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4/29 update: New mocks added for Jonathan Wasserman (Bleacher Report) and the No Ceilings crew. Egor Demin and Carter Bryant going in the top 10 for No Ceilings. And Wass ran a Tankathon sim for his pick order with Flagg going to Charlotte at #1 and Jeremiah Fears at #5 to Washington.
What a great March Madness run–hope everyone enjoyed it! And only two games left for the NBA, with the Wizards, Jazz, and Hornets seemingly locked in to the top three spots, giving each of them 14% chance in the Cooper Flagg lottery. We have a fresh batch of mock drafts from Jonathan Givony and Jeremy Woo (ESPN), Jonathan Wasserman (Bleacher Report), Kevin O’Connor (Yahoo Sports), Tankathon, and your truly.
Interesting to compare the pick variance chart versus last month’s, as we see there’s a lot of agreement about the range for the top seven (and maybe even the top nine): Flagg, Harper, Bailey, Edgecombe, Maluach, Knueppel, Tre Johnson, Queen, and Fears. Meanwhile, Carter Bryant is moving up the charts due to his huge upside as a big wing. Collin Murray-Boyles also seems to have moved up a bit–KOC has him way up at #5.
Looks like Thomas Sorber and Rasheer Fleming have moved down this month, while Boogie Fland and Kam Jones are not even predicted to be first rounders anymore, being replaced by Walter Clayton, after his stellar title run and Nique Clifford. Also, some big time doubts about Liam McNeely–Wass has him at #18 and O’Donnell down has him way down at #27.
Pre-draft workout training is already starting up and it’s interesting to think through who will move up once it gets into May and June in actual pre-draft workouts for teams. My guess is that the fearsome French foursome of Traore, Essengue, Penda and Berringer (along with Hugo Gonzalez and Ben Saraf) would probably all have a good chance to increasing their stock if they could come stateside, but sounds like many of their team’s schedules may not allow it. This is particularly bad for Nolan Traore (in my opinion), who few seem to be thrilled about anymore, but may still be a top seven talent with NBA-spacing.
Keep checking back as I’ll be updating this post throughout the month and/or follow @hoopsdistillery on Twitter for update alerts.
| No Ceilings (4/23) | B/R (4/22) | Tankathon (4/10) | Hoops Distillery (4/10) | B/R (4/8) | SB Nation (4/8) | ESPN (4/8) | Yahoo Sports (4/2) |
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| 1. UTA | Cooper Flagg | 1. CHA | Cooper Flagg | 1. WAS | Cooper Flagg | 1. WAS | Cooper Flagg | 1. UTA | Cooper Flagg | 1. UTA | Cooper Flagg | 1. UTA | Cooper Flagg | 1. UTA | Cooper Flagg |
| 2. WAS | Dylan Harper | 2. PHI | Dylan Harper | 2. UTA | Dylan Harper | 2. UTA | Dylan Harper | 2. WAS | Dylan Harper | 2. WAS | Dylan Harper | 2. WAS | Dylan Harper | 2. WAS | Dylan Harper |
| 3. CHA | Ace Bailey | 3. BKN | VJ Edgecombe | 3. CHA | Ace Bailey | 3. CHA | VJ Edgecombe | 3. CHA | VJ Edgecombe | 3. CHA | VJ Edgecombe | 3. CHA | Ace Bailey | 3. CHA | Ace Bailey |
| 4. NOP | VJ Edgecombe | 4. UTA | Ace Bailey | 4. NOP | VJ Edgecombe | 4. NOP | Ace Bailey | 4. NOP | Ace Bailey | 4. NOP | Ace Bailey | 4. NOP | VJ Edgecombe | 4. NOP | VJ Edgecombe |
| 5. PHI | Derik Queen | 5. WAS | Jeremiah Fears | 5. PHI | Tre Johnson | 5. PHI | Tre Johnson | 5. PHI | Derik Queen | 5. PHI | Tre Johnson | 5. PHI | Tre Johnson | 5. PHI | Collin Murray-Boyles |
| 6. BKN | Khaman Maluach | 6. NOP | Derik Queen | 6. BKN | Kon Knueppel | 6. BKN | Kon Knueppel | 6. BKN | Jeremiah Fears | 6. BKN | Khaman Maluach | 6. BKN | Jeremiah Fears | 6. BKN | Tre Johnson |
| 7. TOR | Egor Demin | 7. TOR | Khaman Maluach | 7. TOR | Khaman Maluach | 7. TOR | Khaman Maluach | 7. TOR | Tre Johnson | 7. TOR | Kon Knueppel | 7. TOR | Khaman Maluach | 7. TOR | Kasparas Jakucionis |
| 8. SAS | Kon Knueppel | 8. SAS | Tre Johnson | 8. SAS | Jeremiah Fears | 8. SAS | Derik Queen | 8. SAS | Kon Knueppel | 8. SAS | Derik Queen | 8. SAS | Kon Knueppel | 8. SAS | Derik Queen |
| 9. HOU | Carter Bryant | 9. POR | Kon Knueppel | 9. HOU | Derik Queen | 9. HOU | Jeremiah Fears | 9. POR | Jase Richardson | 9. POR | Jase Richardson | 9. POR | Kasparas Jakucionis | 9. POR | Kon Knueppel |
| 10. POR | Kasparas Jakucionis | 10. HOU | Asa Newell | 10. POR | Asa Newell | 10. POR | Carter Bryant | 10. HOU | Khaman Maluach | 10. MIA | Jeremiah Fears | 10. HOU | Collin Murray-Boyles | 10. HOU | Khaman Maluach |
| 11. DAL | Tre Johnson | 11. CHI | Jase Richardson | 11. MIA | Kasparas Jakucionis | 11. MIA | Nolan Traore | 11. MIA | Kasparas Jakucionis | 11. HOU | Kasparas Jakucionis | 11. MIA | Derik Queen | 11. MIA | Jeremiah Fears |
| 12. CHI | Collin Murray-Boyles | 12. DAL | Kasparas Jakucionis | 12. CHI | Jase Richardson | 12. CHI | Collin Murray-Boyles | 12. CHI | Collin Murray-Boyles | 12. CHI | Collin Murray-Boyles | 12. CHI | Egor Demin | 12. CHI | Jase Richardson |
| 13. ATL | Asa Newell | 13. ATL | Noa Essengue | 13. DAL | Egor Demin | 13. DAL | Kasparas Jakucionis | 13. DAL | Noa Essengue | 13. ATL | Noa Essengue | 13. DAL | Liam McNeely | 13. DAL | Egor Demin |
| 14. SAS | Danny Wolf | 14. SAS | Collin Murray-Boyles | 14. ATL | Collin Murray-Boyles | 14. ATL | Asa Newell | 14. ATL | Asa Newell | 14. DAL | Asa Newell | 14. ATL | Jase Richardson | 14. ATL | Nique Clifford |
| 15. OKC | Noa Essengue | 15. OKC | Nique Clifford | 15. SAS | Liam McNeely | 15. SAS | Egor Demin | 15. SAS | Egor Demin | 15. SAS | Carter Bryant | 15. SAS | Joan Beringer | 15. SAS | Noa Essengue |
| 16. ORL | Jase Richardson | 16. ORL | Carter Bryant | 16. ORL | Nolan Traore | 16. ORL | Liam McNeely | 16. ORL | Carter Bryant | 16. ORL | Noah Penda | 16. ORL | Will Riley | 16. ORL | Liam McNeely |
| 17. MIN | Nique Clifford | 17. MIN | Egor Demin | 17. MIN | Noa Essengue | 17. MIN | Noa Essengue | 17. MIN | Ben Saraf | 17. MIN | Nique Clifford | 17. MIN | Noa Essengue | 17. MIN | Nolan Traore |
| 18. MIA | Jeremiah Fears | 18. MIA | Liam McNeely | 18. BKN | Thomas Sorber | 18. BKN | Jase Richardson | 18. BKN | Liam McNeely | 18. BKN | Nolan Traore | 18. BKN | Nolan Traore | 18. BKN | Carter Bryant |
| 19. WAS | Rasheer Fleming | 19. WAS | Nolan Traore | 19. UTA | Will Riley | 19. UTA | Thomas Sorber | 19. WAS | Nolan Traore | 19. WAS | Labaron Philon | 19. WAS | Danny Wolf | 19. OKC | Joan Beringer |
| 20. BKN | Ben Saraf | 20. BKN | Ben Saraf | 20. MIA | Rasheer Fleming | 20. MIA | Will Riley | 20. MIA | Nique Clifford | 20. OKC | Thomas Sorber | 20. OKC | Carter Bryant | 20. WAS | Danny Wolf |
| 21. UTA | Nolan Traore | 21. UTA | Danny Wolf | 21. WAS | Ben Saraf | 21. WAS | Ben Saraf | 21. OKC | Danny Wolf | 21. UTA | Egor Demin | 21. ORL | Asa Newell | 21. MIA | Will Riley |
| 22. ATL | Liam McNeely | 22. IND | Thomas Sorber | 22. ORL | Danny Wolf | 22. ORL | Joan Beringer | 22. UTA | Thomas Sorber | 22. IND | Will Riley | 22. UTA | Hugo Gonzalez | 22. UTA | Tahaad Pettiford |
| 23. IND | Adou Thiero | 23. ATL | Will Riley | 23. OKC | Nique Clifford | 23. OKC | Noah Penda | 23. ORL | Will Riley | 23. MIA | Rasheer Fleming | 23. MIA | Ben Saraf | 23. ORL | Walter Clayton |
| 24. ORL | Will Riley | 24. OKC | Noah Penda | 24. IND | Joan Beringer | 24. IND | Hugo Gonzalez | 24. IND | Noah Penda | 24. ORL | Walter Clayton | 24. IND | Thomas Sorber | 24. IND | Asa Newell |
| 25. OKC | Yaxel Lendeborg | 25. ORL | Walter Clayton | 25. ATL | Carter Bryant | 25. ATL | Danny Wolf | 25. ATL | Walter Clayton | 25. ATL | Ben Saraf | 25. ATL | Nique Clifford | 25. ATL | Thomas Sorber |
| 26. BKN | Labaron Philon | 26. BKN | Yaxel Lendeborg | 26. BKN | Walter Clayton | 26. BKN | Labaron Philon | 26. BKN | Yaxel Lendeborg | 26. BKN | Thomas Haugh | 26. BKN | Adou Thiero | 26. BKN | Hugo Gonzalez |
| 27. BKN | Hugo Gonzalez | 27. BKN | Rasheer Fleming | 27. BKN | Noah Penda | 27. BKN | Yaxel Lendeborg | 27. BKN | Rasheer Fleming | 27. BKN | Liam McNeely | 27. BKN | Yaxel Lendeborg | 27. BKN | Ben Saraf |
| 28. BOS | Walter Clayton | 28. BOS | Joan Beringer | 28. BOS | Labaron Philon | 28. BOS | Drake Powell | 28. BOS | JT Toppin | 28. BOS | Danny Wolf | 28. BOS | Walter Clayton | 28. BOS | Maxime Raynaud |
| 29. PHX | Thomas Sorber | 29. PHX | Maxime Raynaud | 29. PHX | Kam Jones | 29. PHX | Rasheer Fleming | 29. PHX | Hugo Gonzalez | 29. PHX | Joan Beringer | 29. PHX | Alex Condon | 29. PHX | Ryan Kalkbrenner |
| 30. LAC | Tahaad Pettiford | 30. LAC | Kam Jones | 30. LAC | Sergio de Larrea | 30. LAC | Nique Clifford | 30. LAC | Kam Jones | 30. LAC | Johni Broome | 30. LAC | Rasheer Fleming | 30. LAC | Rasheer Fleming |
| Sortable Pick Variance Chart | High | Low | Variance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ace Bailey | 3 | 4 | 1 |
| Asa Newell | 10 | 24 | 14 |
| Ben Saraf | 17 | 27 | 10 |
| Carter Bryant | 9 | 25 | 16 |
| Collin Murray-Boyles | 5 | 14 | 9 |
| Cooper Flagg | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Danny Wolf | 14 | 28 | 14 |
| Derik Queen | 5 | 11 | 6 |
| Dylan Harper | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Egor Demin | 10 | 21 | 11 |
| Hugo Gonzalez | 22 | 29 | 7 |
| Jase Richardson | 9 | 18 | 9 |
| Jeremiah Fears | 5 | 18 | 13 |
| Joan Berringer | 15 | 29 | 14 |
| Kasparas Jakucionis | 7 | 13 | 6 |
| Khaman Maluach | 6 | 10 | 4 |
| Kon Knueppel | 6 | 9 | 3 |
| Liam McNeely | 13 | 27 | 14 |
| Nique Clifford | 14 | 30 | 16 |
| Noa Essengue | 13 | 17 | 4 |
| Noah Penda | 16 | 27 | 11 |
| Nolan Traore | 11 | 21 | 10 |
| Rasheer Fleming | 20 | 30 | 10 |
| Thomas Sorber | 18 | 29 | 11 |
| Tre Johnson | 5 | 7 | 2 |
| VJ Edgecombe | 3 | 4 | 1 |
| Will Riley | 16 | 24 | 8 |
| Labaron Philon | 19 | 28 | 9 |
| Walter Clayton | 23 | 28 | 5 |
References:
Bleacher Report [Jonathan Wasserman] – 4/8
Bleacher Report [Jonathan Wasserman] – 4/22
ESPN [Jeremy Woo and Jonathan Givony]
SB Nation [Ricky O’Donnell]
Yahoo Sports [Kevin O’Connor]
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Tankathon Draft Power Rankings:
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