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4/9 update: Added new picks from Jonathan Givony/ESPN-Draft Express and Bryan Kalbrosky/USA Today which I had missed on Twitter from late March. Kalbrosky has Malachi Branham at #10 and very interesting 20-30 range which includes Terquavion Smith at #21, while Givony has Ousmane Dieng at #18.
4/2 update: New picks added from Sam Vecenie/The Athletic, who has Mathurin jumping Griffin at #6 (a much safer pick for the Kings), Sochan at #9, and Dyson Daniels and Mark Williams moving into the lottery.
After two weeks of March Madness, the next round of mock drafts have been released and are ready to put head to head. I’ve added 1st round picks from Jonathan Wasserman/Bleacher Report, Kevin O’Connor/The Ringer, Tankathon, Jonathan Givony/ESPN-Draft Express, and Ricky O’Donnell/SB Nation. Keegan Murray seems to have jumped Johnny Davis. Jeremy Sochan and Tari Eason are now lottery picks across the board, while TyTy Washington and Kendall Brown have moved down a bit. Also, Kennedy Chandler has reappeared as a consensus first round pick after Tennessee’s tourney run, and Mark Williams has jumped Walker Kessler on some mocks, thanks to his impressive play for Duke.
In case you missed previous #mockdraftcomp’s, 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. The results are becoming even more interesting as we compare month over month and see that there is agreement forming across draft analysts on the top 10 picks.
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.
| ESPN (4/6) | The Athletic (4/1) | Tankathon (3/27) | USA Today (3/24) | The Ringer (3/24) | B/R (3/16) | SB Nation (3/16) |
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| 1. HOU | Chet Holmgren | 1. HOU | Jabari Smith | 1. ORL | Chet Holmgren | 1. HOU | Chet Holmgren | 1. HOU | Chet Holmgren | 1. HOU | Jabari Smith | 1. HOU | Paolo Banchero |
| 2. ORL | Jabari Smith | 2. ORL | Chet Holmgren | 2. HOU | Jabari Smith | 2. ORL | Jabari Smith | 2. DET | Jabari Smith | 2. ORL | Chet Holmgren | 2. ORL | Chet Holmgren |
| 3. DET | Paolo Banchero | 3. DET | Paolo Banchero | 3. DET | Paolo Banchero | 3. DET | Paolo Banchero | 3. ORL | Jaden Ivey | 3. DET | Paolo Banchero | 3. DET | Jabari Smith |
| 4. OKC | Jaden Ivey | 4. OKC | Jaden Ivey | 4. OKC | Jaden Ivey | 4. OKC | Jaden Ivey | 4. OKC | Paolo Banchero | 4. OKC | Jaden Ivey | 4. OKC | Jalen Duren |
| 5. IND | Keegan Murray | 5. IND | Keegan Murray | 5. IND | Keegan Murray | 5. IND | Bennedict Mathurin | 5. SAC | AJ Griffin | 5. IND | Keegan Murray | 5. IND | Jaden Ivey |
| 6. POR | Shaedon Sharpe | 6. SAC | Bennedict Mathurin | 6. SAC | AJ Griffin | 6. SAC | Keegan Murray | 6. IND | Keegan Murray | 6. SAC | Shaedon Sharpe | 6. SAC | AJ Griffin |
| 7. SAC | Johnny Davis | 7. POR | AJ Griffin | 7. POR | Shaedon Sharpe | 7. POR | AJ Griffin | 7. POR | Jalen Duren | 7. SAS | AJ Griffin | 7. SAS | Keegan Murray |
| 8. NOP | AJ Griffin | 8. SAS | Jalen Duren | 8. SAS | Bennedict Mathurin | 8. SAS | Johnny Davis | 8. SAS | Shaedon Sharpe | 8. POR | Johnny Davis | 8. POR | Johnny Davis |
| 9. SAS | Jalen Duren | 9. WAS | Jeremy Sochan | 9. POR | Tari Eason | 9. POR | Shaedon Sharpe | 9. NYK | Bennedict Mathurin | 9. NYK | TyTy Washington | 9. POR | Tari Eason |
| 10. WAS | Dyson Daniels | 10. NOP | Johnny Davis | 10. NOP | Johnny Davis | 10. WAS | Malaki Branham | 10. POR | Jeremy Sochan | 10. POR | Jalen Duren | 10. NYK | Bennedict Mathurin |
| 11. POR | Mark Williams | 11. POR | Dyson Daniels | 11. WAS | Jalen Duren | 11. MEM | Jeremy Sochan | 11. WAS | Johnny Davis | 11. MEM | Bennedict Mathurin | 11. MEM | Jeremy Sochan |
| 12. NYK | Bennedict Mathurin | 12. NYK | Mark Williams | 12. NYK | TyTy Washington | 12. NYK | Jalen Duren | 12. MEM | Tari Eason | 12. WAS | Tari Eason | 12. WAS | Kennedy Chandler |
| 13. CHA | Jeremy Sochan | 13. ATL | Ochai Agbaji | 13. ATL | Dyson Daniels | 13. ATL | Tari Eason | 13. ATL | Ochai Agbaji | 13. CHA | Jeremy Sochan | 13. CHA | TyTy Washington |
| 14. HOU | TyTy Washington | 14. CHA | Tari Eason | 14. CHA | Jeremy Sochan | 14. CHA | Mark Williams | 14. CHA | Walker Kessler | 14. ATL | Ochai Agbaji | 14. ATL | Kendall Brown |
| 15. OKC | Tari Eason | 15. OKC | TyTy Washington | 15. OKC | Mark Williams | 15. OKC | Dyson Daniels | 15. OKC | Dyson Daniels | 15. OKC | MarJon Beauchamp | 15. OKC | Patrick Baldwin |
| 16. ATL | Ochai Agbaji | 16. HOU | Malaki Branham | 16. HOU | Ochai Agbaji | 16. HOU | TyTy Washington | 16. HOU | TyTy Washington | 16. HOU | Kennedy Chandler | 16. HOU | Ochai Agbaji |
| 17. IND | Malaki Branham | 17. IND | MarJon Beauchamp | 17. IND | Malaki Branham | 17. SAS | Nikola Jovic | 17. SAS | Blake Wesley | 17. SAS | Kendall Brown | 17. SAS | Jaden Hardy |
| 18. CHI | Ousmane Dieng | 18. SAS | Kennedy Chandler | 18. SAS | Kendall Brown | 18. MIN | EJ Liddell | 18. IND | Malaki Branham | 18. MIN | Blake Wesley | 18. MIN | Blake Wesley |
| 19. MIN | Kennedy Chandler | 19. MIN | Jaden Hardy | 19. MIN | EJ Liddell | 19. IND | Blake Wesley | 19. MIN | Kendall Brown | 19. IND | Malaki Branham | 19. IND | MarJon Beauchamp |
| 20. SAS | Blake Wesley | 20. CHI | Bryce McGowens | 20. CHI | Walker Kessler | 20. CHI | Kennedy Chandler | 20. CHI | EJ Liddell | 20. SAS | Patrick Baldwin | 20. SAS | Nikola Jovic |
| 21. MEM | MarJon Beauchamp | 21. DEN | Kendall Brown | 21. DEN | MarJon Beauchamp | 21. DEN | Terquavion Smith | 21. DEN | Mark Williams | 21. DEN | Mark Williams | 21. DEN | Dyson Daniels |
| 22. DEN | EJ Liddell | 22. MEM | Ousmane Dieng | 22. MEM | Nikola Jovic | 22. MEM | MarJon Beauchamp | 22. DAL | Christian Koloko | 22. CHI | EJ Liddell | 22. CHI | Mark Williams |
| 23. MIL | Walker Kessler | 23. DAL | EJ Liddell | 23. DAL | Wendell Moore | 23. DAL | Ismael Kamagate | 23. SAS | Nikola Jovic | 23. BKN | Dyson Daniels | 23. BKN | Caleb Houstan |
| 24. BKN | Nikola Jovic | 24. SAS | Nikola Jovic | 24. MIL | Patrick Baldwin | 24. SAS | Tyrese Hunter | 24. BKN | MarJon Beauchamp | 24. MEM | Christian Braun | 24. MEM | Walker Kessler |
| 25. SAS | Kendall Brown | 25. MIL | Blake Wesley | 25. SAS | Kennedy Chandler | 25. MIL | Walker Kessler | 25. MEM | Jaden Hardy | 25. DAL | Nikola Jovic | 25. DAL | Malaki Branham |
| 26. DAL | Trevor Keels | 26. BKN | Walker Kessler | 26. MIA | Christian Braun | 26. BKN | Ochai Agbaji | 26. MIL | Jean Montero | 26. MIL | Walker Kessler | 26. MIL | EJ Liddell |
| 27. GSW | Jaden Hardy | 27. MIA | Patrick Baldwin | 27. BKN | Jaden Hardy | 27. MIA | Jaylin Williams | 27. GSW | Wendell Moore | 27. MIA | Jean Montero | 27. MIA | Max Christie |
| 28. MIA | Christian Braun | 28. GSW | Wendell Moore | 28. GSW | Blake Wesley | 28. GSW | Wendell Moore | 28. MIA | Patrick Baldwin | 28. GSW | Bryce McGowens | 28. GSW | Jean Montero |
| 29. MEM | Bryce McGowens | 29. MEM | Christian Koloko | 29. MEM | Christian Koloko | 29. MEM | David Roddy | 29. MEM | Christian Braun | 29. MEM | Jaden Hardy | 29. MEM | Harrison Ingram |
| 30. OKC | Patrick Baldwin | 30. OKC | Jean Montero | 30. OKC | Jean Montero | 30. OKC | Christian Koloko | 30. OKC | David Roddy | 30. OKC | Christian Koloko | 30. OKC | Bryce McGowens |
| High | Low | Variance | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chet Holmgren | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Jabari Smith | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| Jaden Ivey | 3 | 5 | 2 |
| Keegan Murray | 5 | 7 | 2 |
| Paolo Banchero | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| AJ Griffin | 5 | 8 | 3 |
| Johnny Davis | 8 | 11 | 3 |
| Shaedon Sharpe | 6 | 9 | 3 |
| Jean Montero | 26 | 30 | 4 |
| Jeremy Sochan | 9 | 14 | 5 |
| Bennedict Mathurin | 6 | 12 | 6 |
| Tari Eason | 9 | 15 | 7 |
| TyTy Washington | 9 | 16 | 7 |
| EJ Liddell | 18 | 26 | 8 |
| Jalen Duren | 4 | 12 | 8 |
| Nikola Jovic | 17 | 25 | 8 |
| MarJon Beauchamp | 15 | 24 | 9 |
| Blake Wesley | 17 | 28 | 11 |
| Kendall Brown | 14 | 25 | 11 |
| Mark Williams | 11 | 22 | 11 |
| Jaden Hardy | 17 | 29 | 12 |
| Walker Kessler | 14 | 26 | 12 |
| Dyson Daniels | 10 | 23 | 13 |
| Kennedy Chandler | 12 | 25 | 13 |
| Ochai Agbaji | 12 | 26 | 14 |
| Patrick Baldwin | 15 | 30 | 15 |
| Malaki Branham | 10 | 25 | 15 |
References:
USA Today [Bryan Kalbrosky]
The Athletic [Sam Vecenie]
ESPN/Draft Express [Jonathan Givony]
The Ringer [Kevin O’Connor]
Bleacher Report [Jonathan Wasserman]
SB Nation [Ricky O’Donnell]
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