A comparison of 2021 lottery picks from the early March mock drafts posted by B/R’s Jonathan Wasserman, The Athletic’s Sam Vecenie, Tankathon, and via Chad Ford’s NBA Big Board podcast with Tony Jones from The Athletic.
| NBA Big Board (3/8) | BR (3/11) | Tankathon (3/11) | Athletic (3/16) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. MIN | Cade Cunningham | 1.MIN | Cade Cunningham | 1. MIN | Cade Cunningham | 1. MIN | Cade Cunningham |
| 2. CLE | Evan Mobley | 2.DET | Jalen Green | 2. DET | Evan Mobley | 2. DET | Evan Mobley |
| 3. DET | Jonathan Kuminga | 3.HOU | Evan Mobley | 3. HOU | Jalen Suggs | 3. HOU | Jalen Suggs |
| 4. OKC | Jalen Suggs | 4.ORL | Jalen Suggs | 4. ORL | Jalen Green | 4. ORL | Jalen Green |
| 5. NYK | Jalen Green | 5. SAC | Jonathan Kuminga | 5. SAC | Jonathan Kuminga | 5. SAC | Jonathan Kuminga |
| 6. ORL | James Bouknight | 6. CLE | Jalen Johnson | 6. CLE | Jalen Johnson | 6. CLE | Scottie Barnes |
| 7. OKC | Scottie Barnes | 7. WAS | Keon Johnson | 7. WAS | Scottie Barnes | 7. WAS | Keon Johnson |
| 8. WAS | Keon Johnson | 8. NOP | Moses Moody | 8. NOP | James Bouknight | 8. NOP | Moses Moody |
| 9. CHI | Jaden Springer | 9. OKC | James Bouknight | 9. OKC | Keon Johnson | 9. OKC | James Bouknight |
| 10. SAC | Greg Brown | 10. ATL | Scottie Barnes | 10. ATL | Corey Kispert | 10. ATL | Kai Jones |
| 11. ATL | Ziaire Williams | 11. IND | Corey Kispert | 11. IND | Ziaire Williams | 11. IND | Corey Kispert |
| 12. MEM | Franz Wagner | 12. CHI | Franz Wagner | 12. CHI | Moses Moody | 12. CHI | Jaden Springer |
| 13. SAS | Corey Kispert | 13. MEM | Ziaire Williams | 13. MEM | Franz Wagner | 13. MEM | Franz Wagner |
| 14. NOP | Jalen Johnson | 14. GS | Kai Jones | 14. GS | Alperen Sengun | 14. GS | Ziaire Williams |
References:
Bleacher Report [Jonathan Wasserman]
NBA Big Board [Chad Ford with guest, Tony Jones from The Athletic]
The Athletic [Sam Vecenie]
Most Recent Big Board Updates:
Bleacher Report [Jonathan Wasserman]
Sports Illustrated [Jeremy Woo]
The Athletic [Sam Vecenie]
ESPN/Draft Express [Jonathan Givony and Mike Schmitz]
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