With this week’s 2021 NBA Draft Guide update by Kevin O’Connor at The Ringer, lets take a look at how his Top 30 board compares to recent updates from Jeremy Woo at Sports Illustrated and Jonathan Givony/Mike Schmitz at ESPN/Draft Express (who don’t post an update date on their best players available page, as I’m sure many of you have noticed). Alperen Sengun has been moving up the boards as analysts have dug into the more tape. O’Connor has him at #9, similar to John Hollinger from The Athletic who has him at #7, according to his recent visit with Chad Ford on this week’s NBA Big Board pod. As more big boards are updated, I’ll be adding them to this page, so make sure to check back for updates throughout the month.
| Ringer (5/6) | ESPN (5/?) | SI (4/28) |
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|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cade Cunningham | Cade Cunningham | Cade Cunningham |
| 2 | Evan Mobley | Evan Mobley | Jalen Suggs |
| 3 | Jalen Suggs | Jalen Suggs | Evan Mobley |
| 4 | Jalen Green | Jalen Green | Jalen Green |
| 5 | Jonathan Kuminga | Jonathan Kuminga | Jonathan Kuminga |
| 6 | Keon Johnson | Keon Johnson | Keon Johnson |
| 7 | Davion Mitchell | Jalen Johnson | James Bouknight |
| 8 | Franz Wagner | Davion Mitchell | Jalen Johnson |
| 9 | Alperen Sengun | Franz Wagner | Scottie Barnes |
| 10 | Kai Jones | Scottie Barnes | Kai Jones |
| 11 | Scottie Barnes | Isaiah Jackson | Josh Giddey |
| 12 | Jalen Johnson | Corey Kispert | Corey Kispert |
| 13 | Corey Kispert | Josh Giddey | Franz Wagner |
| 14 | Josh Giddey | Alperen Sengun | Moses Moody |
| 15 | Tre Mann | Usman Garuba | Usman Garuba |
| 16 | Moses Moody | Cameron Thomas | Davion Mitchell |
| 17 | Ziaire Williams | Kai Jones | Alperen Sengun |
| 18 | Cameron Thomas | Tre Mann | Jared Butler |
| 19 | Sharife Cooper | Sharife Cooper | Tre Mann |
| 20 | Chris Duarte | James Bouknight | Joel Ayayi |
| 21 | James Bouknight | Moses Moody | Chris Duarte |
| 22 | Jaden Springer | Ayo Dosunmu | Ziaire Williams |
| 23 | Jared Butler | Jared Butler | Jaden Springer |
| 24 | Isaiah Jackson | Ziaire Williams | Day'Ron Sharpe |
| 25 | Ayo Dosunmu | Chris Duarte | Roko Prkacin |
| 26 | Jeremiah Robinson-Earl | Charles Bassey | Isaiah Jackson |
| 27 | Usman Garuba | Marcus Bagley | Cameron Thomas |
| 28 | Greg Brown | Jaden Springer | Greg Brown |
| 29 | Day'Ron Sharpe | Greg Brown | Marcus Bagley |
| 30 | Rokas Jokubaitis | Max Abmas | Sharife Cooper |
References:
The Ringer [Kevin O’Connor]
Sports Illustrated [Jeremy Woo]
ESPN/Draft Express [Jonathan Givony/Mike Schmitz]
The Athletic [John Hollinger] – international scouting article with great intel on Sengun, Garuba, Giddey and others
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