Top Ten Players in SEC?

[intelligence]

Who's your top ten ball players in the SEC this season?

[intelligence]

Mine:

1. Bobby Portis
2. Willie Cauley-Stein
3. Josh Richardson
4. Aaron Harrison
5. Jordan Mickey
6. Michael Qualls
7. Stefan Moody
8. Jarell Martin
9. Jonathan Williams III
10. Karl-Anthony Towns

[MountieDawg]

Mine:

1. Bobby Portis
2. Willie Cauley-Stein
3. Josh Richardson
4. Aaron Harrison
5. Jordan Mickey
6. Michael Qualls
7. Stefan Moody
8. Jarell Martin
9. Jonathan Williams III
10. Karl-Anthony Towns

If you think the hogs have 2 of the top 6 players, do you think MA is awful? Are you just looking at offensive numbers???

[Breems]

If you think the hogs have 2 of the top 6 players, do you think MA is awful? Are you just looking at offensive numbers???

Why bring this up and derail another thread with this nonsense? He's asking about the best players in the SEC.

[MountieDawg]

Why bring this up and derail another thread with this nonsense? He's asking about the best players in the SEC.

I am so sorry to derail the thread.  This is how the NBA sees the Top 8 in the SEC.

SEC in hte 2015 NBA Draft         
6     Utah   Karl-Anthony Towns
7-0   250   C   Kentucky   Fr.
                     
8     Detroit   Trey Lyles
6-10   250   PF   Kentucky   Fr.

15     *Atlanta
Willie Cauley-St...
7-0   240   C   Kentucky   Jr.   

23

Bobby Portis  Dallas   6-10     240    PF    Arkansas
                  
29     Portland   Jordan Mickey
6-8   235   PF   LSU   So.
                     
43     Oklahoma Cty   Dakari Johnson
7-0   255   C   Kentucky   So.
                     
47     *Utah
Chris Walker
6-10   220   PF   Florida   So.
                     
53     Dallas   Andrew Harrison
6-6   210   PG/SG   Kentucky   So.
59     *Denver

Alex Poythress
6-8   238   PF   Kentucky   Jr.

[Hawg Red]

I am so sorry to derail the thread.  This is how the NBA sees the Top 8 in the SEC.

SEC in hte 2015 NBA Draft         
6     Utah   Karl-Anthony Towns
7-0   250   C   Kentucky   Fr.
                     
8     Detroit   Trey Lyles
6-10   250   PF   Kentucky   Fr.

15     *Atlanta
Willie Cauley-St...
7-0   240   C   Kentucky   Jr.   
                  
29     Portland   Jordan Mickey
6-8   235   PF   LSU   So.
                     
43     Oklahoma Cty   Dakari Johnson
7-0   255   C   Kentucky   So.
                     
47     *Utah
Chris Walker
6-10   220   PF   Florida   So.
                     
53     Dallas   Andrew Harrison
6-6   210   PG/SG   Kentucky   So.
59     *Denver

Alex Poythress
6-8   238   PF   Kentucky   Jr.

Um, no.

[Thepigdoctor]

College players? NBA potential? Complete game or just offense?

[jseinfeld50]

College players? NBA potential? Complete game or just offense?

An extremely select group - Top 10 in all 4 criteria above.

[Hawg Red]

Walker and Poythress are projected to be in the draft simply because people don't expect them to stay in school -- not because they are better than, say, Michael Qualls or even someone like Stefan Moody.

[Hawg Red]

Bobby Portis
Michael Qualls
Cinmeon Bowers
Willie Cauley-Stein
Karl-Anthony Towns
Jordan Mickey
Jarrell Martin
Stefan Moody
Josh Richardson
Damian Jones

There's my 10. Obviously there was some close calls. Hard to include some Kentucky guys due to their depth.

[Biggus Piggus]

Hard for me to tell whether it would be better to have Cauley-Stein, Towns or Dakari Johnson. They all have talent.

The best scorer Kentucky has is Devin Booker. He would start anywhere else.

Definitely on my SEC-best list, excluding UK:

Portis
Qualls
Josh Richardson, Tenn
Dorian Finney-Smith, Fla
Jordan Mickey, LSU
Danuel House, TAM
Levi Randolph, Alabama
Rodney Cooper, Alabama
Stefan Moody, Ole Miss
Damian Jones, Vanderbilt

Bowers is a monster rebounder but poor shooter. The freshman Riley LaChance at Vandy is a terrific scorer and ballhandler. Just needs some D.

[razorbackkid]

Kentucky.   Blue Platoon/White Platoon. 

[MountieDawg]

Walker and Poythress are projected to be in the draft simply because people don't expect them to stay in school -- not because they are better than, say, Michael Qualls or even someone like Stefan Moody.

The mock draft expects everyone to come out because it's about where they would be picked out of all players including international. I think Portis and Qualls are both very good but they would be on the bench a lot at Kentucky due to defense.