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Originally Posted by yamaneko
But both said websites have had many guys 18 years old on the mocks for some time now, including people in that 1987 class.
For anyone though that has been hyped in the past, with great potential, they do find themselves on the mocks, even if its far fetched like nbadrafts debacle with ivan chierev. Im just saying, that usually the mock sites are pretty good at knowing who to put on the mocks, so good that something like this has never happened before...
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In DraftCity/DraftExpress there hasn't been any international kid from 1987 listed in the 2005 mock except Aleksandrov, who was removed from the 2005 mock some months ago. Ilyasova hasn't been in the 2005 mock until now. Older guys have been dealt in the same way: Andriuskevicius has been in the 2006 mock all season long except for a few weeks, and other talented guys like Sergio Rodríguez or Uros Tripkovic have been always in the 2006 mock. It's a policy of the site try not to hype those kids too much, not encourage them to declare being so young.
Anyway, all those guys got playing time with their senior teams except our man Korolev. I don't think there are any precedents about this situation with an international first round pick. The closest case might be Tskitishvili, who anyway had much more action with the vets.