[NBA Draft]: Comparison of Actual 2023 Draft vs. Final Mock Drafts

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We spend a lot of time following all of the top NBA Draft analysts for months as they post and tweet about intel and update their big boards and mock drafts leading up to draft day. But once that day comes and goes, it’s easy to shift focus to how the rookies will fit on their new rosters, summer league, and the next draft cycle, so I thought it might be nice to compile all of the final versions of these mock drafts and compare them to the actual 2023 draft order for easy reference in the future.

Here is the actual 2023 NBA Draft order versus the final mock drafts from Bleacher Report’s Jonathan Wasserman, ESPN’s Jeremy Woo and Jonathan Givony, USA Today’s Bryan Kalbrosky, SB Nation’s Ricky O’Donnell, The Ringer’s Kevin O’Connor, and The Athletic’s Sam Vecenie and John Hollinger, Tankathon.com, and our own Hoops Distillery picks:

	ACTUAL Draft Order		ESPN (6/22)		Tankathon (6/22)		The Ringer (6/22)		B/R (6/22)		SB Nation (6/22)		The Athletic Vecenie (6/22)		Hoops Distillery (6/22)	The Athletic Hollinger (6/21)
1. SAS	Victor Wembanyama	1. SAS	Victor Wembanyama	1. SAS	Victor Wembanyama	1. SAS	Victor Wembanyama	1. SAS	Victor Wembanyama	1. SAS	Victor Wembanyama	1. SAS	Victor Wembanyama	1. SAS	Victor Wembanyama	Victor Wembanyama
2. CHA	Brandon Miller	2. CHA	Brandon Miller	2. CHA	Scoot Henderson	2. CHA	Brandon Miller	2. CHA	Scoot Henderson	2. CHA	Scoot Henderson	2. CHA	Scoot Henderson	2. CHA	Scoot Henderson	Brandon Miller
3. POR	Scoot Henderson	3. POR	Scoot Henderson	3. POR	Brandon Miller	3. POR	Scoot Henderson	3. POR	Brandon Miller	3. POR	Brandon Miller	3. POR	Brandon Miller	3. POR	Brandon Miller	Scoot Henderson
4. HOU	Amen Thompson	4. HOU	Amen Thompson	4. HOU	Amen Thompson	4. HOU	Amen Thompson	4. HOU	Amen Thompson	4. HOU	Amen Thompson	4. HOU	Amen Thompson	4. HOU	Anthony Black	Amen Thompson
5. DET	Ausar Thompson	5. DET	Ausar Thompson	5. DET	Ausar Thompson	5. DET	Ausar Thompson	5. DET	Ausar Thompson	5. DET	Ausar Thompson	5. DET	Ausar Thompson	5. DET	Jarace Walker	Jarace Walker
6. ORL	Anthony Black	6. ORL	Anthony Black	6. ORL	Cam Whitmore	6. ORL	Anthony Black	6. ORL	Anthony Black	6. ORL	Anthony Black	6. ORL	Anthony Black	6. ORL	Bilal Coulibaly	Ausar Thompson
7. WAS (via IND)	Bilal Coulibaly	7. IND	Jarace Walker	7. IND	Jarace Walker	7. IND	Jarace Walker	7. IND	Jarace Walker	7. IND	Jarace Walker	7. IND	Jarace Walker	7. IND	Gradey Dick	Taylor Hendricks
8. IND (via WAS)	Jarace Walker	8. WAS	Cam Whitmore	8. WAS	Anthony Black	8. WAS	Cam Whitmore	8. WAS	Cam Whitmore	8. WAS	Cam Whitmore	8. WAS	Cam Whitmore	8. WAS	Amen Thompson	Anthony Black
9. UTA	Taylor Hendricks	9. UTA	Taylor Hendricks	9. UTA	Taylor Hendricks	9. UTA	Taylor Hendricks	9. UTA	Bilal Coulibaly	9. UTA	Taylor Hendricks	9. UTA	Taylor Hendricks	9. UTA	Ausar Thompson	Cam Whitmore
10. OKC (via DAL)	Cason Wallace	10. DAL	Dereck Lively	10. DAL	Dereck Lively	10. DAL	Dereck Lively	10. DAL	Dereck Lively	10. DAL	Dereck Lively	10. DAL	Bilal Coulibaly	10. DAL	Taylor Hendricks	Dereck Lively
11. ORL	Jett Howard	11. ORL	Gradey Dick	11. ORL	Gradey Dick	11. ORL	Gradey Dick	11. ORL	Gradey Dick	11. ORL	Gradey Dick	11. ORL	Gradey Dick	11. ORL	Cason Wallace	Kobe Bufkin
12. DAL (via OKC)	Dereck Lively	12. OKC	Bilal Coulibaly	12. OKC	Bilal Coulibaly	12. OKC	Bilal Coulibaly	12. OKC	Taylor Hendricks	12. OKC	Kobe Bufkin	12. OKC	Kobe Bufkin	12. OKC	Dereck Lively	Bilal Coulibaly
13. TOR	Gradey Dick	13. TOR	Kobe Bufkin	13. TOR	Cason Wallace	13. TOR	Keyonte George	13. TOR	Kobe Bufkin	13. TOR	Jalen Hood-Schifino	13. TOR	Jalen Hood-Schifino	13. TOR	Kobe Bufkin	Keyonte George
14. NOP	Jordan Hawkins	14. NOP	Jordan Hawkins	14. NOP	Kobe Bufkin	14. NOP	Kobe Bufkin	14. NOP	Jalen Hood-Schifino	14. NOP	Cason Wallace	14. NOP	Dereck Lively	14. NOP	Cam Whitmore	Gradey Dick
15. ATL	Kobe Bufkin	15. ATL	Cason Wallace	15. ATL	Jordan Hawkins	15. ATL	Jalen Hood-Schifino	15. ATL	Cason Wallace	15. ATL	Keyonte George	15. ATL	Cason Wallace	15. ATL	Jalen Hood-Schifino	Cason Wallace
16. UTA	Keyonte George	16. UTA	Keyonte George	16. UTA	Jalen Hood-Schifino	16. UTA	Cason Wallace	16. UTA	Jordan Hawkins	16. UTA	Bilal Coulibaly	16. UTA	Keyonte George	16. UTA	Keyonte George	Jordan Hawkins
17. LAL	Jalen Hood-Schifino	17. LAL	Jalen Hood-Schifino	17. LAL	Keyonte George	17. LAL	Nick Smith	17. LAL	Keyonte George	17. LAL	Jordan Hawkins	17. LAL	Jordan Hawkins	17. LAL	Jordan Hawkins	Noah Clowney
18. MIA	Jaime Jaquez	18. MIA	Jaime Jaquez	18. MIA	Jaime Jaquez	18. MIA	Jaime Jaquez	18. MIA	Olivier Maxence-Prosper	18. MIA	Olivier Maxence-Prosper	18. MIA	Jaime Jaquez	18. MIA	Leonard Miller	Jett Howard
19. GSW	Brandin Podziemski	19. GSW	Brandin Podziemski	19. GSW	Kris Murray	19. GSW	Noah Clowney	19. GSW	Brandin Podziemski	19. GSW	Kris Murray	19. GSW	Kris Murray	19. GSW	Brandin Podziemski	Jaime Jaquez
20. HOU	Cam Whitmore	20. HOU	Jett Howard	20. HOU	Leonard Miller	20. HOU	Jordan Hawkins	20. HOU	Ben Sheppard	20. HOU	Leonard Miller	20. HOU	Noah Clowney	20. HOU	Jaime Jaquez	Jalen Hood-Schifino
21. BKN	Noah Clowney	21. BKN	Noah Clowney	21. BKN	Brandin Podziemski	21. BKN	Brandin Podziemski	21. BKN	Leonard Miller	21. BKN	Nick Smith	21. BKN	Jett Howard	21. BKN	Nick Smith	Dariq Whitehead
22. BKN	Dariq Whitehead	22. BKN	Nick Smith	22. BKN	Noah Clowney	22. BKN	Leonard Miller	22. BKN	Nick Smith	22. BKN	Noah Clowney	22. BKN	Brandin Podziemski	22. BKN	Noah Clowney	Nick Smith
23. POR	Kris Murray	23. POR	Kris Murray	23. POR	Jett Howard	23. POR	James Nnaji	23. POR	Kris Murray	23. POR	Jaime Jaquez	23. POR	Leonard Miller	23. POR	Kris Murray	Olivier Maxence-Prosper
24. DAL (via SAC)	Olivier Maxence-Prosper	24. SAC	Olivier Maxence-Prosper	24. SAC	Dariq Whitehead	24. SAC	Jett Howard	24. SAC	Jaime Jaquez	24. SAC	Brandin Podziemski	24. SAC	Olivier Maxence-Prosper	24. SAC	Olivier Maxence-Prosper	Leonard Miller
25. DET (via BOS)	Marcus Sasser	25. BOS	Brice Sensabaugh	25. BOS	Nick Smith	25. BOS	Olivier Maxence-Prosper	25. BOS	Jett Howard	25. BOS	Jett Howard	25. BOS	Marcus Sasser	25. BOS	Dariq Whitehead	Ben Sheppard
26. IND	Ben Sheppard	26. IND	Rayan Rupert	26. IND	Olivier Maxence-Prosper	26. IND	Brice Sensabaugh	26. IND	Noah Clowney	26. IND	James Nnaji	26. IND	Nick Smith	26. IND	James Nnaji	Colby Jones
27. CHA	Nick Smith	27. CHA	James Nnaji	27. CHA	Brice Sensabaugh	27. CHA	Kris Murray	27. CHA	Jordan Walsh	27. CHA	Dariq Whitehead	27. CHA	Dariq Whitehead	27. CHA	Colby Jones	Brandin Podziemski
28. UTA	Brice Sensabaugh	28. UTA	Dariq Whitehead	28. UTA	Maxwell Lewis	28. UTA	Dariq Whitehead	28. UTA	Dariq Whitehead	28. UTA	Rayan Rupert	28. UTA	Ben Sheppard	28. UTA	Rayan Rupert	Brice Sensabaugh
29. DEN	Julian Strawther	29. DEN	Marcus Sasser	29. DEN	Colby Jones	29. DEN	Colby Jones	29. DEN	Rayan Rupert	29. DEN	Ben Sheppard	29. DEN	Kobe Brown	29. DEN	Ben Sheppard	Kris Murray
30. LAC	Kobe Brown	30. LAC	Ben Sheppard	30. LAC	James Nnaji	30. LAC	Trayce Jackson-Davis	30. LAC	Maxwell Lewis	30. LAC	Amari Bailey	30. LAC	Andre Jackson	30. LAC	Maxwell Lewis	James Nnaji

Summary of all transactions leading up to and during the Draft:

NBA.com’s Draft Trade Tracker

References:

The Athletic [John Hollinger]

The Athletic [Sam Vecenie]

SB Nation [Ricky O’Donnell]

The Ringer [Kevin O’Connor]

ESPN [Jonathan Givony and Jeremy Woo]

Bleacher Report [Jonathan Wasserman]

USA Today [Bryan Kalbrosky]

Tankathon

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