Brackins’ NBA fate to be decided Thursday night

Daily Staff

Craig Brackins will know where his basketball career will take him next some time Thursday night.

The former forward for the ISU men’s basketball team is just one of more than 100 prospects entered in Thursday’s NBA Draft, and has been projected by many experts to be a mid-first round pick.

Chad Ford of ESPN.com has Brackins rated No. 21 on his list of the top 100 draft prospects. Ford also projects the 6-foot-10-inch forward to go to the San Antonio Spurs with the draft’s 20th pick.

“Brackins’ ability to spread the floor and play inside and outside is coveted in San Antonio,” Ford said in his most recent mock draft for ESPN.com’s insider page. “A number of [general managers] have told me he could end up being the sleeper of the draft.”

Ford’s previous mock draft had listed Brackins going to the Oklahoma City Thunder at No. 26.