Washington Huskies: NBA Mock Draft Consensus on Jaden McDaniels and Isaiah Stewart 1.0
Mike Hopkins, Washington Huskies.
This is our first Mock Draft Consensus of 2020. PNWS lets you know where former Washington Huskies stars Jaden McDaniels and Isaiah Stewart will go in the NBA Draft.
The NBA Draft is an important time for the Washington Huskies basketball program. Dawg fans can celebrate former players’ achievements as they get rewarded with a chance to play at the highest level of professional basketball.
The more Huskies that make it to the NBA, the more attractive Mike Hopkins’ program becomes, in the eyes of prospective recruits. Last year two Washington players were selected in the draft Matisse Thybulle (1st round, 20th overall, Washington Wizards) and Jaylen Nowell (2nd round, 43rd overall, Minnesota Timberwolves). That brought the total number of Huskies that played in the NBA during the 2019–20 season to nine.
Due to COVID-19, the draft will be much different than it has ever been. As of now, October 16 is the listed date for the NBA Draft. Various rumors have the league moving it back another month to mid-November. That would give the league enough time to do proper interviews and evaluations.
This year a pair of young UW forwards are predicted to be (for the most part) first-round picks. We audited 23 mock drafts including ESPN, Fox, CBS, NBC, Sports Illustrated, and USA Today to get a consensus of where the dynamic duo of Jaden McDaniels and Isaiah Stewart will get drafted.
Both of the forwards left school after their freshman seasons. Some think they should have stayed and developed their respective games more. Others believe there are no guarantees about a college basketball season, and now was the time to leave. Let’s see what the mock drafts think.