Most of the major mock drafts out there only have Karl Towns and Willie Cauley-Stein going in the lottery, but Sports Illustrated’s Chris Mannix thinks FOUR Cats will go in the first fourteen picks. Because the New York Knicks can’t do anything right, including “tanking for Towns,” they’re no longer the favorites to win the first pick, so Mannix has the Minnesota Timberwolves taking Karl first. Here’s where Mannix has the rest of the Cats going:
1. Minnesota Timberwolves: Karl Towns
11. Utah Jazz: Willie Cauley-Stein
13. Phoenix Suns: Trey Lyles
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