Fresh off a highly entertaining March Madness run, here are updated mock drafts by B/R’s Jonathan Wasserman (on 4/2 and updated again on 4/13), Jeremy Woo at Sports Illustrated, Tankathon, and Jonathan Givony and Mike Schmitz from ESPN/Draft Express. While the consensus top 5 seems locked in, there’s been a decent amount of movement in the back half of the lottery after the strong tourney play from Davion Mitchell and Franz Wagner. And with some uninspiring tourney games by Moses Moody, Keon Johnson and James Bouknight, players like Jalen Johnson and Josh Giddey have moved up a few slots.
| B/R (4/2) | B/R (4/13) | ESPN (4/8) | SI (4/8) | Tankathon (4/8) |
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| 1. MIN | Cade Cunningham | 1. MIN | Cade Cunningham | 1. MIN | Cade Cunningham | 1. MIN | Cade Cunningham | 1. MIN | Cade Cunningham |
| 2. HOU | Evan Mobley | 2. HOU | Evan Mobley | 2. HOU | Evan Mobley | 2. HOU | Evan Mobley | 2. HOU | Jalen Suggs |
| 3. DET | Jalen Suggs | 3. DET | Jalen Suggs | 3. DET | Jalen Suggs | 3. DET | Jalen Suggs | 3. DET | Evan Mobley |
| 4. ORL | Jalen Green | 4. ORL | Jalen Green | 4. ORL | Jalen Green | 4. ORL | Jalen Green | 4. ORL | Jalen Green |
| 5. CLE | Jonathan Kuminga | 5. CLE | Jonathan Kuminga | 5. CLE | Jonathan Kuminga | 5. CLE | Jonathan Kuminga | 5. CLE | Jonathan Kuminga |
| 6. WSH | Keon Johnson | 6. WAS | Keon Johnson | 6. OKC | Keon Johnson | 6. WSH | Keon Johnson | 6. WAS | Jalen Johnson |
| 7. TOR | Scottie Barnes | 7. OKC | Jalen Johnson | 7. WSH | Davion Mitchell | 7. TOR | Kai Jones | 7. OKC | Scottie Barnes |
| 8. ORL | Jalen Johnson | 8. TOR | Scottie Barnes | 8. ORL | Jalen Johnson | 8. OKC | James Bouknight | 8. TOR | Corey Kispert |
| 9. OKC | Moses Moody | 9. SAC | Kai Jones | 9. SAC | Franz Wagner | 9. ORL | Franz Wagner | 9. ORL | Alperen Sengun |
| 10. NOP | Davion Mitchell | 10. ORL | Davion Mitchell | 10. NY | Scottie Barnes | 10. SAC | Scottie Barnes | 10. SAC | Franz Wagner |
| 11. IND | Franz Wagner | 11. NOP | Moses Moody | 11. TOR | Isaiah Jackson | 11. SAC | Corey Kispert | 11. NOP | Keon Johnson |
| 12. SAC | Kai Jones | 12. GS | Franz Wagner | 12. SA | Corey Kispert | 12. IND | Moses Moody | 12. IND | Moses Moody |
| 13. MEM | Corey Kispert | 13. IND | Josh Giddey | 13. NO | Cameron Thomas | 13. GS | Josh Giddey | 13. GS | James Bouknight |
| 14. GS | Ziaire Williams | 14. SAS | Alperen Sengun | 14. IND | Josh Giddey | 14. SAS | Jalen Johnson | 14. SAS | Isaiah Jackson |
| 15. BOS | Josh Giddey | 15. NYK | Corey Kispert | 15. GS | Alperen Sengun | 15. BOS | Davion Mitchell | 15. NYK | Ziaire Williams |
| 16. ATL | James Bouknight | 16. MEM | James Bouknight | 16. MEM | Kai Jones | 16. NYK | Cameron Thomas | 16. BOS | Usman Garuba |
| 17. OKC | Alperen Sengun | 17. BOS | Ziaire Williams | 17. ATL | James Bouknight | 17. CHA | Usman Garuba | 17. OKC | Davion Mitchell |
| 18. NYK | Josh Christopher | 18. CHA | Isaiah Jackson | 18. CHA | Tre Mann | 18. MEM | Tre Mann | 18. ATL | Jaden Springer |
| 19. CHA | Isaiah Jackson | 19. OKC | Usman Garuba | 19. BOS | Sharife Cooper | 19. ATL | Jared Butler | 19. CHA | Day'Ron Sharpe |
| 20. SA | Usman Garuba | 20. ATL | Tre Mann | 20. OKC | Usman Garuba | 20. OKC | Alperen Sengun | 20. MEM | Chris Duarte |
| 21. NYK | Jared Butler | 21. NYK | Jared Butler | 21. HOU | Moses Moody | 21. NYK | Isaiah Jackson | 21. NYK | Josh Giddey |
| 22. HOU | Cameron Thomas | 22. HOU | Cameron Thomas | 22. NY | Ayo Dosunmu | 22. HOU | Jaden Springer | 22. HOU | Kai Jones |
| 23. DEN | Tre Mann | 23. HOU | Sharife Cooper | 23. LAL | Jared Butler | 23. LAL | Sharife Cooper | 23. LAL | Jared Butler |
| 24. HOU | Sharife Cooper | 24. LAL | Josh Christopher | 24. DEN | Ziaire Williams | 24. DEN | Joel Ayayi | 24. HOU | Terrence Shannon Jr. |
| 25. LAL | Jaden Springer | 25. DEN | Ayo Dosunmu | 25. HOU | Charles Bassey | 25. LAC | Chris Duarte | 25. DEN | Greg Brown |
| 26. LAC | Chris Duarte | 26. LAC | Jaden Springer | 26. LAC | Chris Duarte | 26. HOU | Ziaire Williams | 26. LAC | Sharife Cooper |
| 27. PHI | Marcus Bagley | 27. BKN | Chris Duarte | 27. BKN | Marcus Bagley | 27. BKN | Ayo Dosunmu | 27. PHI | Josh Christopher |
| 28. PHX | Ayo Dosunmu | 28. PHI | Roko Prkacin | 28. PHX | Jaden Springer | 28. PHI | Marcus Bagley | 28. BKN | Neemias Queta |
| 29. BKN | Aaron Henry | 29. PHX | Aaron Henry | 29. PHI | Max Abmas | 29. PHX | Greg Brown | 29. PHX | Tre Mann |
| 30. UTA | Greg Brown | 30. UTA | Marcus Bagley | 30. UTA | Greg Brown | 30. UTA | Day'Ron Sharpe | 30. UTA | Filip Petrusev |
References:
Bleacher Report [Jonathan Wasserman] – 4/2
Bleacher Report [Jonathan Wasserman] – 4/13
Sports Illustrated [Jeremy Woo]
ESPN/Draft Express [Jonathan Givony/Mike Schmitz]
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