{"id":951077,"date":"2026-11-03T12:44:15","date_gmt":"2026-11-03T12:44:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/951077\/"},"modified":"2026-11-03T12:44:15","modified_gmt":"2026-11-03T12:44:15","slug":"new-2027-nba-mock-draft-as-college-basketball-season-tips-off","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/951077\/","title":{"rendered":"New 2027 NBA Mock Draft As College Basketball Season Tips Off"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium mui-m06sf4\">Position: PG\/SG | Size:\u00a06&#8217;2&#8243;, 205 lbs | Age:\u00a019<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium mui-m06sf4\">There may be debate around Jordan Smith Jr.&#8217;s NBA ceiling, but he&#8217;s still going to be very popular during a draft cycle lacking obvious stars. <\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium mui-m06sf4\">Scouts figure to find themselves able to bank on his defensive pressure, given his strength, quickness, length and intensity. Offensively, he&#8217;s going to shine in transition with his speed and athleticism, and while he may go through ups and downs with his shooting consistency and decision-making, Smith has demonstrated self-creation in the mid-range, three-level shotmaking ability and enough playmaking to be used as a primary ball-handler an offense can run through at different points of a game. <\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium mui-m06sf4\">Inconsistent three-point shooting and 6&#8217;2&#8243; size are the likely drawbacks that cause scouts to hesitate projecting Smith top three in a draft.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Position: PG\/SG | Size:\u00a06&#8217;2&#8243;, 205 lbs | Age:\u00a019 There may be debate around Jordan Smith Jr.&#8217;s NBA ceiling,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":951078,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[557],"tags":[64,63,590,85],"class_list":["post-951077","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-nba","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/951077","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=951077"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/951077\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/951078"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=951077"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=951077"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=951077"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}