FanSided NBA Mock Draft Pick No. 12: Milwaukee Bucks Select Perry Jones

The FanSided Network conducted a mock NBA Draft to get an idea of what the first-round of tomorrow’s draft might look like.  Each team’s head writer made the pick for his/her team.  With the Bucks selecting in the #12 spot, I had to wait out the first 11 picks and evaluate the remaining players to make a selection.  Below were the players picked before Milwaukee’s turn (Boston wiggled into the #10 spot in this mock draft via a trade among writers):

#	Team	Player	Pos	School
1	New Orleans	Anthony Davis	C	Kentucky
2	Charlotte	Thomas Robinson	PF	Kansas
3	Washington	Bradley Beal	SG	Florida
4	Cleveland	Michael Kidd-Gilchrist	SF	Kentucky
5	Sacramento	Harrison Barnes	SF	North Carolina
6	Portland	Andre Drummond	C	Connecticut
7	Golden State	John Henson	PF	North Carolina
8	Toronto	Jeremy Lamb	SG	Connecticut
9	Detroit	Arnett Moultrie	PF/C	Miss. State
10	Boston	Tyler Zeller	F/C	North Carolina
11	Portland	Austin Rivers	G	Duke
12	Milwaukee	?????	??	???

Mar 25, 2012; Atlanta, GA, USA; Baylor Bears forward Perry Jones III (1) dunks against the Kentucky Wildcats during the second half in the finals of the south region of the 2012 NCAA men

I’m going with …

Player name: Perry Jones III
Position: Power Forward
Height: 6’11″
Weight: 234 lbs.
School: Baylor

My personal draft strategy was to get the best player available, ignoring the fact that the Bucks already have a six-pack of power forwards.

I’m also ignoring the fact that Perry Jones tended toward invisibility in his time at Baylor.  Ignorance isn’t bliss, but I’m going to pretend it is until Thursday’s draft.

The Bucks need talent.  On skills alone, Jones is way ahead of most of the other players available in the late lottery.  He does best off cuts and in transition, according to Draft Express.  If that’s the case, he will fit right in with the motion offense Scott Skiles had in place last season.  He is nearly 7 feet tall in shoes, with a ridiculous 38.5-inch vertical leap.  The Bucks haven’t had that type of athlete since ___.  (I’ll let you fill in the blank.  I can’t.)

Oh, and he has a handle, too.

Take a chance, roll the dice, see if you can get a big-time player. (Or trade up or down.)

If he pans out, the Bucks may have the next Rasheed Wallace on their hands. If not, he can be the next Joe Alexander.

But that’s okay — there are a lot of Joe Alexanders out there.  Take a chance anyway.