Latest Mock Draft I Saw

[JGib23]

I'd be ok with Bazz or Mclemore but, I think Noel is the best player and has the best long term potential.

Bazz- I worry about him being able to guard 2's in the NBA and being quick enough to get his shot off.

Ben- I prefer over Bazz and think he can be a really good player.

[CampNightmare8]

Yeah I don't know man..I'm still rolling with Shabazz. He has the most upside to me in this draft & that 47% from 3 stat made me believe that Shabazz works on his weaknesses hard. I've been watching a lot of the Jayhawks games and i'm loving McLemore's game thought. Dude can flat-out ball. Both will be good NBA players

[BrotherDave]

If the Bobcats once again get in the top 3, then this is really not an issue as I think Bennet, McLemore and Muhammed all fit very nicely on this roster. If we're at 4, then we're stuck picking between a damaged Noel and Smart who seems like a better Kemba. I know that Noel's potential is really dazzling, but look at 7 footers who get a serious knee injury and their subsequent career - Sam Bowie, Bill Walton, Greg Oden, Ralph Sampson.

Nice current references there. The only one is Oden and that guy hasn't been healthy since high school b/c one of his legs is longer than the other.

Noel is by far and away the best athlete in this draft, he's not weak or frail. He's a lean, springy machine who has a 99% chance to recover from this fluke (for him) injury. I have no problems with us drafting him as he should be recovered pretty close to the regular season, a season we are due to suck anyway for Wiggins.

[CampNightmare8]

Nice current references there. The only one is Oden and that guy hasn't been healthy since high school b/c one of his legs is longer than the other.

Noel is by far and away the best athlete in this draft, he's not weak or frail. He's a lean, springy machine who has a 99% chance to recover from this fluke (for him) injury. I have no problems with us drafting him as he should be recovered pretty close to the regular season, a season we are due to suck anyway for Wiggins.

Wow had no idea. That explains a lot.

[Scrapper1]

Im seeing Mclemore as the best player in the draft now. Shabazz is a ball hog and Ben is willing to pass if needed and an excellent shooter, plus his first step is sick. Mclemore and Plumlee would be an excellent draft for Charlotte. Something tells me the Cats are gonna be making deals to pile up on picks this draft..

This site updated Feb 7, 2013 has the Bobcats getting #1 and #14 in their mock draft:

http://nbadraft.net/2013mock_draft

[alfie6]

bunch of hipsters.

you dont even know how to insult people. hipsters really?

[tom v]

Nice current references there. The only one is Oden and that guy hasn't been healthy since high school b/c one of his legs is longer than the other.

Noel is by far and away the best athlete in this draft, he's not weak or frail. He's a lean, springy machine who has a 99% chance to recover from this fluke (for him) injury. I have no problems with us drafting him as he should be recovered pretty close to the regular season, a season we are due to suck anyway for Wiggins.

Yeah, but what are the current analogies? He's a 7 foot player that relies on leaping. I'm not trying to argue because I would love nothing more than for the guy to be a dominant player for Charlotte.
I know that Al Jefferson and Kendrick Perkins have both recovered from torn ACLs but neither have Noel's game; they're both guys that play with their feet on the ground for the most part. And both injuries happened in the last couple of years so to some extent the jury's still out. And neither injury was nearly as gruesome as Noel's, which would have had to do damage to ligaments besides the ACL.
His bodytype is incredibly rare and I think anyone will tell you that the last injury you want to see on a guy like that is a knee - even worse than a back injury.
The injury may be a fluke but it happened, same as Shawn Livingston's. I would just hate to see Charlotte build around a guy that's a constant health question mark. That's just miserable for a franchise.

[CampNightmare8]

you dont even know how to insult people. hipsters really?

What did you want me to say? That's what y'all are acting like. Funny seeing someone from Poughkeepsie on a Bobcats forum thought lol, it's like my 2nd home.

[kitch0202]

Yeah, but what are the current analogies? He's a 7 foot player that relies on leaping. I'm not trying to argue because I would love nothing more than for the guy to be a dominant player for Charlotte.
I know that Al Jefferson and Kendrick Perkins have both recovered from torn ACLs but neither have Noel's game; they're both guys that play with their feet on the ground for the most part. And both injuries happened in the last couple of years so to some extent the jury's still out. And neither injury was nearly as gruesome as Noel's, which would have had to do damage to ligaments besides the ACL.
His bodytype is incredibly rare and I think anyone will tell you that the last injury you want to see on a guy like that is a knee - even worse than a back injury.
The injury may be a fluke but it happened, same as Shawn Livingston's. I would just hate to see Charlotte build around a guy that's a constant health question mark. That's just miserable for a franchise.

You make some good points in there tom v, but I've got to disagree with the bit in bold. IF the injury is a straight ACL reconstruction, with no other issues like Cartilage damage, then it is highly unlikely that he fails to get back to full fitness/explosiveness. Shawn Livingston's injury was horrendous and the ACL was just one part of it. On its own an ACL isn't that big of an injury relatively speaking. It requires surgery and the rehab takes months, but ACL reconstructions are common and full recoveries the norm (especially when you consider the access Noel will have to rehab professionals).

IF there's more to it then your concerns become valid.

[Roon]

The newest one has us taking Shabazz at #1 and that Oliynk guy from Zaga at #14. Plumlee goes #13 to the Suns. Man, after watching that Duke/UNC game, I REALLY want Plumlee.