[NBA Draft]: 2022 Mock Draft Comparison, April

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Post March Madness + NBA playoff time = early entry commitments and the start of pre-draft workouts. And with that, we have new 1st round picks to compare from Jeremy Woo/Sports Illustrated, Jonathan Wasserman/Bleacher Report, Jonathan Givony/ESPN-Draft Express, and Rafael Barlowe/NBA Big Board.

The top four that has been in place for a few months has now become a top five with Keegan Murray going to Indiana at #5 across all of these mocks. Shaedon Sharpe who has now officially declared for the draft is firmly in the #6 to #8 range. Dyson Daniels seems to be making a move up some mocks, as does Malaki Branham, while draft analysts are cooling a bit on AJ Griffin and TyTy Washington. There’s lots of pick variance on Ousmane Dieng and Nikola Jovic, as everyone continues to watch tape and compare them to domestic prospects. It also feels like Patrick Baldwin and Jaden Hardy could quickly jump back into the #15-20 range, as they still both have very high (perceived) ceilings even after highly disappointing seasons.

I wanted to send a special shout out to Chad Ford, who retired this month and passed the reigns over to Rafael at NBA Big Board. Chad’s draft wisdom, enthusiasm, and intel will be sorely missed moving forward. He’s been a true inspiration to so many draft analysts and draft enthusiasts and we’ll always be indebted to all of his hard work.

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. And remember, if you ever want to look back to see what the picks looked like a month ago or 6 months ago, you can always find them here.

If I’m missing any mocks that you feel belong alongside the ‘All-NBA level’ draft analysts I currently include, leave a comment or DM me on Twitter.

	ESPN (4/25)		SI (4/24)		B/R (4/16)		NBA Big Board (4/13)
1. HOU	Chet Holmgren	1. HOU	Jabari Smith	1. HOU	Jabari Smith	1. HOU	Paolo Banchero
2. ORL	Jabari Smith	2. ORL	Paolo Banchero	2. ORL	Paolo Banchero	2. ORL	Jabari Smith
3. DET	Paolo Banchero	3. DET	Chet Holmgren	3. DET	Chet Holmgren	3. DET	Jaden Ivey
4. OKC	Jaden Ivey	4. OKC	Jaden Ivey	4. OKC	Jaden Ivey	4. OKC	Chet Holmgren
5. IND	Keegan Murray	5. IND	Keegan Murray	5. IND	Keegan Murray	5. IND	Keegan Murray
6. POR	Shaedon Sharpe	6. POR	Shaedon Sharpe	6. POR	AJ Griffin	6. POR	Bennedict Mathurin
7. SAC	Johnny Davis	7. SAC	Bennedict Mathurin	7. SAC	Shaedon Sharpe	7. SAC	AJ Griffin
8. NOP	AJ Griffin	8. NOP	Dyson Daniels	8. NOP	Bennedict Mathurin	8. NOP	Shaedon Sharpe
9. SAS	Jalen Duren	9. SAS	Johnny Davis	9. SAS	Johnny Davis	9. SAS	Jalen Duren
10. WAS	Dyson Daniels	10. WAS	AJ Griffin	10. WAS	Malaki Branham	10. WAS	Johnny Davis
11. NYK	Bennedict Mathurin	11. POR	Jeremy Sochan	11. NYK	TyTy Washington	11. POR	Tari Eason
12. OKC	Ousmane Dieng	12. NYK	Jalen Duren	12. OKC	Jalen Duren	12. NYK	TyTy Washington
13. CHA	Mark Williams	13. CHA	Mark Williams	13. CHA	Mark Williams	13. ATL	Dyson Daniels
14. CLE	Ochai Agbaji	14. CLE	Ochai Agbaji	14. CLE	Ochai Agbaji	14. CHA	Mark Williams
15. CHA	Jeremy Sochan	15. OKC	Malaki Branham	15. CHA	Jeremy Sochan	15. OKC	Nikola Jovic
16. ATL	Malaki Branham	16. HOU	Kendall Brown	16. ATL	Nikola Jovic	16. IND	Jeremy Sochan
17. HOU	TyTy Washington	17. IND	Walker Kessler	17. HOU	Kennedy Chandler	17. HOU	Kennedy Chandler
18. CHI	Tari Eason	18. MIN	Jaden Hardy	18. MIN	Tari Eason	18. MIN	Kendall Brown
19. MIN	Nikola Jovic	19. CHI	EJ Liddell	19. CHI	Blake Wesley	19. CHI	Ismael Kamagate
20. SAS	Kennedy Chandler	20. SAS	Wendell Moore	20. DEN	Ousmane Dieng	20. DEN	MarJon Beauchamp
21. DEN	MarJon Beauchamp	21. DEN	Tari Eason	21. SAS	MarJon Beauchamp	21. SAS	Ochai Agbaji
22. MEM	Blake Wesley	22. MEM	TyTy Washington	22. MEM	Kendall Brown	22. MEM	Terquavion Smith
23. BKN	Walker Kessler	23. BKN	Blake Wesley	23. MIL	Dyson Daniels	23. MIL	Christian Braun
24. MIL	EJ Liddell	24. SAS	Patrick Baldwin	24. SAS	EJ Liddell	24. SAS	EJ Liddell
25. SAS	Kendall Brown	25. MIL	Trevor Keels	25. BKN	Patrick Baldwin	25. BKN	Malaki Branham
26. DAL	Jaden Hardy	26. DAL	MarJon Beauchamp	26. DAL	Jean Montero	26. DAL	Jaden Hardy
27. MIA	Trevor Keels	27. GSW	Bryce McGowens	27. MIA	Christian Braun	27. MIA	Christian Koloko
28. GSW	Christian Braun	28. MIA	Josh Minott	28. GSW	Wendell Moore	28. GSW	Jean Montero
29. MEM	Bryce McGowens	29. MEM	Nikola Jovic	29. MEM	Walker Kessler	29. MEM	Ryan Rollins
30. OKC	Jean Montero	30. OKC	Christian Koloko	30. OKC	Jaden Hardy	30. OKC	Ousmane Dieng

	High	Low	Variance
Keegan Murray	5	5	0
Jabari Smith	1	2	1
Jaden Ivey	3	4	1
Mark Williams	13	14	1
Paolo Banchero	1	3	2
Shaedon Sharpe	6	8	2
Chet Holmgren	1	4	3
Johnny Davis	7	10	3
Jalen Duren	9	12	3
Kennedy Chandler	17	20	3
AJ Griffin	6	10	4
Blake Wesley	19	23	4
Jean Montero	26	30	4
Bennedict Mathurin	6	11	5
Jeremy Sochan	11	16	5
EJ Liddell	19	24	5
MarJon Beauchamp	20	26	6
Ochai Agbaji	14	21	7
Kendall Brown	16	25	9
Tari Eason	11	21	10
TyTy Washington	11	22	11
Walker Kessler	17	29	12
Jaden Hardy	18	30	12
Nikola Jovic	15	29	14
Dyson Daniels	8	23	15
Malaki Branham	10	25	15
Ousmane Dieng	11	30	19

References:

ESPN/Draft Express [Jonathan Givony]

Sports Illustrated [Jeremy Woo]

Bleacher Report [Jonathan Wasserman]

NBA Big Board [Rafael Barlowe]

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