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"Regular season MVP has never motivated me. … to be the best to ever play the game has motivated me and it’s resulted in me being able to be league MVP a couple of times.”

LeBron says being the greatest ever is what motivates him. pic.twitter.com/c8J9TQBHV9

— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) March 5, 2020

I actually love the idea of a sign-and-trade for Gallinari. He would give us the third scorer and an elite (>40%) 3-point shooter with size. An upgrade over Morris and Kuzma for Bradley, McGee, Cook, and a pick. The kind of creative deal Rob needs to make to upgrade the roster for next season.

This is NBA Draft Junkies’ 2020 NBA Draft Mock Lottery 1.0 with Rafael Barlowe’s first view of the 1 TO 14 prospects to be selected by NBA teams.

1.  James Wiseman | 7’1″ 240 | center | freshman | Memphis

2.   Killian Hayes  | 6’5″ 195 | Point guard | freshman | ratiopharm ulm

3.  Anthony Edwards | 6’5″ 225 | shooting guard | freshman | georgia

4.  Isaac Okoro | 6’5″ 225 | small forward | freshman | auburn

5. LaMelo Ball | 6’7″ 190 | point guard | international | ILLawara hawks

6. Deni Avdija | 6’9″ 215 | small forward | international | Maccabi tel aviv

7. Tyrese Haliburton | 6’7″ 175 | point guard | sophomore | Iowa state

8. Onyeka Okongwu | 6’9″ 245 | Center | freshman | USC

9.  Cole Anthony | 6’3″ 190 | point guard | freshman | North Carolina

10. Obi Toppin | 6’9″ 220 | power forward | Sophomore | Dayton

11. R.J Hampton | 6’5″ 190 | combo guard | international | New zealand breakers

12. Jaden McDaniels | 6’9″ 200 | small forward | freshman | washington

13. Tyrese Maxey| 6’2″ 190 | point guard | freshman | Kentucky

14. Precious Achiuwa | 6’9″ 225 | power forward| freshman | Memphis

This is NBA Draft Junkies’ 2020 NBA Draft Mock Lottery 1.0 with Rafael Barlowe’s first view of the 15 TO 30 prospects to be selected by NBA teams.

15. AARON NESMITH | 6’6″ 215 | Small forward| Sophomore | Vanderbilt

16. SADDIQ BEY | 6’8″ 215 | Combo forward| Sophomore | Villanova

17. ALEKSEJ POKUSEVSKI | 7’0″ 195 | Center| International | Olympiacos B

18. DEVIN VASSELL| 6’7″ 195 | Small forward| Sophomore | florida State

19. KIRA LEWIS | 6’3″ 170 | point guard| Sophomore | alabama

20. PAUL REED| 6’9″ 210 | power forward| junior | depaul

21. JAHMI’US RAMSEY | 6’4″ 195 | Shooting guard| freshman| texas tech

22. TYRELL TERRY | 6’1″ 160 | POINT GUARD| FRESHMAN| STANFORD

23. PATRICK WILLIAMS | 6’8″ 225 | Small forward| FRESHMAN | FLORIDA STATE

24. LEANDRO BOLMARO | 6’8″ 195 | Small forward| INTERNATIONAL | BARCELONA

25. JALEN SMITH| 6’10” 225 | CENTER| Sophomore | MARYLAND

26. NICO MANNION | 6’3″ 180 | POINT GUARD| FRESHMAN | ARIZONA

27. TYLER BEY | 6’7″ 215 | Small forward| JUNIOR | COLORADO

28. JOSH GREEN | 6’6″ 205 | Small forward| FRESHMAN| ARIZONA

29. DESMOND BANE | 6’5″ 215 | SHOOTING GUARD| SENIOR| TCU

30. VERNON CAREY, JR| 6’10” 265 | CENTER| FRESHMAN| DUKE

Desmond Bane is NBA Draft Junkies’ Rafael Barlowe’s first round mock draft pick for the Los Angeles Lakers. A 6′ 5′ shooting guard from TCU, Bane is an elte three-point shooter with a 43.3% career shooting percentage who finished his senior year averaging 16.6 points, 6.3 rebounds, 3.9 assists, and 1.5 steals in 36.0 minutes per game while shooting 44.2% from deep.