft.
Looking at 20 different mock drafts, Hunter is projected to go anywhere between No. 4 to No. 8. Jerome is predicted to go between No. 20 and No. 40. Meanwhile, Guy ranged from as high as No. 45 to undrafted. Below are the details with the most frequent landing spots and the associated teams:
2019 NBA Mock Drafts - Virginia Players
Mock Draft | De'Andre Hunter | Ty Jerome | Kyle Guy |
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Mock Draft | De'Andre Hunter | Ty Jerome | Kyle Guy |
SB Nation | 8-Atlanta Hawks | * | * |
The Ringer | 5-Cleveland Cavaliers | 22-Boston Celtics | ** |
CBS (Matt Norlander) | 4-New Orleans Pelicans | 25-Portland Trailblazers | 52-Charlotte Hornets |
CBS (Gary Parrish) | 4-New Orleans Pelicans | 23-Memphis Grizzlies | * |
CBS (Kyle Boone) | 5-Cleveland Cavaliers | 24-Philadelphia 76ers | ** |
Sports Illustrated | 5-Cleveland Cavaliers | 26-Cleveland Cavaliers | ** |
Bleacher Report | 4-New Orleans Pelicans | * | * |
The Athletic | 5-Cleveland Cavaliers | 33-Philadelphia 76ers | ** |
USA Today | 5-Cleveland Cavaliers | 26-Cleveland Cavaliers | * |
ESPN | 7-Chicago Bulls | 26-Cleveland Cavaliers | ** |
NBC Sports | 6-Phoenix Suns | 28-Golden State Warriors | * |
Tankathon | 5-Cleveland Cavaliers | 30-Milwaukee Bucks | 56-Los Angeles Clippers |
Draft Tek | 5-Cleveland Cavaliers | 29-San Antonio Spurs | 55-New York Knicks |
My NBA Draft | 5-Cleveland Cavaliers | 26-Cleveland Cavaliers | ** |
NBADraft.Net | 6-Phoenix Suns | 24-Philadelphia 76ers | 45-Detroit Pistons |
NBA Draft Room | 8-Atlanta Hawks | 40-Sacramento Kings | ** |
The Big Lead | 5-Cleveland Cavaliers | 28-Golden State Warriors | * |
Draft Site | 8-Atlanta Hawks | 32-Atlanta Hawks | ** |
Basketball Insiders | 5-Cleveland Cavaliers | 33-Philadelphia 76ers | ** |
Heavy | 5-Cleveland Cavaliers | 28-Golden State Warriors | ** |
* Not included, but didn’t provide 2nd round mock; ** Not included, but provided 2nd round mock
More than half of the mocks have Hunter going No. 5 overall to Cleveland, which recently hired Michigan coach John Beilein. The other landing spots were No. 4 to New Orleans, No. 6 to Phoenix, No. 7 to Chicago, or falling to No. 8 to Atlanta.
Meanwhile, Jerome has the widest range, going from No. 20 to the Celtics to No. 40 to the Kings. Four mocks have Jerome going to Philadelphia since the 76ers have the No. 24 and No. 33 picks. There he could team up with former Cavalier Mike Scott. Four mocks have him going to Cleveland and three of those four also had Hunter in Cleveland at #5, keeping the two best friends on the same team. That is a lot of Cavaliers love.
Of the 13 mock drafts that included a second round, Kyle Guy was projected to be drafted in four of them. They ranged from No. 45 to Detroit to No. 56 to the Clippers. Virginia fans should not feel discouraged if Guy goes undrafted since roughly a quarter of the NBA is made up of undrafted players, including NBA Finals hero Fred VanVleet.
Stay tuned to Streaking the Lawn for draft profiles for these players as well as 2019 NBA Draft coverage.