Category: NBA Draft

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May 22nd update: Jonathan Wasserman/Bleacher Report has updated picks as of 5/21 along with his Draft Combine stock watch. Scoot and Brandon Miller switched spots at #2 and #3. And Ben Sheppard and Amari Bailey have climbed into his 1st round. He already had Podziemski at #20 pre-combine. Oddly, he has Kobe Bufkin dropping from #15 in his 5/16 mock to #30.

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A memorable Draft Lottery night has passed and the Spurs are the big winners of the much anticipated Wemby sweepstakes. Meanwhile, Portland lucked out and moved up to #3 while Houston and Detroit dropped to #4 and #5, respectively. With this year’s draft order officially locked in, it’s time to compare the new batch of mock drafts that were posted last night to sort out who will do what after Wemby is off the board. We have new picks from all of the best: Jonathan Givony and Jeremy Woo/ESPN, Kevin O’Connor/The Ringer, Jonathan Wasserman/Bleacher Report, Ricky O’Donnell/SB Nation, Sam Vecenie/The Athletic, and Bryan Kalbrosky/USA Today, And I’ve added my own updated Hoops Distillery mock draft as a cherry on top!

ICYMI, these two articles are must-reads each draft season:

John Hollinger’s Top 20 Prospects

Kevin Pelton’s NBA draft stat-based projections 

And here’s some other great draft content:

Jonathan Givony mock draft lottery show on YouTube

Ricky O’Donnell’s draft combine winners and losers

Jonathan Givony and Jeremy Woo draft combine storylines and stock movers

Jonathan Wasserman latest NBA Draft buzz

There will be more mock drafts added this month, so make sure to check back for updates and follow me at @hoopsdistillery on Twitter for update notifications. Also, if I’m missing any mock drafts that you feel belong alongside the ‘All-NBA level’ draft analysts I currently include, leave a comment or DM me on Twitter.

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

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Player	High	Low	May Variance	April Variance
Leonard Miller	12	29	17	8
Brice Sensabaugh	12	28	16	15
Kobe Bufkin	13	30	16	8
Dereck Lively	10	25	15	8
Jordan Hawkins	11	26	15	13
Dariq Whitehead	13	26	13	18
GG Jackson	15	27	12	14
Jalen Hood-Schifino	15	27	12	7
Noah Clowney	16	28	12	9
Bilal Coulibaly	15	26	11	18
Rayan Rupert	18	29	11	8
Jett Howard	14	23	9	4
Kris Murray	16	24	8	12
Cason Wallace	6	13	7	6
Keyonte George	11	18	7	3
Maxwell Lewis	22	29	7	10
Gradey Dick	5	11	6	6
Nick Smith	13	19	6	5
Taylor Hendricks	4	10	6	4
Amen Thompson	3	8	5	1
Ausar Thompson	6	11	5	5
Jarace Walker	5	10	5	1
Colby Jones	25	29	4	11
Cam Whitmore	5	8	3	5
Anthony Black	8	10	2	4
Brandon Miller	2	4	2	2
Scoot Henderson	2	3	1	1
Victor Wembanyama	1	1	0	0

References:

The Athletic [Sam Vecenie]

Bleacher Report [Jonathan Wasserman] – 5/16

Bleacher Report [Jonathan Wasserman] – 5/21

The Ringer [Kevin O’Connor]

ESPN [Jonathan Givony and Jeremy Woo]

USA Today [Bryan Kalbrosky]

SB Nation [Ricky O’Donnell]

Search #mockdraftcomp on Twitter for all past Tweets

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Tankathon Draft Power Rankings – see full power rankings

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4/13 update: New picks from Jonathan Givony/ESPN-Draft Express and the newly hired, Jeremy Woo (!!!) are here, and it’s a doozy! They have Jordan Hawkins going at #11 to Orlando and Noah Clowney at #16 to Utah. I also posted my new picks for April, highlighted by Bilal Coulibaly moving up to late lottery. Too high? Yes, buuut, for those teams that are higher on him than other options, they may as well take him if he’s projected to be a lottery pick next year anyway. I have him going to OKC, who we know has great patience in player development.

Also, ICYMI, both Kyle Filipowski and Donovan Clingan, announced they’ll be returning to school next year which opens up two spots in the 1st round.

Updated pick variance chart added for April. Easy to see that there’s lots of disagreement after the top 10 guys.

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After some highly entertaining March Madness action on the men’s and women’s sides, UCONN and LSU were crowned champions for 2023. And now that we’re officially into April’s pre-draft season a batch of new mock drafts have been released to compare and analyze including picks from Kevin O’Connor/The Ringer, Jonathan Wasserman/Bleacher Report, Tankathon and Ricky O’Donnell/SB Nation.

Some notable movement across these mocks, including Taylor Hendricks moving up to #6 and Cason Wallace at #9 for Wasserman; Kyle Filipowski at #13 and Dereck Lively at #15 for KOC; and Dariq Whitehead moving up to #10 for O’Donnell. Jalen Hood-Schifino has come back down to earth across the board in the 16-22 range, and for the first time we’re seeing Donovan Clingan from the champion Huskies make an appearance in the 1st round, going as high as #19 for KOC. Also worth noting that talk of Brandon Miller at #2 has cooled completely after a sub-par tourney run with an injured groin.

Other great draft content to check out:

The Box and One YouTube channel – just released his Mock Draft 2.2 on 4/4

Game Theory podcast – 4/4 episode: Final 4 Recap

No Ceilings NBA – YouTube channel and podcast

There will be more mock drafts added this month, so make sure to check back for updates and follow me at @hoopsdistillery on Twitter for update notifications. Also, if I’m missing any mock drafts that you feel belong alongside the ‘All-NBA level’ draft analysts I currently include, leave a comment or DM me on Twitter.

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

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Pick	High	Low	Variance
Dariq Whitehead	10	28	18
Bilal Coulibaly	12	30	18
Brice Sensabaugh	12	27	15
GG Jackson	15	29	14
Jordan Hawkins	11	24	13
Kris Murray	17	29	12
Colby Jones	19	30	11
Maxwell Lewis	20	30	10
Noah Clowney	16	25	9
Rayan Rupert	13	21	8
Leonard Miller	20	28	8
Kobe Bufkin	14	22	8
Dereck Lively	15	23	8
Jalen Hood-Schifino	15	22	7
Cason Wallace	8	14	6
Gradey Dick	6	12	6
Ausar Thompson	5	10	5
Nick Smith	11	16	5
Cam Whitmore	7	12	5
Anthony Black	7	11	4
Jett Howard	13	17	4
Taylor Hendricks	6	10	4
Keyonte George	11	14	3
Brandon Miller	2	4	2
Scoot Henderson	2	3	1
Amen Thompson	3	4	1
Jarace Walker	5	6	1
Victor Wembanyama	1	1	0

References:

ESPN/Draft Express [Jonathan Givony and Jeremy Woo]

SB Nation [Ricky O’Donnell]

Tankathon

The Ringer [Kevin O’Connor]

Bleacher Report [Jonathan Wasserman]

Search #mockdraftcomp on Twitter for all past Tweets

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Tankathon Draft Power Rankings – see full power rankings

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Potential Movement of Draft Order (via Jonathan Givony/ESPN-Draft Express)

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3/28 update: Two new mock drafts added today–2nd update this month from Kevin O’Connor/The Ringer, as well as Sam Vecenie/The Athletic. KOC has moved up Taylor Hendricks to #8 pick to the Wizards, while Vecenie has him going at #9 to the Magic. Other notable picks include KOC with Noah Clowney going #14 to the Lakers, and Vecenie with Jordan Hawkins going #12 to OKC and Dereck Lively going #14 to the Lakers.

I also re-updated the pick variance chart, and as you’ll see, variance for many prospects increased with opinions shifting from the start to the end of the month.

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3/17 update: Updated mock drafts this week from Tankathon, Ricky O’Donnell/SB Nation, and Jonathan Wasserman/Bleacher Report. I also added my updated mock draft to the mix, with both Thompson twins going to the Magic (we all know John Hammond wants this!). Wasserman has Taylor Hendricks all the way up at #10 and Kobe Bufkin at #14 in his updated mock. Lots of buzz this week about Brandon Miller overtaking Scoot for the #2 pick, but Scoot is still at #2 across the board. Interestingly, O’Donnell has Amen Thompson going #3 and Brandon Miller #4 (similar to Kalbrosky’s mock). Time to let all of this marinate while watching another great day of March Madness from 12 to 12. Oddly, across the four new mocks, only Wasserman has Kobe Bufkin in the 1st round, up at #14 to Toronto.

I also added our pick variance chart for March. Pretty easy to see that there is a decent amount of consensus across our mock drafts for the guys who will go in the lottery, but lots of disagreement about who goes where in the 15 to 30 range. Jett Howard is mocked to go anywhere from 12 to 28, while Jalen Hood-Schifino has a wide range from 12 to 27.

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March has arrived, and with it, a new batch of mock drafts to compare and analyze including picks from Jonathan Givony/ESPN-Draft Express, Kevin O’Connor/The Ringer, Jonathan Wasserman/Bleacher Report, and Bryan Kalbrosky/USA Today. With the college season, OTE and G League winding down, there’s been quite a bit of movement. Jalen Hood-Schifino is now considered a late lottery pick across the board after playing some very impressive games as part of a late season run for Indiana. Sidy Cissoko and Leonard Miller are also gaining a bit of momentum, moving into the 20’s on a few of these new mocks. Meanwhile, Maxwell Lewis and Terquavion Smith have dropped to the mid-to-late 20’s for most, with some uninspiring play as of late. Also notable, Wasserman and Givony seem to be cooling on GG Jackson, who they now have in the 20’s.

There have been some really entertaining draft discussions on podcasts over the past couple of weeks including:

The Ringer NBA Draft Show – 3/8 episode: Top-10 NBA Mock Draft

The Box and One podcast/YouTube channel – 3/6 : Mock Draft 2.0

Game Theory podcast – 3/9 episode: NBA Draft comparison battles

Locked On NBA Big Board – 3/7 episode: Does the Ja Morant situation impact how teams will evaluate prospects and their friends?

Also, don’t miss these great pieces:

Tyler Rucker/No Ceilings: “It’s Overthinking Season“

Jonathan Wasserman/Bleacher Report: Biggest Red Flags for Projected 2023 NBA Draft Lottery Picks

There will be more mock drafts added this month, so make sure to check back for updates and follow me at @hoopsdistillery on Twitter for update notifications. Also, if I’m missing any mock drafts that you feel belong alongside the ‘All-NBA level’ draft analysts I currently include, leave a comment or DM me on Twitter.

	The Athletic (3/28)		The Ringer (3/23)		SB Nation (3/16)		Hoops Distillery (3/14)		Tankathon (3/15)		B/R (3/15)		ESPN (3/9)		The Ringer (3/9)		USA Today (3/6)		B/R (3/1)
1. DET	Victor Wembanyama	1. POR	Victor Wembanyama	1. SAS	Victor Wembanyama	1. DET	Victor Wembanyama	1. DET	Victor Wembanyama	1. DET	Victor Wembanyama	1. DET	Victor Wembanyama	1. SAS	Victor Wembanyama	1. HOU	Victor Wembanyama	1. HOU	Victor Wembanyama
2. HOU	Scoot Henderson	2. IND	Brandon Miller	2. ORL	Scoot Henderson	2. HOU	Scoot Henderson	2. HOU	Scoot Henderson	2. HOU	Scoot Henderson	2. HOU	Scoot Henderson	2. CHI	Scoot Henderson	2. DET	Scoot Henderson	2. SAS	Scoot Henderson
3. SAS	Brandon Miller	3. HOU	Scoot Henderson	3. CHA	Amen Thompson	3. SAS	Brandon Miller	3. SAS	Brandon Miller	3. SAS	Brandon Miller	3. SAS	Brandon Miller	3. DET	Brandon Miller	3. SAS	Amen Thompson	3. DET	Amen Thompson
4. CHA	Amen Thompson	4. SAS	Amen Thompson	4. POR	Brandon Miller	4. CHA	Jarace Walker	4. CHA	Amen Thompson	4. CHA	Amen Thompson	4. CHA	Amen Thompson	4. WAS	Amen Thompson	4. CHA	Brandon Miller	4. CHA	Brandon Miller
5. ORL	Cam Whitmore	5. DET	Cam Whitmore	5. DET	Cam Whitmore	5. ORL	Amen Thompson	5. ORL	Ausar Thompson	5. ORL	Jarace Walker	5. ORL	Ausar Thompson	5. HOU	Jarace Walker	5. ORL	Cam Whitmore	5. ORL	Jarace Walker
6. WAS	Ausar Thompson	6. CHA	Jarace Walker	6. HOU	Ausar Thompson	6. POR	Gradey Dick	6. POR	Jarace Walker	6. IND	Ausar Thompson	6. IND	Jarace Walker	6. CHA	Ausar Thompson	6. IND	Ausar Thompson	6. IND	Nick Smith
7. POR	Anthony Black	7. ORL	Ausar Thompson	7. IND	Jarace Walker	7. ORL	Ausar Thompson	7. IND	Cam Whitmore	7. WAS	Cam Whitmore	7. UTA	Nick Smith	7. ORL	Keyonte George	7. OKC	Anthony Black	7. ORL	Gradey Dick
8. IND	Jarace Walker	8. WAS	Taylor Hendricks	8. WAS	Nick Smith	8. IND	Anthony Black	8. ORL	Gradey Dick	8. POR	Gradey Dick	8. OKC	Cam Whitmore	8. IND	Cam Whitmore	8. ORL	Nick Smith	8. OKC	Cam Whitmore
9. ORL	Taylor Hendricks	9. ORL	Gradey Dick	9. ORL	Gradey Dick	9. WAS	Cam Whitmore	9. WAS	Nick Smith	9. ORL	Nick Smith	9. ORL	Keyonte George	9. UTA	Anthony Black	9. POR	Jarace Walker	9. WAS	Ausar Thompson
10. TOR	Cason Wallace	10. TOR	Nick Smith	10. TOR	Cason Wallace	10. NOP	Cason Wallace	10. NOP	Anthony Black	10. TOR	Taylor Hendricks	10. POR	Anthony Black	10. NOP	Gradey Dick	10. WAS	Keyonte George	10. POR	Anthony Black
11. UTA	Gradey Dick	11. UTA	Keyonte George	11. UTA	Keyonte George	11. UTA	Nick Smith	11. UTA	Keyonte George	11. UTA	Anthony Black	11. WAS	Gradey Dick	11. POR	Cason Wallace	11. NOP	Cason Wallace	11. NOP	Taylor Hendricks
12. OKC	Jordan Hawkins	12. NOP	Anthony Black	12. NOP	Jett Howard	12. OKC	Rayan Rupert	12. TOR	Brice Sensabaugh	12. LAL	Keyonte George	12. NOP	Jalen Hood-Schifino	12. OKC	Nick Smith	12. UTA	Gradey Dick	12. TOR	Keyonte George
13. NOP	Jalen Hood-Schifino	13. NYK	Cason Wallace	13. LAL	Anthony Black	13. LAL	Keyonte George	13. LAL	Taylor Hendricks	13. NOP	Cason Wallace	13. LAL	Cason Wallace	13. TOR	Jalen Hood-Schifino	13. LAL	Brice Sensabaugh	13. LAL	Cason Wallace
14. LAL	Dereck Lively	14. LAL	Noah Clowney	14. OKC	Rayan Rupert	14. TOR	Taylor Hendricks	14. OKC	Cason Wallace	14. OKC	Kobe Bufkin	14. ATL	Taylor Hendricks	14. LAL	Taylor Hendricks	14. TOR	GG Jackson	14. UTA	Jalen Hood-Schifino
15. NYK	Keyonte George	15. ATL	Jett Howard	15. NYK	Maxwell Lewis	15. ATL	Brice Sensabaugh	15. ATL	Jett Howard	15. NYK	Jett Howard	15. TOR	Jett Howard	15. ATL	Kris Murray	15. ATL	Jalen Hood-Schifino	15. UTA	Jett Howard
16. ATL	Nick Smith	16. UTA	Jalen Hood-Schifino	16. ATL	Taylor Hendricks	16. UTA	Jett Howard	16. UTA	Jalen Hood-Schifino	16. ATL	Kris Murray	16. UTA	Rayan Rupert	16. UTA	GG Jackson	16. UTA	Jordan Hawkins	16. GSW	Kris Murray
17. UTA	Leonard Miller	17. OKC	Brice Sensabaugh	17. UTA	Kyle Filipowski	17. NYK	Kris Murray	17. NYK	Kris Murray	17. UTA	Kyle Filipowski	17. MIA	Kyle Filipowski	17. HOU	Jett Howard	17. NYK	Taylor Hendricks	17. ATL	Brice Sensabaugh
18. GSW	Kyle Filipowski	18. GSW	Rayan Rupert	18. GSW	Dariq Whitehead	18. GSW	Kobe Bufkin	18. GSW	Dereck Lively	18. GSW	Colby Jones	18. GSW	Brice Sensabaugh	18. GSW	Dereck Lively	18. HOU	Leonard Miller	18. NYK	Dariq Whitehead
19. HOU	Brice Sensabaugh	19. HOU	Dereck Lively	19. HOU	Kris Murray	19. HOU	Dereck Lively	19. HOU	Rayan Rupert	19. HOU	Rayan Rupert	19. NYK	Kris Murray	19. NYK	Jordan Hawkins	19. GSW	Colby Jones	19. HOU	Rayan Rupert
20. BKN	Kris Murray	20. BKN	Jordan Hawkins	20. MIA	Brice Sensabaugh	20. MIA	Dariq Whitehead	20. MIA	Jordan Hawkins	20. MIA	Brice Sensabaugh	20. HOU	Dereck Lively	20. MIA	Rayan Rupert	20. MIA	Dereck Lively	20. MIA	Brandin Podziemski
21. BKN	Kobe Bufkin	21. MIA	Kyle Filipowski	21. BKN	GG Jackson	21. BKN	Jalen Hood-Schifino	21. BKN	Kyle Filipowski	21. BKN	GG Jackson	21. BKN	Kobe Bufkin	21. BKN	Kyle Filipowski	21. BKN	Kris Murray	21. BKN	GG Jackson
22. MIA	Dariq Whitehead	22. BKN	GG Jackson	22. POR	Kel'el Ware	22. BKN	GG Jackson	22. BKN	GG Jackson	22. POR	Dariq Whitehead	22. BKN	Leonard Miller	22. BKN	Sidy Cissoko	22. BKN	Terquavion Smith	22. POR	Kobe Bufkin
23. POR	Rayan Rupert	23. POR	Colby Jones	23. BKN	Colby Jones	23. POR	Noah Clowney	23. POR	Maxwell Lewis	23. BKN	Jalen Hood-Schifino	23. SAC	Jordan Hawkins	23. POR	James Nnaji	23. POR	DaRon Holmes	23. BKN	Jordan Hawkins
24. SAC	Jett Howard	24. SAC	Kris Murray	24. SAC	Noah Clowney	24. MEM	Sidy Cissoko	24. MEM	Colby Jones	24. MEM	Dereck Lively	24. MEM	Maxwell Lewis	24. MEM	Brice Sensabaugh	24. SAC	Maxwell Lewis	24. SAC	Bilal Coulibaly
25. MEM	Noah Clowney	25. IND	Maxwell Lewis	25. MEM	Leonard Miller	25. SAC	Colby Jones	25. SAC	Terquavion Smith	25. SAC	Brandin Podziemski	25. POR	James Nnaji	25. SAC	Maxwell Lewis	25. IND	Brandin Podziemski	25. IND	Maxwell Lewis
26. IND	GG Jackson	26. MEM	Sidy Cissoko	26. IND	Terquavion Smith	26. IND	Kyle Filipowski	26. IND	Leonard Miller	26. IND	Trayce Jackson Davis	26. IND	Colby Jones	26. IND	Dariq Whitehead	26. MEM	Sidy Cissoko	26. MEM	Julian Strawther
27. CHA	Julian Strawther	27. CHA	Dariq Whitehead	27. UTA	Jalen Hood-Schifino	27. CHA	Maxwell Lewis	27. CHA	Dariq Whitehead	27. CHA	Maxwell Lewis	27. UTA	GG Jackson	27. UTA	Colby Jones	27. UTA	Marcus Sasser	27. UTA	Ricky Council
28. UTA	Maxwell Lewis	28. UTA	Leonard Miller	28. CHA	Kobe Bufkin	28. UTA	Julian Phillips	28. UTA	Bilal Coulibaly	28. UTA	Noah Clowney	28. IND	Noah Clowney	28. IND	Julian Phillips	28. CHA	Jett Howard	28. CHA	Kyle Filipowski
29. IND	Colby Jones	29. IND	Julian Phillips	29. IND	Dereck Lively	29. IND	Jordan Hawkins	29. IND	Marcus Sasser	29. IND	Bilal Coulibaly	29. CHA	Dariq Whitehead	29. CHA	Terquavion Smith	29. LAC	Julian Strawther	29. LAC	Dereck Lively
30. LAC	Marcus Sasser	30. LAC	Jaime Jaquez	30. LAC	Terrence Shannon	30. LAC	Leonard Miller	30. LAC	James Nnaji	30. LAC	Julian Strawther	30. LAC	Trayce Jackson-Davis	30. LAC	Trayce Jackson-Davis	30. IND	Jaime Jaquez	30. IND	Terquavion Smith

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Pick	High	Low	Variance
Jordan Hawkins	12	29	17
Jett Howard	12	28	16
Dereck Lively	14	29	15
Jalen Hood-Schifino	12	27	15
Kobe Bufkin	14	28	14
Noah Clowney	14	28	14
Leonard Miller	17	30	13
Brice Sensabaugh	12	24	12
GG Jackson	14	26	12
Maxwell Lewis	15	27	12
Colby Jones	18	29	11
Dariq Whitehead	18	29	11
Rayan Rupert	12	23	11
Kris Murray	15	24	9
Kyle Filipowski	17	26	9
Nick Smith	7	16	9
Taylor Hendricks	8	17	9
Keyonte George	7	15	8
Terquavion Smith	22	29	7
Anthony Black	7	13	6
Gradey Dick	6	12	6
Jarace Walker	4	9	5
Cam Whitmore	5	9	4
Cason Wallace	10	14	4
Ausar Thompson	5	7	3
Amen Thompson	3	5	2
Brandon Miller	2	4	2
Scoot Henderson	2	2	0
Victor Wembanyama	1	1	0

References:

The Athletic [Sam Vecenie]

SB Nation [Ricky O’Donnell]

Tankathon

The Ringer [Kevin O’Connor] – 3/9 and 3/23

USA Today [Bryan Kalbrosky]

ESPN/Draft Express [Jonathan Givony]

Bleacher Report [Jonathan Wasserman] – 3/1

Bleacher Report [Jonathan Wasserman] – 3/15

Search #mockdraftcomp on Twitter for all past Tweets

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2/16 update: I knew more mock drafts were coming, but not this soon! Tankathon updated his picks just hours after I posted this #mockdraftcomp and then Sam Vecenie/The Athletic released his today. Vecenie has Jalen Hood-Schifino way up at #15 and Kobe Bufkin at #28. He also has Terquavion Smith dropping way down to the bottom of the 1st round and Nick Smith moving down to the late lottery. Lots to think about and analyze, as always To make that analysis a bit easier, I updated the pick variance chart. Not surprisingly, there’s high variance across the mid-lottery guys whose value differ greatly across mocks.

Sending good vibes and all of our support to Jeremy Woo who got laid off by Sports Illustrated yesterday, along with a bunch of other awesome writers (even one of my fav’s, Howard Beck!). All I can say is…it’s THEIR loss! We’ll be looking forward to Jeremy landing somewhere good soon, so he can pick up where he left off with his all-star level draft analysis.

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The February mock drafts are here and so far, we have picks from Jonathan Givony/ESPN-Draft Express and two from Jonathan Wasserman/Bleacher Report who seems to be updating his mock every two weeks. Plus, I added our Hoops Distillery updated mock draft. Little to no fluctuation in production for Wemby or Scoot this month. Jarace Walker is moving up the boards after a run of great games proving his great versatility, and Brandon Miller seems to be solidly in the 3 to 5 range after Alabama’s run to #1 in the country. Meanwhile, Nick Smith was back in action this week for Arkansas, and Dereck Lively came back onto draft radars after a stellar performance against UNC.

Shout out to Tankathon‘s ‘box ‘Prospect Game Logs‘ page. If you haven’t checked this out, it’s a great tool, for those of us who are tight on time. What becomes a bit frustrating with the ESPN.com box scores is that it can be sorted it by either top 25 or by conference, but as teams move in and out of the top 25 it’s easy to miss a game or two.

Also, I highly recommend this post from @deanondraft called The Downside of Upside if you’re looking for some good food for thought as we approach the heart of draft season. Reading this immediately made me think of Gradey Dick, who most have going in the 10-15 range. Due to his size, basketball IQ and elite shooting he has a very high floor, but as @deanondraft points out, that does not mean he doesn’t also have a high ceiling. Based on this, would any of us really be surprised if he ends up the 3-5th best player in this draft over guys like Nick Smith, Cam Whitmore, or the Thompson twins? They all have less size, less production, less definable skills than Dick, but still have the perception of having higher ceilings based on more elite athleticism.

There will be more mock drafts posted in the coming weeks, so make sure to check back for updates and follow me at @hoopsdistillery on Twitter for update notifications. Also, if I’m missing any mock drafts that you feel belong alongside the ‘All-NBA level’ draft analysts I currently include, leave a comment or DM me on Twitter.

	The Athletic (2/16)		Tankathon (2/15)		B/R (2/14)		Hoops Distillery (2/12)		ESPN (2/4)		B/R (2/1)
1. HOU	Victor Wembanyama	1. HOU	Victor Wembanyama	1. HOU	Victor Wembanyama	1. HOU	Victor Wembanyama	1. HOU	Victor Wembanyama	1. HOU	Victor Wembanyama
2. DET	Scoot Henderson	2. SAS	Scoot Henderson	2. SAS	Scoot Henderson	2. SAS	Scoot Henderson	2. DET	Scoot Henderson	2. DET	Scoot Henderson
3. SAS	Brandon Miller	3. DET	Brandon Miller	3. CHA	Amen Thompson	3. DET	Amen Thompson	3. SAS	Amen Thompson	3. CHA	Amen Thompson
4. CHA	Amen Thompson	4. CHA	Amen Thompson	4. DET	Jarace Walker	4. CHA	Gradey Dick	4. CHA	Brandon Miller	4. SAS	Ausar Thompson
5. ORL	Jarace Walker	5. ORL	Ausar Thompson	5. ORL	Brandon Miller	5. ORL	Nick Smith	5. ORL	Ausar Thompson	5. ORL	Cam Whitmore
6. IND	Cam Whitmore	6. IND	Jarace Walker	6. IND	Gradey Dick	6. IND	Brandon Miller	6. OKC	Nick Smith	6. TOR	Brandon Miller
7. WAS	Anthony Black	7. ORL	Nick Smith	7. NOP	Cam Whitmore	7. NOP	Jarace Walker	7. IND	Jarace Walker	7. NOP	Nick Smith
8. NOP	Ausar Thompson	8. NOP	Keyonte George	8. ORL	Nick Smith	8. ORL	Anthony Black	8. ORL	Keyonte George	8. IND	Jarace Walker
9. TOR	Keyonte George	9. WAS	Cam Whitmore	9. TOR	Keyonte George	9. WAS	Cason Wallace	9. TOR	Cam Whitmore	9. ORL	Keyonte George
10. OKC	Gradey Dick	10. TOR	Gradey Dick	10. WAS	Ausar Thompson	10. TOR	Keyonte George	10. WAS	Anthony Black	10. WAS	Gradey Dick
11. ORL	Cason Wallace	11. POR	Anthony Black	11. POR	Taylor Hendricks	11. OKC	Cam Whitmore	11. NOP	Gradey Dick	11. POR	Jett Howard
12. POR	Nick Smith	12. UTA	Cason Wallace	12. UTA	Cason Wallace	12. POR	Ausar Thompson	12. LAL	Cason Wallace	12. OKC	GG Jackson
13. UTA	Rayan Rupert	13. OKC	Brice Sensabaugh	13. OKC	Anthony Black	13. UTA	Jett Howard	13. POR	Kyle Filipowski	13. UTA	Cason Wallace
14. LAL	Jalen Hood-Schifino	14. GSW	Dariq Whitehead	14. GSW	Jett Howard	14. GSW	Taylor Hendricks	14. UTA	Jett Howard	14. PHX	Brice Sensabaugh
15. ATL	Jett Howard	15. ATL	Jett Howard	15. UTA	GG Jackson	15. ATL	Rayan Rupert	15. UTA	Brice Sensabaugh	15. ATL	Taylor Hendricks
16. UTA	Kris Murray	16. LAL	Kris Murray	16. LAL	Brice Sensabaugh	16. UTA	Kyle Filipowski	16. NYK	Rayan Rupert	16. LAL	Maxwell Lewis
17. GSW	Brice Sensabaugh	17. NYK	Kyle Filipowski	17. ATL	Kris Murray	17. LAL	Kris Murray	17. ATL	Maxwell Lewis	17. NYK	Anthony Black
18. NYK	Jordan Hawkins	18. UTA	Rayan Rupert	18. HOU	Jalen Hood-Schifino	18. NYK	Brice Sensabaugh	18. NYK	Kris Murray	18. GSW	Kris Murray
19. POR	Taylor Hendricks	19. HOU	Terquavion Smith	19. NYK	Jordan Hawkins	19. HOU	Maxwell Lewis	19. GSW	Taylor Hendricks	19. UTA	Kyle Filipowski
20. BKN	Maxwell Lewis	20. MIA	GG Jackson	20. POR	Dariq Whitehead	20. POR	Dariq Whitehead	20. PHX	Jalen Hood-Schifino	20. LAC	Jordan Hawkins
21. LAC	Dariq Whitehead	21. BKN	Kel'el Ware	21. BKN	Maxwell Lewis	21. BKN	GG Jackson	21. MIA	Dariq Whitehead	21. NYK	Kel'el Ware
22. MIA	GG Jackson	22. POR	Taylor Hendricks	22. MIA	Rayan Rupert	22. MIA	Terquavion Smith	22. SAC	Colby Jones	22. MIA	Terquavion Smith
23. SAC	Colby Jones	23. SAC	Dereck Lively	23. SAC	Ricky Council	23. SAC	Dereck Lively	23. LAC	James Nnaji	23. SAC	Dariq Whitehead
24. IND	Julian Phillips	24. BKN	Noah Clowney	24. BKN	Terquavion Smith	24. BKN	Colby Jones	24. IND	GG Jackson	24. IND	Noah Clowney
25. MEM	James Nnaji	25. MEM	Maxwell Lewis	25. MEM	Colby Jones	25. MEM	Kel'el Ware	25. BKN	Leonard Miller	25. BKN	Jalen Hood-Schifino
26. IND	Dereck Lively	26. IND	Colby Jones	26. IND	Bilal Coulibaly	26. IND	Jordan Hawkins	26. HOU	Jordan Hawkins	26. MEM	Colby Jones
27. BKN	Kyle Filipowski	27. UTA	Leonard Miller	27. UTA	Kyle Filipowski	27. UTA	Noah Clowney	27. MEM	Dereck Lively	27. HOU	Rayan Rupert
28. HOU	Kobe Bufkin	28. CHA	Jalen Hood-Schifino	28. CHA	Noah Clowney	28. CHA	Jalen Hood-Schifino	28. UTA	Terquavion Smith	28. UTA	Marcus Sasser
29. LAC	Leonard Miller	29. LAC	Marcus Sasser	29. LAC	Marcus Sasser	29. LAC	Leonard Miller	29. CHA	Dillon Mitchell	29. CHA	Leonard Miller
30. IND	Terquavion Smith	30. IND	Bilal Coulibaly	30. IND	Kel'el Ware	30. IND	Julian Phillips	30. IND	Kel'el Ware	30. IND	Jalen Wilson

Pick Variance	High	Low	Variance
Kyle Filipowski	13	27	14
Rayan Rupert	13	27	14
Jalen Hood-Schifino	14	28	14
Taylor Hendricks	11	22	11
Terquavion Smith	19	30	11
Anthony Black	7	17	10
GG Jackson	12	24	10
Maxwell Lewis	16	25	9
Kel'el Ware	21	30	9
Dariq Whitehead	14	23	9
Ausar Thompson	4	12	8
Nick Smith	5	12	7
Gradey Dick	4	11	7
Cam Whitmore	5	11	6
Brice Sensabaugh	13	18	5
Cason Wallace	9	13	4
Jarace Walker	4	8	4
Jett Howard	11	15	4
Noah Clowney	24	28	4
Colby Jones	22	26	4
Leonard Miller	25	29	4
Brandon Miller	3	6	3
Keyonte George	8	10	2
Kris Murray	16	18	2
Amen Thompson	3	4	1
Victor Wembanyama	1	1	0
Scoot Henderson	2	2	0

References:

Tankathon

The Athletic [Sam Vecenie]

ESPN/Draft Express [Jonathan Givony]

Bleacher Report [Jonathan Wasserman] – February 1st

Bleacher Report [Jonathan Wasserman] – February 14th

Search #mockdraftcomp on Twitter for all past Tweets

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1/19 update: Three new mock drafts added today: 1st 2023 mock draft from Ricky O’Donnell/SB Nation, two week update from Jonathan Wasserman/Bleacher Report, and the launch of the 2023 Ringer draft guide from Kevin O’Connor/The Ringer. I also added the first pick variation chart for the 2023 draft so we can start to see the expected draft range for the top picks. As is typical at this time of year, there’s a high variance for the 27 top prospects I included — 8.7 currently! In contrast to some of the other mock drafts, the three I added today, all have Kel’el Ware going mid-first round and two of three have Noah Clowney in that range too. Also of note is that O’Donnell seems to agreeanalyst to agree with Jeremy Woo and Sam Vecenie about Keyonte George going late lottery. Also, lots of disagreement about where Anthony Black should be picked across the board.

1/16 update: New 2-round mock draft from Tankathon–1st round picks added here. He has Brandon Miller going at #3 to the Pistons, the Thompson twins back-to-back at #4 and #5, and Brice Sensabaugh all the way up at #14 to the Hawks.

1/13 update: I’ve added fresh 1st round picks for Sam Vecenie/The Athletic and Jeremy Woo/Sports Illustrated. Both have Nick Smith dropping to the #9 spot due to his current injury issues and lack of opportunity to showcase his skills. Woo has some very interesting picks that differ from the rest of the pack including Anthony Black going at #3 to Houston, Amen Thompson dropping to #6 for Charlotte, Keyonte George dropping to #16 with the Clippers, and Rayan Rupert jumping him at #13 to the Jazz. Also, I slightly updated my own mock draft, as I totally forgot to include GG Jackson in my original version.

1/8 update: New 1st round picks added for Bryan Kalbrosky/USA Today and Jonathan Wasserman/Bleacher Report, as well as our first mock draft of 2023! Jett Howard and Maxwell Lewis now firmly entrenched in the top half of the 1st round, Colby Jones in the middle of the 1st round, and Ricky Council towards the end of the 1st round.

It’s time to break away from the highly erratic early season mock drafts as team records are starting to settle out a bit, giving us a better feel for which teams will be in the lottery. So far this month, we have three new mock drafts to compare, including Jonathan Givony/ESPN-Draft Express, Jonathan Wasserman/Bleacher Report, and Tankathon. After some impressive games in the non-conference play, some new names have popped into the first round across the board, including Ohio State’s Brice Sensabaugh, Alabama’s Noah Clowney, UCF’s Taylor Hendricks, and Pepperdine’s Maxwell Lewis. The biggest riser of all appears to be Michigan’s Jett Howard, who Wasserman and Givony have going at #10 (Tankathon has at #15). Stay tuned for more mock drafts to be added in the next couple of weeks!

There will be more mock drafts posted in the coming weeks, so make sure to check back for updates and follow me at @hoopsdistillery on Twitter for update notifications. Also, if I’m missing any mock drafts that you feel belong alongside the ‘All-NBA level’ draft analysts I currently include, leave a comment or DM me on Twitter.

	The Ringer (1/19)		SB Nation (1/19)		B/R (1/18)		Tankathon (1/14)		SI (1/12)		The Athletic (1/12)		Hoops Distillery (1/8)		USA Today (1/7)
1. HOU	Victor Wembanyama	1. TOR	Victor Wembanyama	1. HOU	Victor Wembanyama	1. HOU	Victor Wembanyama	1. TOR	Victor Wembanyama	1. HOU	Victor Wembanyama	1. HOU	Victor Wembanyama	1. DET	Victor Wembanyama
2. DET	Scoot Henderson	2. CHA	Scoot Henderson	2. CHA	Scoot Henderson	2. CHA	Scoot Henderson	2. SAS	Scoot Henderson	2. DET	Scoot Henderson	2. DET	Amen Thompson	2. HOU	Scoot Henderson
3. CHA	Brandon Miller	3. DET	Cam Whitmore	3. DET	Amen Thompson	3. DET	Brandon Miller	3. HOU	Anthony Black	3. SAS	Amen Thompson	3. CHA	Scoot Henderson	3. SAS	Amen Thompson
4. SAS	Amen Thompson	4. SAS	Amen Thompson	4. SAS	Ausar Thompson	4. SAS	Amen Thompson	4. ORL	Brandon Miller	4. CHA	Cam Whitmore	4. SAS	Cam Whitmore	4. CHA	Keyonte George
5. ORL	Keyonte George	5. HOU	Ausar Thompson	5. ORL	Nick Smith	5. ORL	Ausar Thompson	5. DET	Jarace Walker	5. ORL	Brandon Miller	5. ORL	Nick Smith	5. ORL	Ausar Thompson
6. WAS	Ausar Thompson	6. ORL	Brandon Miller	6. WAS	Cam Whitmore	6. WAS	Nick Smith	6. CHA	Amen Thompson	6. TOR	Ausar Thompson	6. TOR	Cason Wallace	6. OKC	Cam Whitmore
7. TOR	Nick Smith	7. WAS	Nick Smith	7. TOR	Brandon Miller	7. NOP	Cam Whitmore	7. WAS	Cam Whitmore	7. WAS	Cason Wallace	7. WAS	Ausar Thompson	7. NOP	Cason Wallace
8. NOP	Cam Whitmore	8. ORL	Cason Wallace	8. NOP	Jarace Walker	8. TOR	Keyonte George	8. OKC	Ausar Thompson	8. OKC	Jarace Walker	8. OKC	Anthony Black	8. ORL	Anthony Black
9. ORL	Anthony Black	9. NOP	Jett Howard	9. ORL	Keyonte George	9. ORL	Gradey Dick	9. ORL	Nick Smith	9. NOP	Nick Smith	9. ATL	Jett Howard	9. UTA	Brandon Miller
10. PHX	Cason Wallace	10. PHX	Jarace Walker	10. OKC	Jett Howard	10. PHX	Cason Wallace	10. NOP	Cason Wallace	10. ORL	Dariq Whitehead	10. UTA	Keyonte George	10. ATL	Jett Howard
11. POR	Jarace Walker	11. OKC	Maxwell Lewis	11. PHX	GG Jackson	11. OKC	Jarace Walker	11. POR	GG Jackson	11. ATL	Anthony Black	11. ORL	Gradey Dick	11. WAS	Nick Smith
12. UTA	GG Jackson	12. POR	Keyonte George	12. UTA	Maxwell Lewis	12. UTA	Jett Howard	12. ATL	Gradey Dick	12. UTA	Keyonte George	12. NOP	Jarace Walker	12. TOR	GG Jackson
13. OKC	Jett Howard	13. UTA	Dariq Whitehead	13. POR	Gradey Dick	13. POR	Anthony Black	13. UTA	Rayan Rupert	13. UTA	Gradey Dick	13. UTA	Brandon Miller	13. UTA	Gradey Dick
14. IND	Maxwell Lewis	14. ATL	Kel'el Ware	14. ATL	Noah Clowney	14. ATL	Brice Sensabaugh	14. UTA	Maxwell Lewis	14. POR	Brice Sensabaugh	14. GSW	Jett Howard	14. POR	Jarace Walker
15. LAC	Kel'el Ware	15. UTA	Anthony Black	15. GSW	Cason Wallace	15. GSW	Kyle Filipowski	15. GSW	Taylor Hendricks	15. LAC	GG Jackson	15. PHX	Terquavion Smith	15. IND	Brice Sensabaugh
16. GSW	Gradey Dick	16. GSW	Gradey Dick	16. UTA	Brice Sensabaugh	16. UTA	Dariq Whitehead	16. PHX	Keyonte George	16. PHX	Jett Howard	16. CHI	GG Jackson	16. SAC	Kris Murray
17. UTA	Dariq Whitehead	17. IND	Brice Sensabaugh	17. LAC	Anthony Black	17. LAC	Kel'el Ware	17. LAC	Dariq Whitehead	17. MIA	Rayan Rupert	17. LAC	Kyle Filipowski	17. LAC	Maxwell Lewis
18. ATL	Taylor Hendricks	18. LAC	Kris Murray	18. IND	Kel'el Ware	18. IND	Terquavion Smith	18. MIA	Jett Howard	18. GSW	Kris Murray	18. MIA	Dariq Whitehead	18. NYK	Kyle Filipowski
19. NYK	Brice Sensabaugh	19. NYK	GG Jackson	19. NYK	Terquavion Smith	19. NYK	Kris Murray	19. NYK	Noah Clowney	19. SAC	Mawell Lewis	19. SAC	Colby Jones	19. MIA	Dariq Whitehead
20. NYK	Noah Clowney	20. MIA	Taylor Hendricks	20. MIA	Taylor Hendricks	20. MIA	GG Jackson	20. SAC	Leonard Miller	20. IND	Taylor Hendricks	20. IND	Maxwell Lewis	20. GSW	Taylor Hendricks
21. MIA	Kyle Filipowski	21. NYK	Kyle Filipowski	21. NYK	Dariq Whitehead	21. NYK	Maxwell Lewis	21. NYK	Brice Sensabaugh	21. NYK	Baba Miller	21. NYK	Taylor Hendricks	21. PHX	Terquavion Smith
22. LAL	Terquavion Smith	22. SAC	Terquavion Smith	22. SAC	Kris Murray	22. SAC	Rayan Rupert	22. IND	Kyle Filipowski	22. NYK	Jordan Hawkins	22. NYK	Kris Murray	22. NYK	Colby Jones
23. SAC	Baba Miller	23. LAL	DaRon Holmes	23. LAL	Jordan Hawkins	23. LAL	Taylor Hendricks	23. LAL	Kris Murray	23. BKN	Colby Jones	23. LAL	Kel'el Ware	23. HOU	Leonard Miller
24. IND	Kris Murray	24. IND	Rayan Rupert	24. IND	Rayan Rupert	24. IND	Dillon Mitchell	24. IND	Kel'el Ware	24. LAL	Terquavion Smith	24. BKN	Brice Sensabaugh	24. LAL	Jordan Hawkins
25. BKN	Dereck Lively	25. BKN	Leonard Miller	25. HOU	Jalen Hood-Schifino	25. HOU	Colby Jones	25. BKN	Mark Mitchell	25. IND	Marcus Sasser	25. IND	Dillon Mitchell	25. CHA	Noah Clowney
26. UTA	Rayan Rupert	26. HOU	Emoni Bates	26. BKN	Kyle Filipowski	26. BKN	Dereck Lively	26. HOU	Dereck Lively	26. HOU	Kel'el Ware	26. HOU	Noah Clowney	26. BKN	Marcus Sasser
27. HOU	Jordan Hawkins	27. UTA	Jordan Walsh	27. UTA	Marcus Sasser	27. UTA	Marcus Sasser	27. UTA	Marcus Sasser	27. MEM	Leonard Miller	27. MEM	Coleman Hawkins	27. IND	DaRon Holmes
28. MEM	DaRon Holmes	28. CHA	Ricky Council	28. MEM	Colby Jones	28. MEM	Noah Clowney	28. CHA	Colby Jones	28. UTA	Terrence Shannon	28. UTA	Rayan Rupert	28. UTA	Rayan Rupert
29. CHA	Jaime Jaquez	29. MEM	Marcus Sasser	29. CHA	Leonard Miller	29. CHA	Terrence Shannon	29. MEM	Jaime Jaquez	29. CHA	Kyle Filipowski	29. CHA	Marcus Sasser	29. MEM	Coleman Hawkins
30. IND	Julian Phillips	30. IND	Coleman Hawkins	30. IND	Tristan Vukcevic	30. IND	Coleman Hawkins	30. IND	Dillon Mitchell	30. IND	DaRon Holmes	30. IND	DaRon Holmes	30. IND	Kel'el Ware

Pick Variance	High	Low	Variance
Scoot Henderson	2	2	0
Victor Wembanyama	1	1	0
Amen Thompson	2	6	4
Ausar Thompson	4	8	4
Marcus Sasser	25	29	4
Cam Whitmore	3	8	5
Nick Smith	5	11	6
Gradey Dick	9	16	7
Kris Murray	16	24	8
Taylor Hendricks	15	23	8
Cason Wallace	6	15	9
Colby Jones	19	28	9
GG Jackson	11	20	9
Jarace Walker	5	14	9
Jett Howard	9	18	9
Leonard Miller	20	29	9
Terquavion Smith	15	24	9
Brandon Miller	3	13	10
Brice Sensabaugh	14	24	10
Maxwell Lewis	11	21	10
Dariq Whitehead	10	21	11
Keyonte George	4	16	12
Anthony Black	3	17	14
Kyle Filipowski	15	29	14
Noah Clowney	14	28	14
Rayan Rupert	13	28	15
Kel'el Ware	14	30	16

References:

The Ringer [Kevin O’Connor]

SB Nation [Ricky O’Donnell)

The Athletic [Sam Vecenie]

Sports Illustrated [Jeremy Woo}

ESPN/Draft Express [Jonathan Givony] – removed from the chart since it was from December

Bleacher Report [Jonathan Wasserman] – 1/8

Bleacher Report [Jonathan Wasserman] – 1/19

USA Today/Bryan Kalbrosky

Tankathon

Search #mockdraftcomp on Twitter for all past Tweets

Potential Movement of Draft Order (via Jonathan Givony/ESPN-Draft Express)

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