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NBA Mock Draft 2016: Pro Comparisons for Top 30 Prospects

By Maxwell Ogden

Jan 16, 2016; Durham, NC, USA; Duke Blue Devils guard Brandon Ingram (14) and guard Grayson Allen (3) celebrate a basket in their game against the Notre Dame Fighting Irish at Cameron Indoor Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Mark Dolejs-USA TODAY Sports
Jan 16, 2016; Durham, NC, USA; Duke Blue Devils guard Brandon Ingram (14) and guard Grayson Allen (3) celebrate a basket in their game against the Notre Dame Fighting Irish at Cameron Indoor Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Mark Dolejs-USA TODAY Sports /
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Welcome to NBA Mock Draft season, where you discover your next favorite player. This time around, we get ambitious. How good can the Top 30 prospects be?

Jan 16, 2016; Durham, NC, USA; Duke Blue Devils guard Brandon Ingram (14) and guard Grayson Allen (3) celebrate a basket in their game against the Notre Dame Fighting Irish at Cameron Indoor Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Mark Dolejs-USA TODAY Sports
Jan 16, 2016; Durham, NC, USA; Duke Blue Devils guard Brandon Ingram (14) and guard Grayson Allen (3) celebrate a basket in their game against the Notre Dame Fighting Irish at Cameron Indoor Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Mark Dolejs-USA TODAY Sports /

Broadly speaking, the 2015-16 college basketball regular season has crossed its midway point. A vast majority of teams have surpassed 20 games completed, which has shifted attention to how players and teams will prepare for yet another unforgettable postseason.

Most importantly, it’s given 2016 NBA Draft evaluations a stronger sense of stability and legitimacy.

Players still have a great deal of time to reshape their respective reputations, but the time for misleading statistics has come to a close. What the top prospects do from hereon out will be taken as the gospel, and it will shape decisions on draft night.

Rather than harping on the statistics, this mock draft will ask a different question: how good can these players be? Very few will live up to the hype of their ultimate upside comparisons, but the potential exists in every prospect listed to do so.

The question is, who are the Top 30 prospects and what do you need to know about them?

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