Hawks take Wake Forest’s John Collins in CBS’s latest mock draft

The Hawks will select Wake Forest forward John Collins with the 19th pick, according to Gary Parrish's latest mock draft for CBS.

In the piece, Parrish calls Collins "one of the draft's most surprising stories" after being the 230th-ranked player coming out of high school. After just two years at Wake Forest, though, he's now projected as a first-round pick in basically every mock draft. At first, he decided to test the waters by declaring for the draft while not hiring an agent, but he recently decided to officially forego his final two years of eligibility.

With forwards Paul Millsap, Mike Muscala and Kris Humphries all being free agents this year, a Collins pick could make sense. He averaged 19.2 points and 9.8 rebounds per game in 2016-17 while leading the Demon Deacons to the NCAA Tournament.

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