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From dropping Mocks to now taking stock, my final thoughts on how the 2018 NBA Draft played out for lottery teams.

The Memphis Grizzlies are essentially on the clock, and before the next potential franchise player takes the stage and rocks the new team cap, I’ve rounded up a few Grind City basketball insiders to help set the board.

From Hall of Fame coaches at the college and pro level to opposing players and league scouts and executives, no player in the draft is viewed as more “NBA ready” than Bagley.

For starters, Young became the first player in Division I history to lead the nation in both scoring (27.4) and assists (8.7) last season. The threat of his scoring and extensive three-point range (118 made threes in 32 games) would be a lethal boost to a Memphis offense sputtering near the bottom of the league.

There’s essentially zero bust potential in Carter. So there’s little to no chance the team that drafts him will be making anything other than a smart, solid decision on a post player who will be in the NBA for a decade.

Back surgery and that understandably underwhelming college production aside, Porter boasts he’s the best player in the draft. He vows to prove he’s every bit as dominant a prospect as he was when he emerged as the No. 1-rated prep player in the country a year ago.

The Grizzlies were represented among nearly 60 scouts who descended on Tuscaloosa in January to watch Sexton lead the Crimson Tide past Young’s Sooners in college basketball’s most anticipated matchup outside of the NCAA Tournament. Sexton is a bulldog of a point guard as a physical defender with a 6-7 wingspan that far exceeds others…

While almost every top-10 lottery prospect has staked their claim to being the No. 1 overall pick in the June 21 draft, Bamba is among the first to publicly hit the pre-draft campaign trail to prove it. In Chicago at last month’s NBA Combine, Bamba met with 13 teams in a span of 16 hours.…