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3/7 update: Fresh update with pick released in the last week from Tankathon.com and Jonathan Wasserman/Bleacher Report. Shaedon Sharpe included in both of these and Malaki Branham entering the 1st round conversation.
2/24 update: New picks added from Jonathan Givony/ESPN-Draft Express. EJ Liddell and Ousmane Dieng are both in his top 20, while Jeremy Sochan and Patrick Baldwin are in the 25-30 range.
With March Madness on the horizon, some very interesting mock drafts were released last week from Jonathan Wasserman/Bleacher Report, Sam Vecenie/The Athletic, and Chad Ford/NBA Big Board, and not surprisingly, there’s been a lot of movement. While Vecenie is refraining from adding Shaedon Sharpe until he confirms he’ll enter the draft, the others have him going in the 5-7 range. AJ Griffin has moved up to a consensus top 6 pick, TyTy Washington, a consensus top 10 pick, and Walker Kessler has solidified his position in the first round.
Also notable, are the changes tides with Duke’s prospects over the last month: Mark Williams has moved up into the mid-to-late first range, while his fellow teammates Wendell Moore and Trevor Keels are not even picked to go in the 1st round on two of these three mock drafts. Same goes for Kennedy Chandler, who analysts have cooled on quite on a bit.
In case you missed my last #mockdraftcomp, I’ve added a new sortable chart showing the pick variance for the top prospects across the mock drafts, to save everyone a bit of time.
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. 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.
| B/R (3/2) | Tankathon (2/27) | ESPN (2/23) | NBA Big Board (2/17) | The Athletic (2/16) |
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| 1. ORL | Jabari Smith | 1. ORL | Chet Holmgren | 1. DET | Chet Holmgren | 1. DET | Jabari Smith | 1. DET | Chet Holmgren |
| 2. DET | Chet Holmgren | 2. HOU | Jabari Smith | 2. ORL | Jabari Smith | 2. ORL | Jaden Ivey | 2. ORL | Jabari Smith |
| 3. HOU | Paolo Banchero | 3. DET | Paolo Banchero | 3. HOU | Paolo Banchero | 3. HOU | Chet Holmgren | 3. HOU | Jaden Ivey |
| 4. OKC | Jaden Ivey | 4. OKC | Jaden Ivey | 4. IND | Jaden Ivey | 4. OKC | Paolo Banchero | 4. OKC | Paolo Banchero |
| 5. IND | Keegan Murray | 5. IND | AJ Griffin | 5. SAC | AJ Griffin | 5. IND | Shaedon Sharpe | 5. IND | AJ Griffin |
| 6. SAC | AJ Griffin | 6. SAC | Shaedon Sharpe | 6. OKC | Jalen Duren | 6. SAC | AJ Griffin | 6. SAC | Keegan Murray |
| 7. SAS | Johnny Davis | 7. SAS | Keegan Murray | 7. NYK | Johnny Davis | 7. SAS | Kendall Brown | 7. SAS | Johnny Davis |
| 8. NYK | Shaedon Sharpe | 8. POR | Johnny Davis | 8. SAS | Shaedon Sharpe | 8. POR | Jalen Duren | 8. POR | Jalen Duren |
| 9. POR | Jalen Duren | 9. NYK | TyTy Washington | 9. POR | Keegan Murray | 9. NYK | Johnny Davis | 9. POR | Bennedict Mathurin |
| 10. POR | Bennedict Mathurin | 10. POR | Tari Eason | 10. POR | TyTy Washington | 10. WAS | TyTy Washington | 10. NYK | TyTy Washington |
| 11. MEM | Tari Eason | 11. MEM | Bennedict Mathurin | 11. WAS | Bennedict Mathurin | 11. POR | Jaden Hardy | 11. WAS | Dyson Daniels |
| 12. WAS | Ochai Agbaji | 12. WAS | Jalen Duren | 12. MEM | Dyson Daniels | 12. MEM | Keegan Murray | 12. MEM | Ochai Agbaji |
| 13. CHA | MarJon Beauchamp | 13. ATL | Kendall Brown | 13. CHA | Ochai Agbaji | 13. CHA | Walker Kessler | 13. ATL | Kendall Brown |
| 14. ATL | TyTy Washington | 14. HOU | Dyson Daniels | 14. ATL | EJ Liddell | 14. ATL | Bennedict Mathurin | 14. CHA | Tari Eason |
| 15. OKC | Blake Wesley | 15. CHA | MarJon Beauchamp | 15. HOU | MarJon Beauchamp | 15. OKC | Mark Williams | 15. OKC | Mark Williams |
| 16. HOU | Kendall Brown | 16. OKC | Jeremy Sochan | 16. OKC | Tari Eason | 16. HOU | Blake Wesley | 16. HOU | MarJon Beauchamp |
| 17. MIN | Jeremy Sochan | 17. SAS | Ochai Agbaji | 17. MIN | Kendall Brown | 17. MIN | Jeremy Sochan | 17. MIN | Patrick Baldwin |
| 18. SAS | Walker Kessler | 18. MIN | Nikola Jovic | 18. SAS | Walker Kessler | 18. SAS | Tari Eason | 18. DEN | Walker Kessler |
| 19. SAS | Christian Braun | 19. IND | Walker Kessler | 19. IND | Ousmane Dieng | 19. DAL | Patrick Baldwin | 19. SAS | Jeremy Sochan |
| 20. IND | Mark Williams | 20. SAS | Mark Williams | 20. BKN | Jean Montero | 20. IND | Peyton Watson | 20. SAS | Jaden Hardy |
| 21. DAL | EJ Liddell | 21. DEN | Jean Montero | 21. SAS | Nikola Jovic | 21. CHI | Ismael Kamagate | 21. DAL | Harrison Ingram |
| 22. DEN | Nikola Jovic | 22. CHI | Patrick Baldwin | 22. DAL | Jaden Hardy | 22. DEN | MarJon Beauchamp | 22. BKN | Nikola Jovic |
| 23. MIL | Dyson Daniels | 23. DAL | Jaden Hardy | 23. MIL | Mark Williams | 23. SAS | Orlando Robinson | 23. IND | Blake Wesley |
| 24. BKN | Patrick Baldwin | 24. MIL | Wendell Moore | 24. CHI | Trevor Keels | 24. BKN | Nikola Jovic | 24. MIL | Jean Montero |
| 25. CHI | Bryce McGowens | 25. BKN | EJ Liddell | 25. DEN | Patrick Baldwin | 25. MIL | Ochai Agbaji | 25. MEM | Christian Koloko |
| 26. MEM | Jean Montero | 26. MEM | Kennedy Chandler | 26. MEM | Justin Lewis | 26. MEM | Dyson Daniels | 26. CHI | Trevor Keels |
| 27. MIA | Jaden Hardy | 27. MIA | Christian Braun | 27. MIA | JD Davison | 27. MIA | Jean Montero | 27. MIA | EJ Liddell |
| 28. MEM | Malaki Branham | 28. MEM | Ismael Kamagate | 28. GSW | Kennedy Chandler | 28. MEM | Yannik Nzosa | 28. MEM | Kennedy Chandler |
| 29. GSW | JD Davison | 29. GSW | Harrison Ingram | 29. MEM | Jeremy Sochan | 29. GSW | JD Davison | 29. GSW | Justin Lewis |
| 30. OKC | Trevor Keels | 30. OKC | Christian Koloko | 30. OKC | Blake Wesley | 30. OKC | Ousmane Dieng | 30. OKC | Caleb Houstan |
| High | Low | Variance | |
|---|---|---|---|
| TyTy Washington | 10 | 10 | 0 |
| AJ Griffin | 5 | 6 | 1 |
| Jabari Smith | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Paolo Banchero | 3 | 4 | 1 |
| Chet Holmgren | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| Jaden Ivey | 2 | 4 | 2 |
| JD Davison | 27 | 29 | 2 |
| Shaedon Sharpe | 5 | 8 | 3 |
| Johnny Davis | 5 | 9 | 4 |
| Bennedict Mathurin | 9 | 14 | 5 |
| Jalen Duren | 6 | 12 | 6 |
| Jean Montero | 20 | 27 | 7 |
| Keegan Murray | 5 | 12 | 7 |
| Nikola Jovic | 18 | 25 | 7 |
| Tari Eason | 11 | 18 | 7 |
| Mark Williams | 15 | 23 | 8 |
| Walker Kessler | 13 | 21 | 8 |
| Kendall Brown | 7 | 17 | 10 |
| MarJon Beauchamp | 11 | 22 | 11 |
| Jeremy Sochan | 17 | 29 | 12 |
| Patrick Baldwin | 13 | 25 | 12 |
| EJ Liddell | 14 | 27 | 13 |
| Ochai Agbaji | 12 | 25 | 13 |
| Blake Wesley | 16 | 30 | 14 |
| Dyson Daniels | 11 | 26 | 15 |
| Jaden Hardy | 11 | 27 | 16 |
References:
ESPN/Draft Express [Jonathan Givony]
NBA Big Board [Chad Ford]
Bleacher Report [Jonathan Wasserman]
The Athletic [Sam Vecenie]
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