With the newly released 1st round mock draft from B/R’s Jonathan Wasserman to go along with last month’s mock draft by Jonathan Givony and Mike Schmitz from ESPN/Draft Express, the first 2022 mock draft comparison is born! Perfect timing, as the conversation is starting to heat up about the who should be number one and where players will end up next year. Banchero and Holmgren seem to be consensus top-two picks, but Adrian Griffin and Jaden Hardy are at number three as we compare these two mocks below.
| ESPN (4/20) | B/R (5/6) |
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|---|---|---|---|
| 1. HOU | Paolo Banchero | 1. HOU | Paolo Banchero |
| 2. MIN | Chet Holmgren | 2. DET | Chet Holmgren |
| 3. ORL | Jaden Hardy | 3. MIN | Adrian Griffin |
| 4. OKC | Yannick Nzosa | 4. OKC | Jabari Smith |
| 5. DET | Jabari Smith | 5. ORL | Jaden Hardy |
| 6. CLE | Adrian Griffin | 6. CLE | Patrick Baldwin |
| 7. CHI | Peyton Watson | 7. CHI | Yannick Nzosa |
| 8. WSH | Patrick Baldwin | 8. TOR | Kennedy Chandler |
| 9. SAC | Caleb Houstan | 9. SAC | Daimion Collins |
| 10. TOR | Kennedy Chandler | 10. NOP | Kendall Brown |
| 11. NO | Ousmane Dieng | 11. WAS | Matt Cleveland |
| 12. SA | Nikola Jovic | 12. IND | Max Christie |
| 13. CHA | TyTy Washington | 13. SAN | Jean Montero |
| 14. MEM | Jaden Ivey | 14. MEM | Peyton Watson |
| 15. IND | Jean Montero | 15. CHA | Bennedict Mathurin |
| 16. HOU | Dyson Daniels | 16. GS | Caleb Houstan |
| 17. NY | Allen Flanigan | 17. BOS | Nikola Jovic |
| 18. GS | Ben Mathurin | 18. MIA | Josh Primo |
| 19. POR | Tristan Vukcevic | 19. ATL | TyTy Washington |
| 20. DAL | Earl Timberlake | 20. POR | Dyson Daniels |
| 21. ATL | Fedor Zugic | 21. DAL | Ousmane Dieng |
| 22. BOS | Kessler Edwards | 22. NYK | Jahvon Quinerly |
| 23. LAL | Keegan Murray | 23. LAL | Jaden Ivey |
| 24. MIL | Jaime Jaquez Jr. | 24. MIL | Michael Foster |
| 25. DEN | Justin Lewis | 25. LAC | JT Thor |
| 26. MIA | Caleb Love | 26. BKN | Matthew Mayer |
| 27. OKC | Mark Williams | 27. DEN | Julian Champagnie |
| 28. OKC | Josiah James | 28. PHI | Allen Flanigan |
| 29. PHI | Boris Tisma | 29. PHX | Aaron Wiggins |
| 30. UTA | Khalifa Diop | 30. UTA | Taevion Kinsey |
References:
Bleacher Report [Jonathan Wasserman]
ESPN/Draft Express [Jonathan Givony/Mike Schmitz]
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