NBA Draft class -- led by top-three picks Cooper Flagg, Dylan Harper and VJ Edgecombe -- was very good at the top, though its depth was kneecapped by NIL packages that coaxed players back to the college ranks.

At the top of the list is Yaxel Lendeborg, a do-it-all-forward who played the past two seasons at UAB and strongly considered entering this year’s draft. He’s ranked No. 14 by ESPN’s Jonathan Givony and Jeremy Woo. They said the 6-foot-9 Lendeborg is among the top five returning college players to watch.