[NBA Draft]: 2026 Mock Draft Comparison, May

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The NBA Draft Lottery and Combine have come and gone and we have a fresh batch of mock drafts to analyze from the best in the business: Jonathan Wasserman (Bleacher Report), Jeremy Woo (ESPN), Kevin O’Connor (Yahoo Sports), Sam Vecenie (The Athletic), Ricky O’Donnell (SB Nation), and Tankathon. Plus, one from yours truly.

Some random thoughts/questions:

• Utah may make a move for Dybantsa at #1, and if I’m Washington and don’t think Trae will be around for the long term than I’d rather have someone who can play point guard like Darryn Peterson versus another wing. It’s cute that they acquired Trae and AD for cheap, but there are already rumblings that AD wants out. Flipping the two for more assets makes some sense. They need to be ready either way.
• Mikel Brown is being underrated in my opinion, and should go #5. I can’t unsee him being the alpha dog and most impactful player on a 2025 U19 World Cup team that also had Dybantsa, Tyran Stokes, and Jordan Smith. If I’m the Clippers I’d take him and figure it out later. As we’re seeing with OKC and San Antonio, teams need a lot of guard depth to compete at the highest level in the playoffs.
• Speaking of that, I’m seeing a lot of mocks with Christian Anderson, Philon, or even Stirtz to Memphis, but has anyone looked at my depth charts to remind themselves that the Griz already have Scotty Pippen, Cam Spencer, Ty Jerome, and Walter Clayton…and Ja Morant! Best player available, I get it, but that’s probably enough quality guard depth. If anything, I’d be trying to pilfer one of those guards from them if I’m
• Koa Peat‘s jump shot = what the hell happened? Someone from his team of friends, family, agents, trainers needs to be fired and locked up. They just cost him a lot of $$$, not to mention messing up his mental health with the shit storm of criticism and the microscope he’ll now be under.
• The Caleb Wilson love fest has been a bit much. He seems like a great kid and player….we get it. I appreciated all of the analysis of his (lack of) defense to bring things back down to earth. Hoping he’ll end up in Chicago, but Memphis would work well too.
• Are we sure Morez and Yaxel shouldn’t go top 10? High impact PF’s don’t grow on trees. A player in that mold, a la Al Horford, is rare and can allow teams unlock major lineup versatility. The Nets should take a good, hard look.
• I’m pre-sad for whoever gets picked by Sacramento. Keon Ellis didn’t play. Devin Carter didn’t play until they tanked. Are they seriously going to bring a top lottery pick into that environment to play under the pairing of Russell Westbrook and Zach LaVine?!

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Mock Draft Comparison

	B/R 5/19		ESPN 5/19		Yahoo Sports 5/18		Hoops Distillery 5/18		Tankathon (5/13)		SB Nation 5/10		The Athletic (5/10)
1. WAS	AJ Dybantsa	1. WAS	AJ Dybantsa	1. WAS	AJ Dybantsa	1. WAS	Darryn Peterson	1. WAS	AJ Dybantsa	1. WAS	AJ Dybantsa	1. WAS	AJ Dybantsa
2. UTA	Darryn Peterson	2. UTA	Darryn Peterson	2. UTA	Darryn Peterson	2. UTA	AJ Dybantsa	2. UTA	Darryn Peterson	2. UTA	Darryn Peterson	2. UTA	Darryn Peterson
3. MEM	Cameron Boozer	3. MEM	Cameron Boozer	3. MEM	Cameron Boozer	3. MEM	Cameron Boozer	3. MEM	Cameron Boozer	3. MEM	Cameron Boozer	3. MEM	Cameron Boozer
4. CHI	Caleb Wilson	4. CHI	Caleb Wilson	4. CHI	Caleb Wilson	4. CHI	Caleb Wilson	4. CHI	Caleb Wilson	4. CHI	Caleb Wilson	4. CHI	Caleb Wilson
5. LAC	Darius Acuff	5. LAC	Keaton Wagler	5. LAC	Brayden Burries	5. LAC	Mikel Brown	5. LAC	Keaton Wagler	5. LAC	Keaton Wagler	5. LAC	Keaton Wagler
6. BKN	Mikel Brown	6. BKN	Darius Acuff	6. BKN	Keaton Wagler	6. BKN	Brayden Burries	6. BKN	Kingston Flemings	6. BKN	Kingston Flemings	6. BKN	Darius Acuff
7. SAC	Keaton Wagler	7. SAC	Kingston Flemings	7. SAC	Darius Acuff	7. SAC	Darius Acuff	7. SAC	Darius Acuff	7. SAC	Darius Acuff	7. SAC	Kingston Flemings
8. ATL	Aday Mara	8. ATL	Aday Mara	8. ATL	Mikel Brown	8. ATL	Keaton Wagler	8. ATL	Brayden Burries	8. ATL	Mikel Brown	8. ATL	Mikel Brown
9. DAL	Kingston Flemings	9. DAL	Mikel Brown	9. DAL	Karim Lopez	9. DAL	Kingston Flemings	9. DAL	Mikel Brown	9. DAL	Brayden Burries	9. DAL	Brayden Burries
10. MIL	Karim Lopez	10. MIL	Nate Ament	10. MIL	Nate Ament	10. MIL	Karim Lopez	10. MIL	Nate Ament	10. MIL	Yaxel Lendeborg	10. MIL	Nate Ament
11. GSW	Brayden Burries	11. GSW	Brayden Burries	11. GSW	Hannes Steinbach	11. GSW	Aday Mara	11. GSW	Yaxel Lendeborg	11. GSW	Aday Mara	11. GSW	Aday Mara
12. OKC	Hannes Steinbach	12. OKC	Yaxel Lendeborg	12. OKC	Aday Mara	12. OKC	Morez Johnson	12. OKC	Karim Lopez	12. OKC	Jayden Quaintance	12. OKC	Yaxel Lendeborg
13. MIA	Yaxel Lendeborg	13. MIA	Labaron Philon	13. MIA	Kingston Flemings	13. MIA	Yaxel Lendeborg	13. MIA	Labaron Philon	13. MIA	Karim Lopez	13. MIA	Labaron Philon
14. CHA	Cameron Carr	14. CHA	Karim Lopez	14. CHA	Yaxel Lendeborg	14. CHA	Nate Ament	14. CHA	Aday Mara	14. CHA	Nate Ament	14. CHA	Hannes Steinbach
15. CHI	Jayden Quaintance	15. CHI	Cameron Carr	15. CHI	Cameron Carr	15. CHI	Chris Cenac	15. CHI	Cameron Carr	15. CHI	Dailyn Swain	15. CHI	Cameron Carr
16. MEM	Labaron Philon	16. MEM	Christian Anderson	16. MEM	Labaron Philon	16. MEM	Cameron Carr	16. MEM	Chris Cenac	16. MEM	Bennett Stirtz	16. MEM	Koa Peat
17. OKC	Morez Johnson	17. OKC	Morez Johnson	17. OKC	Morez Johnson	17. OKC	Allen Graves	17. OKC	Hannes Steinbach	17. OKC	Hannes Steinbach	17. OKC	Morez Johnson
18. CHA	Nate Ament	18. CHA	Hannes Steinbach	18. CHA	Chris Cenac	18. CHA	Dailyn Swain	18. CHA	Morez Johnson	18. CHA	Labaron Philon	18. CHA	Christian Anderson
19. TOR	Christian Anderson	19. TOR	Bennett Stirtz	19. TOR	Bennett Stirtz	19. TOR	Labaron Philon	19. TOR	Bennett Stirtz	19. TOR	Chris Cenac	19. TOR	Jayden Quaintance
20. SAS	Luigi Suigo	20. SAS	Jayden Quaintance	20. SAS	Henri Veesaar	20. SAS	Hannes Steinbach	20. SAS	Jayden Quaintance	20. SAS	Morez Johnson	20. SAS	Karim Lopez
21. DET	Bennett Stirtz	21. DET	Isaiah Evans	21. DET	Isaiah Evans	21. DET	Christian Anderson	21. DET	Koa Peat	21. DET	Cameron Carr	21. DET	Dailyn Swain
22. PHI	Chris Cenac	22. PHI	Allen Graves	22. PHI	Luigi Suigo	22. PHI	Henri Veesaar	22. PHI	Allen Graves	22. PHI	Allen Graves	22. PHI	Amari Allen
23. ATL	Ebuka Okorie	23. ATL	Ebuka Okorie	23. ATL	Malachi Moreno	23. ATL	Jayden Quaintance	23. ATL	Christian Anderson	23. ATL	Christian Anderson	23. ATL	Chris Cenac
24. NYK	Isaiah Evans	24. NYK	Chris Cenac	24. NYK	Jayden Quaintance	24. NYK	Isaiah Evans	24. NYK	Dailyn Swain	24. NYK	Henri Veesaar	24. NYK	Tarris Reed
25. LAL	Dailyn Swain	25. LAL	Henri Veesaar	25. LAL	Allen Graves	25. LAL	Bennett Stirtz	25. LAL	Isaiah Evans	25. LAL	Joshua Jefferson	25. LAL	Henri Veesaar
26. DEN	Amari Allen	26. DEN	Dailyn Swain	26. DEN	Meleek Thomas	26. DEN	Ebuka Okorie	26. DEN	Ebuka Okorie	26. DEN	Ebuka Okorie	26. DEN	Bennett Stirtz
27. BOS	Allen Graves	27. BOS	Koa Peat	27. BOS	Tarris Reed	27. BOS	Zuby Ejiofor	27. BOS	Joshua Jefferson	27. BOS	Zuby Ejiofor	27. BOS	Isaiah Evans
28. MIN	Tounde Yessoufou	28. MIN	Meleek Thomas	28. MIN	Sergio de Larrea	28. MIN	Koa Peat	28. MIN	Tounde Yessoufou	28. MIN	Tyler Tanner	28. MIN	Ebuka Okorie
29. CLE	Malachi Moreno	29. CLE	Zuby Ejiofor	29. CLE	Dailyn Swain	29. CLE	Tounde Yessoufou	29. CLE	Amari Allen	29. CLE	Isaiah Evans	29. CLE	Meleek Thomas
30. DAL	Koa Peat	30. DAL	Joshua Jefferson	30. DAL	Jack Kayil	30. DAL	Meleek Thomas	30. DAL	Meleek Thomas	30. DAL	Meleek Thomas	30. DAL	Tounde Yessoufou

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References:

The Athletic [Sam Vecenie] – 5/10

Bleacher Report [Jonathan Wasserman] – 5/19

ESPN [Jeremy Woo] – 5/19

SB Nation [Ricky O’Donnell] – 5/10

Tankathon – 5/13

Yahoo Sports [Kevin O’Connor] – 5/18

For reference: RealGM – future draft pick details

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Pick Variance

Player	Highest Pick	Lowest Pick	Range
AJ Dybantsa	1	2	1
Darryn Peterson	1	2	1
Cameron Boozer	3	3	0
Caleb Wilson	4	4	0
Brayden Burries	5	11	6
Darius Acuff	5	7	2
Keaton Wagler	5	8	3
Mikel Brown	5	9	4
Kingston Flemings	6	13	7
Aday Mara	8	14	6
Karim Lopez	9	20	11
Nate Ament	10	18	8
Yaxel Lendeborg	10	14	4
Hannes Steinbach	11	20	9
Jayden Quaintance	12	24	12
Morez Johnson	12	20	8
Labaron Philon	13	19	6
Cameron Carr	14	21	7
Chris Cenac	15	24	9
Dailyn Swain	15	29	14
Bennett Stirtz	16	26	10
Christian Anderson	16	23	7
Koa Peat	16	30	14
Allen Graves	17	27	10
Henri Veesaar	20	25	5
Isaiah Evans	21	29	8
Amari Allen	22	29	7
Ebuka Okorie	23	28	5
Joshua Jefferson	25	30	5
Meleek Thomas	26	30	4
Zuby Ejiofor	27	29	2
Tounde Yessoufou	28	30	2

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Tankathon Draft Power Rankings:

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