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Will Gonzaga’s Zach Collins be the first post player taken in the NBA Draft?

Gonzaga forward Zach Collins hangs from the rim after dunking during the first half of the team's NCAA college basketball game against San Diego on Thursday, Feb. 23, 2017, in San Diego. Photo: Associated Press/(AP Photo/Gregory Bull)


RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Gonzaga’s Zach Collins and Wake Forest’s John Collins headline the list of post players in the NBA draft. The group includes three one-and-done prospects in Duke’s Harry Giles, Creighton’s Justin Patton and Texas’ Jarrett Allen.

UNDATED (AP) — In the often unpredictable world of the NBA, there is some symmetry in Markelle Fultz and Ben Simmons likely becoming teammates as pros.


Markelle Fultz, center, speaks with reporters after his private workout with the Los Angeles Lakers at NBA basketball team’s training complex Thursday, June 15, 2017, in El Segundo, Calif. The University of Washington guard could be the No. 1 pick in the NBA draft (AP Photo/Greg Beacham)

Barring an unforeseen change, Fultz will be the No. 1 pick in the NBA draft on Thursday night, joining Simmons with the Philadelphia 76ers in an attempt to invigorate a once proud franchise.

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Kansas’ Josh Jackson and Duke’s Jayson Tatum headline the forwards available in this week’s NBA draft. The one-and-done small forwards are projected as top-five picks. Two other one-and-done college players — Arizona’s Lauri Markkanen and Florida State’s Jonathan Isaac — look like possible lottery picks as forwards who can play inside or out.

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