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Draft season is now in full session, as we have the official order of picks from the beloved NBA Draft Lottery. And with that, a full round of new mock drafts from the best of the best, including Kevin O’Connor/The Ringer, Jeremy Woo/Sports Illustrated, Jonathan Wasserman/Bleacher Report, Jonathan Givony/ESPN-Draft Express, Sam Vecenie/The Athletic and Bryan Kalbrosky/USA Today, Ricky O’Donnell/SB Nation, and Tankathon.
All of these picks were made prior to the NBA Draft Combine this week, so I would suspect that updated versions will be out this week or next, with guys like Terquavion Smith and Jalen Williams solidly in the first round after their impressive performances.
The biggest mover this month was Ousmane Dieng, who went from the 18 to 30 range up to the 12 to 17 range, as draft analysts suspect that he could be this year’s upside homerun swing for teams picking in the middle of the 1st round. Lots of movement in the 18 to 30 range this month too, as Duke starters have made their way back into the late 1st round, with both Wendell Moore and Trevor Keels perceived as high-floor guys. Leonard Miller, Jake LaRavia, and Bryce McGowens are on many mocks as well, while Jean Montero, Ismael Kamagate and Christian Koloko haved moved into the 30 to 40 range.
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 (5/17) | SI (5/17) | B/R (5/18) | The Athletic (5/17) | The Ringer (5/16) | USA Today (5/17) | SB Nation (5/17) | Tankathon (5/17) |
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| 1. ORL | Jabari Smith | Jabari Smith | Jabari Smith | Jabari Smith | Chet Holmgren | Chet Holmgren | Paolo Banchero | Chet Holmgren |
| 2. OKC | Chet Holmgren | Chet Holmgren | Chet Holmgren | Chet Holmgren | Jabari Smith | Jabari Smith | Chet Holmgren | Jabari Smith |
| 3. HOU | Paolo Banchero | Paolo Banchero | Paolo Banchero | Paolo Banchero | Paolo Banchero | Paolo Banchero | Jabari Smith | Paolo Banchero |
| 4. SAC | Keegan Murray | Shaedon Sharpe | Jaden Ivey | Jaden Ivey | Shaedon Sharpe | Shaedon Sharpe | Jaden Ivey | Jaden Ivey |
| 5. DET | Jaden Ivey | Jaden Ivey | Shaedon Sharpe | Shaedon Sharpe | Jaden Ivey | Jaden Ivey | AJ Griffin | Shaedon Sharpe |
| 6. IND | Shaedon Sharpe | Keegan Murray | Keegan Murray | Keegan Murray | Keegan Murray | Keegan Murray | Shaedon Sharpe | Keegan Murray |
| 7. POR | Jalen Duren | Bennedict Mathurin | AJ Griffin | Jeremy Sochan | AJ Griffin | Jalen Duren | Jalen Duren | AJ Griffin |
| 8. NOP | AJ Griffin | Dyson Daniels | Bennedict Mathurin | Bennedict Mathurin | Johnny Davis | Jeremy Sochan | Keegan Murray | Dyson Daniels |
| 9. SAS | Dyson Daniels | Johnny Davis | Jalen Duren | AJ Griffin | Bennedict Mathurin | Johnny Davis | Bennedict Mathurin | Bennedict Mathurin |
| 10. WAS | Johnny Davis | Jalen Duren | Johnny Davis | Dyson Daniels | Jeremy Sochan | TyTy Washington | Johnny Davis | Jeremy Sochan |
| 11. NYK | Bennedict Mathurin | AJ Griffin | Dyson Daniels | Jalen Duren | Jalen Duren | Bennedict Mathurin | Dyson Daniels | Jalen Duren |
| 12. OKC | Ousmane Dieng | Jeremy Sochan | Jeremy Sochan | Ousmane Dieng | Ousmane Dieng | AJ Griffin | Jeremy Sochan | Johnny Davis |
| 13. CHA | Mark Williams | Ochai Agbaji | Mark Williams | Mark Williams | Mark Williams | Dyson Daniels | Tari Eason | Mark Williams |
| 14. CLE | Malaki Branham | Malaki Branham | Malaki Branham | Johnny Davis | Dyson Daniels | Malaki Branham | Malaki Branham | Ousmane Dieng |
| 15. CHA | Ochai Agbaji | Mark Williams | TyTy Washington | Ochai Agbaji | Ochai Agbaji | Ousmane Dieng | Mark Williams | Tari Eason |
| 16. ATL | TyTy Washington | Tari Eason | Tari Eason | Malaki Branham | Tari Eason | Tari Eason | TyTy Washington | Malaki Branham |
| 17. HOU | Tari Eason | Ousmane Dieng | Leonard Miller | TyTy Washington | EJ Liddell | Mark Williams | Ousmane Dieng | Ochai Agbaji |
| 18. CHI | Jeremy Sochan | Patrick Baldwin | Ochai Agbaji | Tari Eason | Malaki Branham | Ochai Agbaji | Patrick Baldwin | Kendall Brown |
| 19. MIN | Nikola Jovic | EJ Liddell | Blake Wesley | Blake Wesley | Blake Wesley | Kennedy Chandler | Kendall Brown | TyTy Washington |
| 20. SAS | Kennedy Chandler | Walker Kessler | Patrick Baldwin | Walker Kessler | Nikola Jovic | Terquavion Smith | Nikola Jovic | Kennedy Chandler |
| 21. DEN | MarJon Beauchamp | Blake Wesley | Ousmane Dieng | Jalen Williams | Bryce McGowens | David Roddy | Ochai Agbaji | Jaden Hardy |
| 22. MEM | Blake Wesley | Kendall Brown | Kennedy Chandler | Bryce McGowens | Walker Kessler | Ryan Rollins | Leonard Miller | Nikola Jovic |
| 23. BKN | Walker Kessler | TyTy Washington | MarJon Beauchamp | Jaden Hardy | TyTy Washington | MarJon Beauchamp | MarJon Beauchamp | Walker Kessler |
| 24. MIL | EJ Liddell | Jaden Hardy | Christian Braun | Terquavion Smith | Kennedy Chandler | Walker Kessler | EJ Liddell | MarJon Beauchamp |
| 25. SAS | Kendall Brown | Wendell Moore | EJ Liddell | Nikola Jovic | Christian Braun | Patrick Baldwin | Kennedy Chandler | Patrick Baldwin |
| 26. DAL | Jaden Hardy | MarJon Beauchamp | Nikola Jovic | MarJon Beauchamp | Jalen Williams | Ismael Kamagate | Jaden Hardy | EJ Liddell |
| 27. MIA | Trevor Keels | Bryce McGowens | Wendell Moore | Bryce McGowens | Jaden Hardy | EJ Liddell | Blake Wesley | Blake Wesley |
| 28. GSW | Christian Braun | Terquavion Smith | Christian Koloko | Jake LaRavia | Christian Koloko | Dalen Terry | Bryce McGowens | Wendell Moore |
| 29. MEM | Bryce McGowens | Max Christie | Ismael Kamagate | Patrick Baldwin | MarJon Beauchamp | Jake LaRavia | Jake LaRavia | Bryce McGowens |
| 30. OKC | Caleb Houstan | Trevor Keels | Terquavion Smith | Kendall Brown | Trevor Keels | Leonard Miller | Jalen Williams | Jake LaRavia |
| High | Low | Variance | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chet Holmgren | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Jaden Ivey | 4 | 5 | 1 |
| Jabari Smith | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| Johnny Davis | 8 | 10 | 2 |
| Paolo Banchero | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| Shaedon Sharpe | 4 | 6 | 2 |
| Bennedict Mathurin | 7 | 11 | 4 |
| Jaden Hardy | 23 | 27 | 4 |
| Jalen Duren | 7 | 11 | 4 |
| Keegan Murray | 4 | 8 | 4 |
| Malaki Branham | 14 | 18 | 4 |
| Mark Williams | 13 | 17 | 4 |
| Walker Kessler | 20 | 24 | 4 |
| Tari Eason | 13 | 18 | 5 |
| Ousmane Dieng | 12 | 17 | 5 |
| Dyson Daniels | 8 | 14 | 6 |
| Kennedy Chandler | 19 | 25 | 6 |
| Nikola Jovic | 19 | 25 | 6 |
| AJ Griffin | 5 | 12 | 7 |
| Blake Wesley | 19 | 27 | 8 |
| Bryce McGowens | 21 | 29 | 8 |
| MarJon Beauchamp | 21 | 29 | 8 |
| Ochai Agbaji | 13 | 21 | 8 |
| Jalen Wiliams | 21 | 30 | 9 |
| EJ Liddell | 17 | 27 | 10 |
| Terquavion Smith | 20 | 30 | 10 |
| Jeremy Sochan | 7 | 18 | 11 |
| Kendall Brown | 19 | 30 | 11 |
| Patrick Baldwin | 18 | 29 | 11 |
| Leonard Miler | 17 | 30 | 13 |
| TyTy Washington | 10 | 23 | 13 |
References:
ESPN/Draft Express [Jonathan Givony]
Sports Illustrated [Jeremy Woo]
Bleacher Report [Jonathan Wasserman]
The Athletic [Sam Vecenie]
SB Nation [Ricky O’Donnell]
The Ringer [Kevin O’Connor]
USA Today [Bryan Kalbrosky]
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