Day of the draft: Brice Johnson in final 2016 NBA Mock Drafts
Posted Jun 23, 2016
The 2016 NBA Draft is tonight. By late Thursday night 60 prospects will have their dreams come true when their name is announced. Former North Carolina seniors Brice Johnson and Marcus Paige are the two Tar Heels who could be drafted. Johnson is projected to go late in the first round to early in the second. Paige will be picked late in the second round or go undrafted.
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