Tag: 2020 NBA Draft

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	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	DET (via HOU)	Isaiah Stewart	Precious Achiuwa	Precious Achiuwa	Precious Achiuwa	R.J. Hampton	Aaron Nesmith	R.J. Hampton	Tyrese Maxey
17	MIN	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	DET (via BKN)	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	MIN (via NYK)	Leandro Bolmaro	Isaiah Stewart	Cole Anthony	Cole Anthony	Josh Green	Isaiah Stewart	Theo Maledon	Aaron Nesmith
24	DEN (via MIL)	R.J. Hampton	Leandro Bolmaro	Tyrell Terry	Theo Maledon	Desmond Bane	Leandro Bolmaro	Jaden McDaniels	Malachi Flynn
25	NYK (via OKC)	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	MIN (via OKC)	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	MEM (via BOS)	Desmond Bane	Tyrell Terry	Zeke Nnaji	Xavier Tillman	Tyler Bey	Robert Woodard	Xavier Tillman	Jahmi'us Ramsey

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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