Is three days after the 2017 NBA draft too soon to start thinking about how the 2018 version might play out? Not really, considering mock drafts for next season have been published for months now, only changing when a prospect or two that declared for 2017 decided to head back to college. That's the focus this week for SCOTT RICHEY. Missouri freshman Michael Porter Jr. is a likely candidate for the No. 1 pick next June. A slew of freshmen — maybe not 16, but plenty — will join Porter as one-and-done candidates. But here's five other possible first-round picks that decided another season in college was for the best:
Miles Bridges
The Michigan State sophomore likely would have been a lottery pick Thursday night had he kept his name in the draft.