I hate mock drafts. I read them, but they are generally full of shit. While it's enjoyable to see players as stock, the conjectures often have nothing to do with their value on a basketball court.
With that in mind, I'm paring this entry down to who I think is notable in this upcoming draft.
First, DeMarcus Cousins is a silverback mastadon. If those never existed, God fucked up. They exist now, and the first is DeMarcus Counsins. May he have 8 children with 8 women and thus spread his seed. And yes, I'm comparing him, at least in mental capacity, to Shawn Kemp.
Compare him to Moses Malone if you are ignorant, but consider Karl Malone instead. A huge thick guy who can bang, has touch and can hit from the outside? A guy with attitude and the ability to intimidate- like a silverback mastadon? A guy who isn't going to jump over you, like Blake Griffin, but would prefer to plow through you? Karl Malone. That's the highest upside.
But this guy's going to doa lot of dumb things with the ball too. The Malone we all remember dished out of the post when doubles came, and generally played smart. Even though we hated watching him pray before each free throw, we knew they were going in.
Back to Kemp- take Kemp's brain, and implant it into Karl Malone's body, and you get Counsins. This means, some miswired circuity, some bad decisions, both on the court and off. Some mechanics that won't always get learned, some deficiency in the fundamentals (for instance, in footwork, or post D, that limit his upper limit.) Expect fouls, lots of them, and even some Rasheed Wallace, a hot headed T every now and then.
I'll say it right here- Zach Randolph 2.0.
But overall, you'd live with the deficincies, and take the strengths; the man-eating oak tree in the post who can snap the 17 footer at will.
Prognosis: 17 pts. 12 rbs. 1.4 blks. 2 TO's.
Overall, GM's pass him only to save them and their franchise a few headaches. But they will hate facing him on the court.
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