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With the NBA Draft commencing Thursday night, the time has come again to release a mock draft unlike the others you've been checking in on as of late. This annual exercise is one man's big board come to life. While (thankfully!) we have no shortage of mock drafts for you to peruse that are trying to predict team-by-team behavior, this one, conversely, is my projection on who should be taken and in what order. Once again, like the fool I am, I've done my best to assemble a Nos. 1-30 order of who I believe will be the best NBA players and have the strongest pro careers once all careers encapsulated have finished. Let's mix up this mock-draft exercise, right?