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We’re kicking off the holidays with a fresh mock draft comparison featuring new picks from Jonathan Wasserman/Bleacher Report, Tankathon and No Ceilings. We’re seeing Derik Queen and Boogie Fland moving up into the late lottery and teens, while Jeremiah Fears, Jase Richardson, and Thomas Sorber have now moved into the first round. Drake Powell seems to be out altogether with many guessing he’ll stick around for his sophomore year.
Very interesting to track the point guard battle as well between Harper, Traore, Demin, Jakucionis, Fland, Saraf, and Philon. Harper stabilized his position at #2 in the last couple weeks while Jakucionis now seems to have jumped Demin in the mid-lottery. Opinions on Traore are more mixed than ever this month–Wass has him at #7 while No Ceilings dropped him to #22. For anyone who appreciates great point guards, this is glorious to watch! When these guys go head to head in pre-draft workouts it’s going to reach and incredible level of competition. My money is still on Traore.
Keep checking back as I’ll be updating this post throughout the month and/or follow @hoopsdistillery on Twitter for update alerts.
| Hoops Distillery (12/14) | No Ceilings (12/11) | B/R (12/6) | Tankathon (12/6) |
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| 1. WAS | Cooper Flagg | 1. WAS | Cooper Flagg | 1. WAS | Cooper Flagg | 1. WAS | Cooper Flagg |
| 2. NOP | Dylan Harper | 2. NOP | Dylan Harper | 2. NOP | Dylan Harper | 2. NOP | Dylan Harper |
| 3. UTA | Nolan Traore | 3. UTA | Ace Bailey | 3. UTA | Ace Bailey | 3. UTA | Ace Bailey |
| 4. TOR | Ace Bailey | 4. CHA | Egor Demin | 4. PHI | VJ Edgecombe | 4. TOR | Egor Demin |
| 5. CHA | Kasparas Jakucionis | 5. PHI | Kasparas Jakucionis | 5. CHA | Tre Johnson | 5. CHA | VJ Edgecombe |
| 6. PHI | Egor Demin | 6. TOR | Asa Newell | 6. TOR | Kasparas Jakucionis | 6. PHI | Tre Johnson |
| 7. POR | Tre Johnson | 7. POR | Liam McNeely | 7. POR | Nolan Traore | 7. POR | Kasparas Jakucionis |
| 8. DET | Kon Knueppel | 8. DET | Tre Johnson | 8. DET | Khaman Maluach | 8. DET | Kon Knueppel |
| 9. BKN | Will Riley | 9. CHI | Derik Queen | 9. IND | Kon Knueppel | 9. BKN | Khaman Maluach |
| 10. CHI | Khaman Maluach | 10. IND | VJ Edgecombe | 10. CHI | Egor Demin | 10. CHI | Nolan Traore |
| 11. SAC | Asa Newell | 11. SAC | Kon Knueppel | 11. SAC | Boogie Fland | 11. SAC | Derik Queen |
| 12. ATL | Liam McNeely | 12. SAS | Ben Saraf | 12. UTA | Ben Saraf | 12. ATL | Asa Newell |
| 13. SAS | Drake Powell | 13. ATL | Khaman Maluach | 13. SAS | Liam McNeely | 13. SAS | Collin Murray-Boyles |
| 14. OKC | Derik Queen | 14. ORL | Will Riley | 14. ATL | Asa Newell | 14. OKC | Will Riley |
| 15. IND | Noa Essengue | 15. BKN | Noa Essengue | 15. BKN | Noa Essengue | 15. IND | Drake Powell |
| 16. SAS | Boogie Fland | 16. BKN | Boogie Fland | 16. OKC | Drake Powell | 16. SAS | Boogie Fland |
| 17. HOU | Jeremiah Fears | 17. OKC | Nique Clifford | 17. SAS | Jeremiah Fears | 17. HOU | Ben Saraf |
| 18. UTA | Ben Saraf | 18. SAS | Alex Karaban | 18. BKN | Thomas Sorber | 18. UTA | JT Toppin |
| 19. BKN | Collin Murray-Boyles | 19. HOU | Collin Murray-Boyles | 19. ORL | Collin Murray-Boyles | 19. BKN | Liam McNeely |
| 20. ORL | Labaron Philon | 20. UTA | Kam Jones | 20. GSW | Miles Byrd | 20. ORL | Hugo Gonzalez |
| 21. OKC | Jase Richardson | 21. OKC | Hugo Gonzalez | 21. HOU | Hugo Gonzalez | 21. OKC | Noa Essengue |
| 22. GSW | Hugo Gonzalez | 22. GSW | Nolan Traore | 22. OKC | Will Riley | 22. GSW | Ian Jackson |
| 23. BKN | Derrion Reid | 23. BKN | Adou Thiero | 23. BKN | Labaron Philon | 23. BKN | Labaron Philon |
| 24. ORL | Noah Penda | 24. ORL | Rasheer Fleming | 24. MEM | Nique Clifford | 24. ORL | Johni Broome |
| 25. DAL | Alex Karaban | 25. BKN | Carter Bryant | 25. DAL | Adou Thiero | 25. DAL | KJ Lewis |
| 26. BKN | Carter Bryant | 26. MEM | Labaron Philon | 26. ORL | Rocco Zikarsky | 26. BKN | Kam Jones |
| 27. MEM | Ian Jackson | 27. DAL | MacKenzie Mgbako | 27. BKN | Noah Penda | 27. MEM | Jalil Bethea |
| 28. LAC | Kam Jones | 28. LAC | Jeremiah Fears | 28. LAC | Derik Queen | 28. LAC | Michael Ruzic |
| 29. BOS | Donnie Freeman | 29. BOS | Thomas Sorber | 29. BOS | Ian Jackson | 29. BOS | Rocco Zikarsky |
| 30. UTA | Jalil Bethea | 30. UTA | Kanon Catchings | 30. UTA | Rasheer Fleming | 30. UTA | Ryan Kalkbrenner |
References:
Bleacher Report [Jonathan Wasserman]
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Tankathon Draft Power Rankings:
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