Following the agreed-upon trade with the Grizzlies for Jonas Valanciunas, the New Orleans Pelicans are now slotted to select 17th in Thursday’s NBA Draft. Having dropped down seven spots from their original first round position, let’s get acquainted with several prospects projected to be available in this range.
While it would be great to see Moses Moody or Chris Duarte fall to this point, I’m yet to come across their names in a renowned mock draft.
According to Jonathan Givony in his revised mock draft, the ESPN draft analyst is projecting the pick to be Cameron Thomas, a shooting guard out of LSU, provided the Pelicans don’t flip No.