Early this morning, Chad Ford of ESPN released his latest and final NBA Mock Draft for the 2016 season, and he has Buddy Hield going to the New Orleans Pelicans at the sixth overall pick. His early versions had linked Hield to New Orleans, but of late, the names of Jamal Murray, Kris Dunn, Dragan Bender and Jaylen Brown have all occupied the Pelicans first round selection at one time or another.
There are several reasons for this. Ford, like the rest of the internet writing world, is in the business of promoting page views.