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NBA 2018 Mock Draft 1.0 (First Round Picks 1-20): DeAndre Ayton and Luka Doncic are bonafide first and second picks

Hello everyone! Welcome to the first 2018 NBA Mock Draft on the cbhsports blog.

1.Phoenix Suns -DeAndre Ayton Height: 7’1 Weight: 243 School/From:Arizona Position:C Age:19.6
DeAndre Ayton was the most dominat player in college basketball this past season. Jalen Brunson might’ve won the Wooden Award, but Ayton was the more dominant player. While putting up twenty points and eleven rebounds, he led Arizona to another trip to the NCAA Tournament. Ayton will go number one if everything works out the right way.

2.Memphis Grizzlies – Luka Doncic Height: 6’7 Weight: 228 School/From: Real Madrid Position: PG Age: 19
Memphis will get the best foreign player in the recent memory,as even though Luka Doncic is called a point guard, this guy can play aything from point guard to shooting guard to small forward.Doncic has played pro ball since he was thirteen,as he has dominated the second best professional basketball league in the world.Expect Doncic’s transition into the NBA to be very smooth.

3.Atlanta Hawks – Marvin Bagley III Height: 6’11 Weight: 234 School/From: Duke Position: PF/C Age: 19
Atlanta may want to a take a swingman or a wing with this pick but it’s hard to pass up a talent like Marvin Bagley. Bagley was a key contributer in Duke’s season. Bagley put up twenty points and eleven rebounds and can change a game just like that. Bagley is a consistent shooter from deep,and is a good shot blocker on the defensive side. Remember Bagley should be a senior in high school right now.

4.Orlando Magic -Jaren Jackson Jr. Height: 6’11 Weight: 240 School/From:Michigan State Position:PF/C Age:18.5
The youngest player in the draft has a very high ceiling. The way he impacts the games on both sides of the floor is remarkable. His stats may not show it (11 PPG and 6 RPG), but he is long and is a great defender (3 BPG).

5.Dallas Mavericks- Mohamed Bamba Height: 7’0 Weight: 207 School/From: Texas Position: C Age: 19.8
Mohamed Bamba has been a great rebounder (15 PPG and11 RPG) for the Texas Longhorns during his one year in Austin. Bamba could replace Dirk Nowitzki as the next great Dallas Mavericks big man. He has great length as he can get his hands up and block a lot of shots.

6.Sacramento Kings – Michael Porter Jr. Height: 6’10 Weight: 214 School/From: Missouri Position: SF/PF Age: 19.7
While Sacramento may take Duke big man Wendell Carter Jr. instead, it will be hard for Scramento to pass up a talent like Michael Porter Jr. While Porter Jr. was out for ninety-five percent of his Freshman season, Porter Jr. is a talent,and that won’t be passed up.

7.Cleveland Cavaliers – Collin Sexton Height: 6’2 Weight: 183 School/From: Alabama Position: PG Age: 19.2
The Cavs would love to take Michael Porter Jr. here because of the uncertainty of LeBron James’s future but Collin Sexton fills the void of a bonafide leader. While Trae Young was the Wooodeen Award lead candidate for the first half or more of the season, but Sexton and Alabama beat Young and Oklahoma head to head. Sexton averaged almost twenty points and five assists during his lone season at Alabama.

8.Chicago Bulls- Trae Young Height: 6’2 Weight: 176
School/From: Oklahoma Position: PG Age: 19.4
While I said DeAndre Ayton was the most dominant player in college basketball this past season, Trae Young as the most electrifying. He led college basketball in points and assists, something someone has not done in a while. Young will help Kris Dunn in the backcourt in the Windy City.

9.New York Knicks – Wendell Carter Jr. Height: 6’10 Weight: 259 School/From: Duke Position: C Age: 18.9
While I could see Wendell going higher, or even lower, he brings intensity on both sides of the ball. He is very inconsistent at times but when he is on, he is on.Carter Jr. put up fourteen points and ten boards during his lone season at Duke.

10.Philadelphia 76ers -Mikal Bridges Height: 6’7 Weight: 200 School/From: Villanova Position: SF Age: 21.5
The two time NCAA Champion would fit great in the 76ers system as another shooter for Ben Simmons to pass to. Bridges can light it up from deep,attack the basket,and defend as a three and d guy.

11.Charlotte Hornets – Robert Williams Height: 6’10 Weight:237 School/From: Texas A&M Position: PF Age: 20.4
12.LA Clippers – Miles Bridges Height: 6’6 Weight: 226 School/From:Michigan State Position:SF Age:19.9
13.Denver Nuggets – Shai Gilgeous-Alexander Height: 6’6 Weight: 171 School/From: Kentucky Position: PG Age: 19.6
14.LA Clippers – Kevin Knox Height: 6’9 Weight: 205
School/From: Kentucky Position: SF Age: 18.6
15.Phoenix Suns – Lonnie Walker Height :6’4 Weight: 206 School/From: Miami Position: PG/SG Age: 19.2
16.Phoenix Suns – Zhaire Smith Height: 6’5 Weight: 195 School/From:Texas Tech Position: SF Age: 18.7
17.Washington Wizards-Keita Bates Diop Height:6’7 Weight:235 School/From: Ohio State Position: SF Age: 22.1
18.Atlanta Hawks- Anfernee Simmons Height: 6’4 Weight: 183 School/From: IMG Academy Position: SG Age: 18.7
19.Utah Jazz- Mitchell Robinson Height: 6’11 Weight: 215 School/From: Pensacola,FL Position: C Age: 19.9
20.Chicago Bulls- Troy Brown Height: 6’7 Weight: 210
School/From: Oregon Position:S G Age: 18.6

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Projected NBA Playoff Seeds, First Round Predictions

The NBA Playoffs are almost here, so there will definitely be some NBA posts coming up soon.T oday we are going to start with making predictions for the NBA Playoffs with the projected seeds right now.

Eastern Conference
1.Toronto Raptors 57-22 4
8.Washington Wizards 42-38 2

DeMar DeRozan will be too much for John Wall and the Wizards.I could definitely see a six game series between these two, but the Raptors have been too good this year. Predicted Series Score:4-2

4.Cleveland Cavaliers 49-31 4
5.Indiana Pacers 47-33 1

LeBron James. James and the Cavs did lose to Philadelphia last night but if Philadelphia loses out then the Cleveland will get the three seed. If this series will lock in, which is likely,LeBron James will overpower Victor Oladipo and the Pacers in five games. Predicted Series Score:4-1

3.Philadelphia 76ers 49-30 4
6.Miami Heat 43-37 2

Ben Simmons has been on a terror these last thirteen games, leading them to those victories while putting up a triple-double in each one, breaking Oscar Robertson’s record. Simmons and if Joel Embiid comes back could dominate the Heat. I will give the Heat two wins, though. Predicted Series Score:4-2

2.Boston Celtics 54-25 3
7.Milwaukee Bucks 42-37 4

My first upset of the first round goes to the Milwaukee Bucks. Giannis Antetoukoumpo has been playing great, averaging twenty-seven points and ten boards for them, as well. While the Celtics have been playing well,it’s going to be tough for them to get out of the first round without star Kyrie Irving. Predicted Series Score:4-3

Western Conference
1.Houston Rockets 64-15
8.Minnesota Timberwolves 45-35

It sucks that Minnesota, led by a trio of great young players, have to play the most dominant team in the NBA during the NBA season during the first round of the playoffs. James Harden and the Rockets will only give one game up to the T-Wolves and will roll into the second round. Predicted Series Score:4-1

4.Utah Jazz 46-33 3
5.New Orleans Pelicans 45-34 4

Anthony Davis has been too good not to win his first playoff series. The Jazz have played well after losing Gordon Hayward. Donavan Mitchell has been great for them this year as a Rookie of the Year candidate. It’s not going to be enough, though. Predicted Series Score:4-3

3.Portland Trail Blazers 48-31 4
6.San Antonio Spurs 45-34 2

Blazers Point Guard Damian Lillard has been great this season as usual, but has taken this Trail Blazers team to different heights. Portland will lose the first two games of the series to experienced San Antonio, they will win four straight games and move to the second round. Predicted Series Score:4-2

2.Golden State Warriors 57-22 4
7.Oklahoma City Thunder 45-34 3

Another KD-Russell Westbrook rematch will result in a great series. Without Stephen Curry, the Thunder will give Golden State everything that they have and will fall in a close game seven loss. Predicted Series Score:4-3

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College Football

Alabama freshman QB Tua Tagovailoa injures throwing hand, should be out for a few days of practice

Alabama freshman Quarterback Tua Tagovailoa injured his throwing thumb in Alabama’s first spring practice today. Tagovailoa came in the second half in this years’ College Football Playoff National Championship versus Georgia, as a freshman, and led them to a comeback victory, and the game winning passing touchdown in overtime. Tagovailoa is battling sophomore QB Jalen Hurts for the starting job.Alabama Head Coach Nick Saban said “Probably going to require some time for him to get back,” Saban said. “I’m not going to speculate on what the injury might be.”

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Wow…

What an NCAA Tournament so far! Two of the four one seeds are out. Two of the four two seeds have been eliminated.

What has made this NCAA Tournament CRAZY?

Cinderella of the Tournament? Maybe Not

Loyola Chicago has been this years’ cinderella story by beating Miami and then beating Tennessee .Loyola beat those two teams by a combined two points. When you really think about it though,Loyal Chicago is not a cinderella story-really-they went to Gainesville and knocked of Florida ,and are a great team on both sides of the ball.They will meet Nevada after Nevada came from behind twenty-two points to upset two-seed Cincinnati.

Two Seeds Out
As I just mentioned, seven-seeded Nevada came back from twenty-two points to beat two seed Cincinnati. Another seven seed,Texas A&M, cruised to a victory over veteran-led and two-seeded North Carolina, 86-65. Duke and Purdue, the other two,two seeds are still in.

Wait a minute…There are one seed(s) out too?
Yes. The biggest upset of all-time happened in the Round of sixty-four this past Friday night when sixteen-seed UMBC defeated number one overall seed Virginia seventy-four to fifty-four. UMBC did not just beat Virginia-they crushed them. UMBC (University of Maryland Baltimore County) became the first sixteen seed to beat a one seed in the round of sixty-four, just to lose a fifty to forty-three score game to undermanned and nine-seeded Kansas State.Xavier lost in the round of thirty-two when nine-seeded Florida State made a mini comeback to defeat Xavier 75-70.Kansas and Villanova,the other two one seeds are still in,though.

Here’s how the bracket looks right now
South Region:5.Kentucky vs. 9.Kansas State, 7.Nevada vs. 11.Loyola-Chicago
East Region:1.Villanova vs. 5.West Virginia, 2.Purdue vs. 3.Texas Tech
West Region:4.Gonzaga vs. 9.Florida State, 3.Michigan vs. 7.Texas A&M
Midwest Region:1.Kansas vs. 5.Clemson, 2.Duke vs. 11.Syracuse

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The couple of teams who can win it all in April now that Virginia is out

Now that number one overall seed Virginia got upset by UMBC. This is the first time ever a sixteen seed has beaten a number one seed. So here are a couple teams who could win it all:

(These teams are in no order)

1.(1 Seed) Villanova Wildcats
Villanova won the Big East Tournament and is now in the Sweet Sixteen,as right now they lead Alabama 81-58, so I think they are safely in. They’ve got two stars in Jalen Brunson and Mikal Bridges and they play well on both sides of the ball as a one seed.

2.(1 Seed) Kansas Jayhawks
Two Senior Guards lead the team, and one of them is star Devonte Graham who has played great this season. They play great defensively, and have one of the best coaches in Bill Self.

3.(1 Seed) Xavier Musketeers
They are the last one seed left and are called “The weakest number one seed” but they’ve got a star in Trevon Bluiett who can flat out play. They were the Big East regular season champs and will most likley make it to the West regional final.

4.(2 Seed) North Carolina Tar Heels
A two seed with ten losses, blew out fifteen seed Lipscomb yesterday. They’ve got expierenced talent like guards Joel Berry and Cameron Johnson and forwards Theo Pinson and Luke Maye. If the Heels make it to Final Four it will be a record twenty-one times and counting and if they make the championship it will be three times in a row.

5.(2 Seed) Duke Blue Devils
Led by senior guard Grayson Allen and freshman sensation Marvin Bagley, this team will probably make a deep run in the tourney. Coach K and the Blue Devils will win their first championship since 2015 if they make it that far.

Other favorites: Michigan State (3), Cincinnati (2), Tennessee (3), Purdue (2), Michigan (3)

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C’mon SEC! Why didn’t Daniel Gafford, along with Collin Sexton and Kevin Knox win co-SEC Freshman of the Year?!

Champ week is this week…Duke-Carolina number three in the ACC Tournament Semifinals, no that is not what I’m talking about today. Why didn’t Arkansas big man Daniel Gafford not win co-SEC Freshman of the year along with Alabama Guard Collin Sexton and Kentucky Forward Kevin Knox?

No, I’m not being biased, this guy shot up the draft boards as Arkansas has won seven out of their last nine games and Gafford is a main reason for it (And Macon, and Barford both All-SEC First Teamers).P lus Sexton and Knox are both great players. The hogs started 2-4 in SEC play and went 8-4 to close it (Thanks SEC Country for that stat). Gafford was once somebody nobody even thought of to be a first round pick and then shot up draft boards. The best game of his career was just a week ago Tuesday, as Gafford put up twenty-one points and added ten rebounds and added seven blocks, maybe Gaffords biggest trademark. Gafford averages two and a half blocks per game, above six rebounds and twelve points and he is almost a lottery pick like Sexton and Knox may not even be a lottery pick.He has insane stats so why wasn’t Gafford recognized? We will never know but Daniel Gafford is definitley a great player no matter what.

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My pick to win it all in April…

Nope not Duke, not North Carolina, not Kansas, not Villanova. Nope. My early pick to win the NCAA Men’s College Basketball National Championship is Virginia.

The Cavaliers have one of the best defenses any of us have ever seen and dominated the ACC during the regular season,aside from one defeat at the hands of Virginia Tech in stunning fashion. Because of their good… sorry great defense means that they only have to put up sixty-five points per game. They should get to the Final Four in easy fashion and they’ve got some good offensive players even if their defense is the best in years. If they dominate in the ACC Tournament and ride it in to the NCAAs, there is almost no reason why the Virginia Cavaliers should not win the whole thing in early April.

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Duke-Carolina 2: A preview

I know… I should be studying right now but I decided to make a quick preview of North Carolina and Duke number two.

The Tar Heels and the Blue Devils will meet for the second time this season on Saturday night, live from Cameron Indoor Stadium in Durham, North Carolina. North Carolina ha won seven out of their last eight games after a three point loss to Miami on Tuesday night. That snapped the Tar Heels’ seven game winning streak, but the Tar Heels still sit pretty at number nine in the country and a 22-8 overall record and 11-6 in the ACC .Duke has also just lost a game, a loss in stunning fashion to Virginia Tech on Monday night.They did get their superstar back, Freshman big man Marvin Bagley the third, but he still wasn’t enough to lead the Blue Devils past the Hokies. Duke Guard Grayson Allen had starred in Bagley’s absence but went back to subpar play in the loss. If the Tar Heels beat Duke, meaning a sweep of the season series, then they will get the two seed in the ACC Tournament next week but if Duke wins, they get the nod to play as the number two seed.Remember the Tar Heels beat the Blue Devils, 82-78, in Chapel Hill back in early February. So the stage is set for the best rivalry in college basketball, no. 9 UNC at. no. 5 Duke.

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College Basketball News: Conference Tournament Week less than a week away, Shareef O’Neal to UCLA, North Carolina-Duke number two, Kansas earns fourteenth straight regular-season Big 12 title in a row

Sorry I missed a college basketball Saturday review. It is life. I had to take one off. To make up for it,I will do a college basketball news post with the conference tournament week less than a week away.

Shaquille O’Neal’s son and five-star recruit Shareef O’Neal has verbally committed to UCLA after decommiting from Arizona after the scandal involving heead coach Sean Miller.

A couple of weeks ago, Villanova snagged five-star Point Guard Jahvon Quinerly. Quinerly decommitted from Arizona a couple of months ago.

The top player in Georgia, Ashton Hagans has decommitted from Georgia, his AAU coach said Monday. Hagans is also reclassifying to 2018 class from the 2019 class.

The best rivalry in colleg basketball is back on Saturday as 5.Duke was upset by Virginia Tech last night but that doesn’t take away from their rivalry rematch with the number nine-ranked North Carolina Tar Heels who the Blue Devils will look to get revenge on Saturday. The Tar Heels beat 82-78,the when they played back in February.

Kansas, 24-6 (13-4), in the Big 12 has now clinched their fourteenth straight regular season Big 12 Championship. Kansas was trailing Texas Tech last week but then got a game ahead of the Red Raiders and then beat those Red Raiders last Saturday. Kansas locked up the regular season trophy after a win over Texas on Monday night.

Conference Tournament Week is less than a week away and all of these conference tournaments will give each team its NCAA Tournament fate meaning its seed line or if the team will be in the tourney or not.

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Arkansas Sports Roundup: Basketball Recap, Arkansas earns first 2019 football commit

I know it has been awhile. I haven’t talked about my home state Razorbacks in a long Tim.

Arkansas earned their first 2019 football commitment today. Following his visit, 2019 defensive lineman, Trevor Hopper made his commitment to Arkansas.

Arkansas basketball is 20-9 (9-7) in the SEC after winning seven of their last eight games. The Razorbacks just beat Alabama on Saturday night, 76-73, with senior guard Daryl Macon leading them in scoring. Arkansas will play SEC-leader and number twelve-ranked Auburn and Missouri to close out the season.

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Who should start for Georgia: Jake Fromm or Justin Fields?

Thank you to ESPN’s article: http://www.espn.com/college-football/insider/story/_/id/22440336/georgia-bulldogs-clemson-tigers-lead-quarterback-future-power-rankings and FlemLo Raps, a YouTuber who just came up with a video similar to my blog post for the post idea.

Who will win Georgia’s Quarterback battle? Will it be Jake Fromm who led Georgia from a play way to win the National Championship or last season’s consensus number one overall high school football player in the country, Justin Fields a dual-threat with loads of potential? I mean why redshirt a guy with Fields’ talent? Jake Fromm has proven, though, that he is a winner. He took the starting job from a former five-star in Jacob Eason and then led the team to the National Championship, and almost won it.Justin Fields is one of the best athletes at the Quarterback position that we’ve seen at the high school level. Jake Fromm was the star of the first season of “QB1 Beyond the Lights” and Fields will be the star of season two. I mean, injuries could definitely happen and we have yet to see spring ball, so my pick is Jake Fromm who is a proven winner at the collegiate level.

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Can Cam Akers rush for over 2,000 yards this season at Florida State?

I know guys. I haven’t blogged about college football in a while. Remember when I said that most of my posts would be about college football? Well, that’s changed. Change is common. It’s college basketball season but I thought I do a college football blog about once a week. No more questions of the day now that I’m blogging on just one website.

Cam Akers was a highly-touted five star athlete out of Mississippi. He could play anything from QB to running back and even defensive back sometimes. His best position though was running back and he chose Florida State over instate Ole Miss and various other power five programs. Cam Akers and the Seminoles were National Championship contenders and ranked number three in the nation to begin the season. That soon changed after 1.Alabama blew the numen-three ranked Seminoles out,24-7. Florida State QB Deondre Francois was knocked down hard during the game resulting in his Francois’ only season action. Francois was done for the season. After the season Head Coach Jimbo Fisher left for Texas A&M. This all leads up to Cam Akers who was expected to be a superstar in his first season in Tallahassee but that didn’t happen. He rushed for 1,024 yards. He was a star not a super-star. Can he rush for 2,000 yards? With Willie Taggart at the helm as the new Head Coach I think he can. Akers has the pieces around him to do it. Akers will be an NFL prospect for the 2020 NFL draft after having rushed for over two thousand five hundred yards this season. So essentially, is Cam Akers rushing for one hundred yards, over or under? Over.

Image and Article Citation: http://www.espn.com/blog/acc/post/_/id/100532/can-cam-akers-rush-for-2000-yards-at-florida-state-this-season

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College Basketball Saturday Review 5.0:Kansas survives versus West Virginia, Villanova cruises past Xavier

Yesterday in college basketball, no. 13 Kansas beat no. 20 West Virginia headed by a surge in the second half. No. 3 Villanova cruised past no. 4 Xavier, 95-79, and no. 14 North Carolina is playing the best basketball of any team in the country.

No. 10 Auburn was upset by South Carolina a team on the bottom-half of the SEC, Missouri lost to LSU, and Arkansas beat no. 21 Texas A&M, and Alabama fell to no. 24 Kentucky setting up a third place tie in the SEC between Arkansas, Alabama, and Missouri.

Villanova shot 47%  from deep, after only shooting twenty-three percent in their lost couple of games in their 95-79 win over 4.Xavier.

No. 13 Kansas shot thirty-five free throws to no. 13 West Virginia’s two in a second-half surge for the Jayhawks. Kansas beats West Virginia 77-69.

North Carolina cruised to a victory over Louisville, having won five straight games. The Tar Heels were led by Joel Berry’s 23 points.

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Chino Hills Traitor: The story of former Chino Hills Guard Cameron Shelton

First, I’ve decided just to do my blogging one three websites,one for all sport s:http://cbhsports2.wordpress.com and carterhuff2throwballnews.wordpress.com, and finally http://swimsports2018.wordpress.com.

Starting today, I’m going to be doing some Ball family related posts.  Let’s get into the story.

Cameron Shelton, a Chino Hills High School Freshman Guard at the time was a starter and had made his first move to a non-Christian school in his life. Shelton started as a Freshman in the 2014-15 season.The undefeated state championship season for the Huskies was when things started to turn for the bad for Cameron Shelton. Chino Hills went 35-0 and won a California state championship headlined by the three ball boys: Lonzo, LiAngelo, and LaMelo.Shelton was the sixth man in the undefeated season but he wanted more.

Cameron Shelton decided to transfer to Damien High School. Shelton would have to travel one hour to get to school but he was avoiding the transfer rules where he would have to sit out a season. Shelton is doing great at Damien High School and will go to mid-major Northern Arizona this upcoming fall.

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College Basketball Saturday Review 4.0: Michigan State stuns Purdue, Virginia Tech defeats Virginia

There is one month before Selection Sunday. Let’s recap the big games yesterday.

The SEC is looking like they will get eight teams in the tournament. Alabama shut down no. 15 Tennessee 78-50 after the Vols had beaten no. 24 Kentucky. No. 8 Auburn handled Georgia, Texas A&M beat Kentucky by eleven, and Arkansas handled Vanderbilt. The eight teams projected to be in the tournament for the SEC are Kentucky, Auburn, Alabama, Arkansas, Texas A&M, Tennessee, Missouri, and Georgia if they can continue winning with two opportunities to boost their resume both times against no. 15 Tennessee.

In the ACC, no. 21 North Carolina beat NC State, Boston College upset no. 25 Miami, Notre Dame beat Florida State, and most notably Virginia Tech’s upset of no. 2 Virginia.

No. 4 Michigan State stunned no. 3 Purdue with a game winning three-pointers by Miles Bridges with little time still on the clock. No. 13 Arizona beat USC, no. 1 Villanova beat Butler, and no. 12 Gonzaga beat 11.St. Mary’s.