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Who does everyone like for the Raptors to draft, assuming they stay at 20?

There's a lot of flux in the mocks these days, so it's hard to gauge what's realistic. Some names I like are Ennis, Payton, (I don't think either of those guys realistically drop) Grant, McDaniels, Young, Capela.

Guys I don't like that have been rumoured for Toronto: Warren (doesn't play enough D, versatile but not elite at anything on offence), Payne (I dislike seniors that didn't perform well until their senior year, and then used a superior physical profile to dominate... doesn't translate to NBA performance), Anderson (too unconventional... I think he will evolve into a solid NBA player, but it's probably going to take several years and probably not with the team that originally drafts him. I could see teams looking at him to be a Diaw type of player, but Diaw had a long trajectory to get to 'championship-team glue-guy' level). Stokes: lack of speed, lateral movement, midrange game make him a poor fit for today's NBA, despite being an excellent rebounder.

For the second-rounder, I'd be really, really into Damien Inglis (18yo French SF with an INSANE physique: 6'9, 240 lbs, 7'4 wingspan, projects as versatile 3&D guy). Some other good draft-and-stash Euros around 37: PG Micic, C Klimenko, SG Bogdan Bogdanovic (aka Bogdan, son of Bogdan), SF Antetokuonmpo (older brother of Giannis). Given Masai's international connections I could see him going that way.

As well, the Raptors have brought just about every draft-eligible Canadian not named Andrew Wiggins for workouts, and I think there's a decent chance they grab one of these guys: I could see Bachynski, Ejim, Powell or Birch with that 59th overall pick.

So, that said my ideal realistic draft is Capela, Inglis, and Birch. Two french-league players would be highly unusual, but I think they're the highest-upside guys, and the Raptors still need to swing for high upside useful skillsets.

edited to include Stokes in the guys I don't like category.