Tag: 2020 Mock Draft Comparison

We spend a lot of time following all of the top NBA Draft analysts for months as they post and tweet about intel and update their big boards and mock drafts leading up to draft day. But once that day comes and goes, it’s easy to shift focus to how the rookies will fit on their new rosters, summer league, and the next draft, so I thought it might be nice to compile all of the final versions of these mock drafts and compare them to the actual 2020 draft order for easy reference in the future.

Some draft analysts make their picks based on who they feel teams should pick, while many base their decision on who teams are learning towards selecting based on intel from agents, scouts and front office executives. In the end, teams should have listened to the top draft analysts who agreed that Tyrese Haliburton belonged in the top 6. In contrast, analysts and teams around the league seemed to have been out-scouted by the Knicks who smartly picked Immanuel Quickley so much higher than consensus. These are the usual twists and turns that make the NBA Draft great.

Here is the actual 2020 NBA Draft order from November 18th versus the final mock drafts from Sports Illustrated’s Jeremy Woo, Bleacher Report’s Jonathan Wasserman, ESPN’s Mike Schmitz and Jonathan Givony, NBA Big Board’s Chad Ford, The Ringer’s Kevin O’Connor, and The Athletic’s John Hollinger and Sam Vecenie:

Pick	Team	Draft Trades	ACTUAL DRAFT ORDER	ESPN (11/18)	NBA Big Board (11/19)	Ringer (11/18)	Athletic Hollinger (11/10)	Athletic Vecenie (11/18)	SI (11/16)	B/R (11/16)
1	MIN		Anthony Edwards	Anthony Edwards	Anthony Edwards	Anthony Edwards	LaMelo Ball	Anthony Edwards	Anthony Edwards	Anthony Edwards
2	GSW		James Wiseman	James Wiseman	James Wiseman	James Wiseman	James Wiseman	James Wiseman	James Wiseman	James Wiseman
3	CHA		LaMelo Ball	LaMelo Ball	LaMelo Ball	LaMelo Ball	Anthony Edwards	LaMelo Ball	LaMelo Ball	LaMelo Ball
4	CHI		Patrick Williams	Patrick Williams	Patrick Williams	Deni Avdija	Tyrese Haliburton	Patrick Williams	Deni Avdija	Deni Avdija
5	CLE		Isaac Okoro	Obi Toppin	Obi Toppin	Obi Toppin	Obi Toppin	Deni Avdija	Obi Toppin	Obi Toppin
6	ATL		Onyeka Okongwu	Onyeka Okongwu	Deni Avdija	Tyrese Haliburton	Deni Avdija	Tyrese Haliburton	Patrick Williams	Tyrese Haliburton
7	DET		Killian Hayes	Tyrese Haliburton	Tyrese Haliburton	Patrick Williams	Patrick Williams	Killian Hayes	Killian Hayes	Patrick Williams
8	NYK		Obi Toppin	Isaac Okoro	Devin Vassell	Isaac Okoro	Tyrese Maxey	Obi Toppin	Tyrese Haliburton	Isaac Okoro
9	WAS		Deni Avdija	Deni Avdija	Onyeka Okongwu	Onyeka Okongwu	Onyeka Okongwu	Onyeka Okongwu	Onyeka Okongwu	Onyeka Okongwu
10	PHX		Jalen Smith	Saddiq Bey	Saddiq Bey	Devin Vassell	Killian Hayes	Isaac Okoro	Isaac Okoro	Saddiq Bey
11	SAN		Devin Vassell	Devin Vassell	Isaac Okoro	Saddiq Bey	Isaac Okoro	Saddiq Bey	Saddiq Bey	Devin Vassell
12	SAC		Tyrese Haliburton	Killian Hayes	Killian Hayes	Killian Hayes	Devin Vassell	Devin Vassell	Devin Vassell	Killian Hayes
13	NOP		Kira Lewis	Kira Lewis	Jalen Smith	Kira Lewis	Kira Lewis	Kira Lewis	Kira Lewis	Jalen Smith
14	BOS		Aaron Nesmith	Jalen Smith	Kira Lewis	R.J. Hampton	Saddiq Bey	R.J. Hampton	Precious Achiuwa	Precious Achiuwa
15	ORL		Cole Anthony	R.J. Hampton	R.J. Hampton	Tyrese Maxey	Aaron Nesmith	Tyrese Maxey	Tyrese Maxey	Kira Lewis
16	POR	POR to HOU HOU to DET	Isaiah Stewart	Precious Achiuwa	Precious Achiuwa	Precious Achiuwa	R.J. Hampton	Aaron Nesmith	R.J. Hampton	Tyrese Maxey
17	MIN	MIN to OKC	Aleksej Pokusevski	Aleksej Pokusevski	Aaron Nesmith	Tyrell Terry	Precious Achiuwa	Jaden McDaniels	Aaron Nesmith	Tyrell Terry
18	DAL		Josh Green	Aaron Nesmith	Leandro Bolmaro	Aleksej Pokusevski	Aleksej Pokusevski	Aleksej Pokusevski	Aleksej Pokusevski	Aleksej Pokusevski
19	BKN	BKN to DET	Saddiq Bey	Josh Green	Jaden McDaniels	Aaron Nesmith	Tyrell Terry	Josh Green	Tyrell Terry	R.J. Hampton
20	MIA		Precious Achiuwa	Tyrese Maxey	Tyrese Maxey	Jalen Smith	Jalen Smith	Desmond Bane	Isaiah Stewart	Zeke Nnaji
21	PHI		Tyrese Maxey	Cole Anthony	Desmond Bane	Josh Green	Cole Anthony	Tyrell Terry	Malachi Flynn	Isaiah Joe
22	DEN		Zeke Nnaji	Zeke Nnaji	Isaiah Stewart	Isaiah Stewart	Theo Maledon	Jalen Smith	Jalen Smith	Josh Green
23	NYK	NYK to MIN	Leandro Bolmaro	Isaiah Stewart	Cole Anthony	Cole Anthony	Josh Green	Isaiah Stewart	Theo Maledon	Aaron Nesmith
24	MIL	MIL to DEN	R.J. Hampton	Leandro Bolmaro	Tyrell Terry	Theo Maledon	Desmond Bane	Leandro Bolmaro	Jaden McDaniels	Malachi Flynn
25	OKC	OKC to NYK	Immanuel Quickley	Malachi Flynn	Aleksej Pokusevski	Jaden McDaniels	Jaden McDaniels	Cole Anthony	Cole Anthony	Jaden McDaniels
26	BOS		Payton Pritchard	Payton Pritchard	Robert Woodard	Leandro Bolmaro	Leandro Bolmaro	Precious Achiuwa	Leandro Bolmaro	Cole Anthony
27	UTA		Udoka Azubuike	Desmond Bane	Josh Green	Zeke Nnaji	Malachi Flynn	Udoka Azubuike	Vernon Carey	Isaiah Stewart
28	LAL	LAL to OKC OKC to MIN	Jaden McDaniels	Jaden McDaniels	Theo Maledon	Desmond Bane	Isaiah Stewart	Zeke Nnaji	Desmond Bane	Desmond Bane
29	TOR		Malachi Flynn	Theo Maledon	Vernon Carey	Malachi Flynn	Zeke Nnaji	Theo Maledon	Cassius Winston	Jordan Nwora
30	BOS	BOS to MEM	Desmond Bane	Tyrell Terry	Zeke Nnaji	Xavier Tillman	Tyler Bey	Robert Woodard	Xavier Tillman	Jahmi'us Ramsey
31	DAL		Tyrell Terry	Robert Woodard	Malachi Flynn			Jordan Nwora	Josh Green	Leandro Bolmaro
32	CHA		Vernon Carey	Jordan Nwora	Xavier Tillman			Daniel Oturu	Zeke Nnaji	Theo Maledon
33	MIN	MIN to LAC	Daniel Oturu	Tre Jones	Tyler Bey			Malachi Flynn	Tyler Bey	Daniel Oturu
34	PHI	PHI to OKC	Theo Maledon	Jahmi'us Ramsey	Devon Dotson			Elijah Hughes	Isaiah Joe	Tyler Bey
35	SAC	SAC to MEM	Xavier Tillman	Nico Mannion	Jordan Nwora			Tre Jones	Jordan Nwora	Immanuel Quickley
36	PHI	PHI to DAL	Tyler Bey	Isaiah Joe	Payton Pritchard			Devon Dotson	Immanuel Quickley	Payton Pritchard
37	WAS	WAS to OKC	Vit Krejci	Vernon Carey	Udoka Azubuike			Payton Pritchard	Nico Mannion	Xavier Tillman
38	UTA	UTA to DET	Saben Lee	Udoka Azubuike	Daniel Oturu			Sam Merrill	Jahmi'us Ramsey	Elijah Hughes
39	NOP	NOP to UTA	Elijah Hughes	Daniel Oturu	Isaiah Joe			Xavier Tillman	Tre Jones	Tre Jones
40	MEM	MEM to SAC	Robert Woodard	Cassius Winston	Yam Madar			Tyler Bey	Robert Woodard	Grant Riller
41	SAN		Tre Jones	Tyler Bey	Jahmi'us Ramsey			Nico Mannion	Payton Pritchard	Robert Woodard
42	NOP	NOP to CHA	Nick Richards	Reggie Perry	Tre Jones			Immanuel Quickley	Daniel Oturu	Devon Dotson
43	SAC		Jahmi'us Ramsey	Xavier Tillman	Elijah Hughes			Grant Riller	Paul Reed	Udoka Azubuike
44	CHI		Marko Simonovic	Marko Simonovic	Immanuel Quickley			Jahmi'us Ramsey	Devon Dotson	Cassius Winston
45	MIL		Jordan Nwora	Immanuel Quickley	Jay Scrubb			Cassius Stanley	Cassius Stanley	Nico Mannion
46	POR		CJ Elleby	Devon Dotson	Abdoulaye N'Doye			Jay Scrubb	Udoka Azubuike	Jay Scrubb
47	BOS		Yam Madar	Skylar Mays	Grant Riller			Skylar Mays	Grant Riller	Cassius Stanley
48	GSW		Nico Mannion	Yam Madar	Cassius Winston			Cassius Winston	Skylar Mays	Skylar Mays
49	PHI		Isaiah Joe	Elijah Hughes	Reggie Perry			Isaiah Joe	Sam Merrill	Mason Jones
50	ATL		Skylar Mays	Kenyon Martin Jr.	Nico Mannion			Vernon Carey	Reggie Perry	Paul Reed
51	GSW		Justinian Jessup	Grant Riller	Josh Hall			Abdoulaye N'Doye	Yam Madar	Vernon Carey
52	SAC	SAC to HOU	Kenyon Martin Jr.	Mason Jones	Mamadi Diakite			Yam Madar	Elijah Hughes	Jalen Harris
53	OKC	OKC to WAS	Cassius Winston	Paul Reed	Sam Merrill			Nick Richards	Kaleb Wesson	CJ Elleby
54	IND		Cassius Stanley	Cassius Stanley	Cassius Stanley			Paul Reed	Nick Richards	Killian Tillie
55	BKN	BKN to LAC	Jay Scrubb	Paul Eboua	Skylar Mays			Nate Hinton	Ashton Hagans	Ty-Shon Alexander
56	CHA		Grant Riller	Vit Krejci	Paul Eboua			Ty-Shon Alexander	Josh Hall	Reggie Perry
57	LAC	LAC to BKN	Reggie Perry	Abdoulaye N'Doye	Killian Tillie			Kenyon Martin Jr.	Mason Jones	Sam Merrill
58	PHI		Paul Reed	Justinian Jessup	Paul Eboua			Mason Jones	Paul Eboua	Nate Hinton
59	TOR		Jalen Harris	Nate Hinton	Nate Hinton			Paul Eboua	Marko Simonovic	Josh Hall
60	NOP	NOP to MIL	Sam Merrill	Josh Hall	Ty-Shon Alexander			Justinian Jessup	Nate Hinton	Saben Lee

Round 1 Transactions:

Celtics trade pick to Grizzlies

• Grizzlies receive 30th pick (Desmond Bane)

Pelicans trade pick to Nuggets

• Nuggets receive 24th pick (RJ Hampton)

Knicks trade pick to Timberwolves

• Timberwolves receive 23rd pick (Leandro Bolmaro)
• Knicks receive 25th pick (Immanuel Quickley) and 33rd pick (Daniel Oturu).

Clippers trade pick via Nets to Pistons

• Pistons receive 19th pick (Saddiq Bey) and Rodney McGruder
• Clippers receive Luke Kennard
• Nets receive Landry Shamet

Timberwolves trade pick to Thunder

• Thunder receive 17th pick (Aleksej Pokusevski)
• Timberwolves receive Ricky Rubio, 25th pick (Immanuel Quickley, traded to Knicks) and 28th pick (Jaden McDaniels)

Rockets trade pick to Pistons

• Pistons receive Trevor Ariza, 16th pick (Isaiah Stewart)
• Rockets receive future first-round pick

Jazz trade pick to Knicks

• Knicks receive 23rd pick (Leandro Bolmaro, traded to Timberwolves)
• Jazz receive 27th pick (Udoka Azubuike) and 38th pick (Saben Lee)

Trail Blazers trade pick to Rockets

• Rockets receive 16th pick (Isaiah Stewart), 2021 first-round pick
• Trail Blazers receive Robert Covington

Lakers trade pick to Thunder

• Thunder receive 28th pick (Jaden McDaniels), Danny Green
• Lakers receive Dennis Schroder

Round 2 Transactions:

Thunder trade pick to Wizards

• Wizards receive 53rd pick (Cassius Winston)

Kings trade pick to Rockets

• Rockets receive 52nd pick (Kenyon Martin Jr.)
• Kings receive 2021 second-round pick, $1 million

Pelicans trade pick to Hornets

• Hornets receive 42nd pick (Nick Richards)

Pelicans trade pick to Jazz

• Jazz receive 39th pick (Elijah Hughes)
• Pelicans receive future draft pick

Jazz trade pick to Pistons

• Pistons receive 38th pick (Saben Lee), Tony Bradley
• Jazz receive cash considerations

Wizards trade pick to Thunder

• Thunder receive 37th pick (Vit Krejci)

76ers trade pick to Mavericks

• Mavericks receive 36th pick (Tyler Bey), Josh Richardson
• 76ers receive Seth Curry

Kings trade pick to Grizzlies

• Grizzlies receive 35th pick (Xavier Tillman)
• Kings receive 40th pick (Robert Woodard), future second-round pick

Knicks trade pick to Clippers

• Clippers receive 33rd pick (Daniel Oturu)
• Knicks receive 2023 second-round pick

76ers trade pick to Thunder

• Thunder receive Al Horford, 34th pick (Theo Maledon) and 2025 first-round pick
• 76ers receive Danny Green

References:

ESPN/Draft Express [Jonathan Givony/Mike Schmitz]

NBA Big Board [Chad Ford]

The Ringer [Kevin O’Connor]

Bleacher Report [Jonathan Wasserman]

The Athletic [John Hollinger]

The Athletic [Sam Vecenie]

Sport Illustrated [Jeremy Woo]

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