NBA Draft podcast: Okafor vs. Towns, sleeper picks & more – FOXSports.com
Updated JUN 08, 2015 12:09p ET
The 2015 NBA Draft is coming and there’s one question on everyone’s mind: Who’ll go No. 1 overall?
On a new episode of Run It Back, FOX Sports’ Reid Forgrave and Tarik Turner preview the draft and, of course, discuss Duke center Jahlil Okafor vs. Kentucky forward Karl-Anthony Towns. Which player will the Minnesota Timberwolves pick on June 25? And while we’re on the subject, who has the bigger upside?
But the Okafor-Towns debate isn’t the only one worth vetting. The 76ers currently hold the No. 3 pick, and they need a point guard — and it turns out Ohio State Buckeye D’Angelo Russell is pretty darn good. If the first two picks go chalk, should Philadelphia take Russell? Or is lesser-known, 19-year-old Emmanuel Mudiay out of the Chinese Basketball Association the better bet?
While it might seem like there’s no going wrong in the top five, who in this draft will take the basketball world by surprise? Reid and Tarik offer their sleeper picks for the late-first round and early second — a name like Jerian Grant (Notre Dame guard) comes to mind.
To listen to the podcast, click on the embedded player above.
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