Tag: 2024 Mock Draft Comparison

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Update 11/13: Fresh mock draft out today from Sam Vecenie/The Athletic with some very interesting picks including Garwey Dual at #10 and Yves Missi at #19. He’s also a bit lower than consensus with the G League Ignite duo of Ron Holland at #3 and Izan Almansa at #15.

Update 11/10: We have updated picks this week from Jonathan Wasserman/Bleacher Report and a couple weeks ago from Tankathon, so I’m adding both to this post for the time being, until we have more for November at which time I’ll break off a new November-specific post. College basketball season is up and running, so we can expect a bunch of changes in the next month, including Ja’Kobe Walter moving up after his memorable showing in a win versus Auburn.

Update 10/6: Just one day after posting we have another new mock draft to add from Jonathan Wasserman/Bleacher Report who has Ron Holland, Alex Sarr and Matas Buzelis going in the first 3 picks, and Tyrese Proctor all the way up at #5. It looks like a couple of the teams picking might be off on this one this one: Boston traded their Warriors 2024 1st to the Blazers for Lillard and the Rockets pick was traded to OKC way back when with top 4 protection, so not sure what happened there.

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NBA training camps are in session, pre-season games have begun, and a few updated mock drafts are out from Jonathan Givony/ESPN, Keandre/Hoop Intellect and yours truly at Hoops Distillery. There’s a huge amount of disagreement all around, as is typical at this time of year. But now having seen the G League Ignite exhibitions and some NBL game highlights there are certainly a few rising to the top.

Pick order is also very interesting at this stage because everyone is using different sources and/or has drastically different beliefs in who will be the worst teams in the league this year. The middle class in the East and West will be tighter than usual with so much talent across the board and even fewer teams than normal who aren’t fighting for the play-in tournament once again.

Note: I brought over the Tankathon draft power rankings from a couple of months ago because it has shifted with some of the trades that went through in the last month and is interesting to compare with the updated version. While Houston and San Antonio held strong, Portland is now in the mix after a slew of assets coming in from the Lillard and post-Lillard trades.

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	The Athletic (11/13)		B/R (11/6)		Tankathon (10/23)		B/R (10/6)		Hoops Distillery (10/5)		Hoop Intellect (9/30)
1	Alex Sarr	1. WAS	Ron Holland	1. MEM	Matas Buzelis	1. WAS	Ron Holland	1. POR	Alex Sarr	1. WAS	Ron Holland
2	Isaiah Collier	2. POR	Alex Sarr	2. DET	Ron Holland	2. DET	Alex Sarr	2. WAS	Ron Holland	2. POR	Alex Sarr
3	Ron Holland	3. DET	Matas Buzelis	3. UTA	Justin Edwards	3. POR	Matas Buzelis	3. SAS	Izan Almansa	3. SAS	Isaiah Collier
4	Justin Edwards	4. SAN	Stephon Castle	4. CHA	Alex Sarr	4. SAS	Justin Edwards	4. DET	Justin Edwards	4. DET	Matas Buzelis
5	Donovan Clingan	5. CHA	Tyrese Proctor	5. WAS	Isaiah Collier	5. CHA	Tyrese Proctor	5. OKC	Donovan Clingan	5. CHA	Justin Edwards
6	Stephon Castle	6. OKC	Zaccharie Risacher	6. CHI	Stephon Castle	6. HOU	Isaiah Collier	6. UTA	Stephon Castle	6. OKC	Izan Almansa
7	Ja'Kobe Walter	7. UTA	Justin Edwards	7. SAN	Zaccharie Risacher	7. UTA	Elmarko Jackson	7. CHI	Matas Buzelis	7. HOU	Donovan Clingan
8	Tyrese Proctor	8. HOU	Isaiah Collier	8. NOP	Izan Almansa	8. SAS	Stephon Castle	8. ORL	Isaiah Collier	8. CHI	Stephon Castle
9	Matas Buzelis	9. SAN	Nikola Topic	9. POR	Donovan Clingan	9. ORL	Ja'Kobe Walter	9. SAS	Jared McCain	9. UTA	Tyrese Proctor
10	Garwey Dual	10. CHI	Donovan Clingan	10. CLE	Cody Williams	10. CHI	DJ Wagner	10. CHA	Ja'Kobe Walter	10. SAS	Garwey Dual
11	DJ Wagner	11. ORL	Izan Almansa	11. OKC	Ja'Kobe Walter	11. HOU	Donovan Clingan	11. NOP	DJ Wagner	11. ORL	Ja'Kobe Walter
12	Kyle Filipowski	12. MEM	Ja'Kobe Walter	12. SAC	Thierry Darlan	12. MIN	Izan Almansa	12. IND	Cody Williams	12. MIN	DJ Wagner
13	Nikola Topic	13. NOP	Aday Mara	13. ORL	Aday Mara	13. NOP	Aday Mara	13. NYK	Kyle Filipowski	13. NOP	Riley Kugel
14	Trey Alexander	14. MIN	DJ Wagner	14. MIA	DJ Wagner	14. NYK	Mackenzie Mgbako	14. OKC	Tyler Smith	14. OKC	Kel'el Ware
15	Izan Almansa	15. IND	Kyle Filipowski	15. NOP	Tyrese Proctor	15. IND	Zaccharie Risacher	15. ATL	Garwey Dual	15. IND	Aday Mara
16	Jared McCain	16. ATL	Robert Dillingham	16. HOU	Kyle Filipowski	16. ATL	Nikola Topic	16. MIN	Elliot Cadeau	16. ATL	Melvin Ajinca
17	Zaccharie Risacher	17. MIA	Baba Miller	17. SAN	Elmarko Jackson	17. ATL	Baba Miller	17. MIA	Elmarko Jackson	17. ATL	Elmarko Jackson
18	Cody Williams	18. ATL	Cody Williams	18. NYK	Bobi Klintman	18. OKC	Kyle Filipowski	18. MEM	Omaha Biliew	18. MEM	McKenzie Mgbako
19	Yves Missi	19. NYK	Bobi Klintman	19. PHX	Aaron Bradshaw	19. MEM	Melvin Ajinca	19. HOU	Ben Henshall	19. MIA	Elliot Cadeau
20	Bobi Klintman	20. NYK	Riley Kugel	20. OKC	Kel'el Ware	20. NYK	Kel'el Ware	20. PHI	Tyrese Proctor	20. NYK	Kyle Filipowski
21	Tristan da Silva	21. NOP	Elmarko Jackson	21. MIL	Adem Bona	21. IND	Jared McCain	21. NYK	Terrance Arceneaux	21. NYK	Judah Mintz
22	Ryan Dunn	22. OKC	Kel'el Ware	22. ATL	Kwame Evans	22. NOP	Bobi Klintman	22. IND	Aday Mara	22. IND	Cody Williams
23	Melvin Ajinca	23. POR	Tristan da Silva	23. IND	Trey Alexander	23. PHI	Tidjane Salaun	23. ATL	Bronny James	23. PHI	Terrance Arceneaux
24	Mackenzie Mgbako	24. PHI	Adem Bona	24. POR	Trevon Brazile	24. BOS	Aaron Bradshaw	24. CLE	Trey Alexander	24. CLE	Omaha Biliew
25	Aday Mara	25. CLE	Jared McCain	25. IND	Bronny James	25. MIA	Adem Bona	25. NOP	Tidjane Salaun	25. BOS	Nikola Topic
26	Dalton Knecht	26. PHX	Omaha Biliew	26. BOS	Jared McCain	26. CLE	Tristan da Silva	26. POR	Melvin Ajinca	26. NOP	Bobi Klintman
27	Kobe Johnson	27. IND	Tidjane Salaun	27. MIN	Riley Kugel	27. DEN	Scotty Middleton	27. MIL	Nikola Topic	27. PHX	Tidjane Salaun
28	Tyler Smith	28. NOP	Mackenzie Mgbako	28. NYK	Elliot Cadeau	28. PHX	Cody Williams	28. PHX	Mackenzie Mgbako	28. BOS	Zaccharie Risacher
29	Riley Kugel	29. DEN	Trevon Brazile	29. PHI	Mackenzie Mgbako	29. MIL	Judah Mintz	29. BOS	Zaccharie Risacher	29. MIL	Trey Alexander
30	Alex Toohey	30. BOS	Elliot Cadeau	30. DEN	Oso Ighodaro	30. BOS	Elliot Cadeau	30. DEN	Bobi Klintman	30. DEN	Kobe Johnson

References:

The Athletic [Sam Vecenie]

Bleacher Report [Jonathan Wasserman] – 11/6

Bleacher Report [Jonathan Wasserman] – 10/6

Hoop Intellect [Keandre]

Tankathon

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Tankathon Draft Power Rankings – (see full power rankings):

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9/6 update: Added a new mock draft from Sam Vecenie/The Athletic from August as well as updated picks from Tankathon. Starting to see a solid top 10-15 come into play for the start of the season. Matas Buzelis, Ron Holland, Izan Almansa and Alex Sarr all in action this week for G League Ignite‘s kickoff games vs. Perth Wildcats.

Other great draft content to consume:

Coach Spins/Box and One – A Way-Too-Early 2024 NBA Mock Draft

Top 2024 NBA Draft Storylines You Should Know – Jonathan Wasserman/Bleacher Report

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And just like that, the 2023 Draft is in the rearview mirror and our focus can start to shift to 2024 prospects. As is tradition each year, many of the top NBA Draft analysts release a mock draft within a few hours or days of the previous cycle ending in order to kick off the new season. This year we have mock drafts to compare by Jonathan Givony and Jeremy Woo/ESPN, Jonathan Wasserman/Bleacher Report, Bryan Kalbrosky/USA Today, Ricky O’Donnell/SB Nation, and our friends at Tankathon. The pick order is different for these mock drafts based on varying NBA championship odds for the 2023-2024 season–and both O’Donnell and Wasserman did not even include actual teams, just pick numbers.

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	Tankathon (8/8)		The Athletic (8/7)		B/R (6/23)		SB Nation (6/23)		ESPN (6/24)		USA Today (6/28)
1. WAS	Matas Buzelis	1	Justin Edwards	1	Ron Holland	1	Matas Buzelis	1. WAS	Ron Holland	1. WAS	Justin Edwards
2. HOU	Ron Holland	2	Ron Holland	2	Matas Buzelis	2	Ron Holland	2. DET	Matas Buzelis	2. DET	Ron Holland
3. POR	Zaccharie Risacher	3	Izan Almansa	3	Justin Edwards	3	Isaiah Collier	3. CHA	Zaccharie Risacher	3. CHA	Isaiah Collier
4. DET	Justin Edwards	4	Matas Buzelis	4	Zaccharie Risacher	4	Zaccharie Risacher	4. IND	Isaiah Collier	4. IND	Zaccharie Risacher
5. CHA	Izan Almansa	5	Isaiah Collier	5	Isaiah Collier	5	DJ Wagner	5. OKC	Justin Edwards	5. OKC	Izan Almansa
6. SAS	Isaiah Collier	6	Tyrese Proctor	6	DJ Wagner	6	Cody Williams	6. UTA	Cody Williams	6. ORL	DJ Wagner
7. SAS	Ja'Kobe Walter	7	Donovan Clingan	7	Aaron Bradshaw	7	Justin Edwards	7. POR	DJ Wagner	7. UTA	Stephon Castle
8. ORL	Donovan Clingan	8	Alex Sarr	8	Omaha Biliew	8	Stephon Castle	8. ORL	Donovan Clingan	8. SAS	Tyrese Proctor
9. UTA	DJ Wagner	9	Ja'Kobe Walter	9	Tyrese Proctor	9	Aday Mara	9. HOU	Stephon Castle	9. CHI	Donovan Clingan
10. HOU	Alex Sarr	10	Garwey Dual	10	Cody Williams	10	Kyle Filipowski	10. CHI	Kyle Filipowski	10. POR	Matas Buzelis
11. IND	Stephon Castle	11	Stephon Castle	11	Adem Bona	11	Omaha Biliew	11. POR	Kel'el Ware	11. OKC	Trentyn Flowers
12. NOP	Cody Williams	12	Riley Kugel	12	Stephon Castle	12	Alexandre Sarr	12. SAS	Tyrese Proctor	12. HOU	Trey Alexander
13. MIN	Thierry Darlan	13	Kyle Filipowski	13	Kel'el Ware	13	Bronny James	13. ATL	Ja'Kobe Walter	13. MIN	Judah Mintz
14. NYK	Aday Mara	14	Melvin Ajinca	14	Mackenzie Mgbako	14	Elliot Cadeau	14. MIN	Kylan Boswell	14. SAC	Bobi Klintman
15. CHI	Elliot Cadeau	15	Aday Mara	15	Bronny James	15	Kel'el Ware	15. OKC	Kwame Evans	15. SAS	Thierry Darlan
16. ATL	Kwame Evans	16	Terrance Arceneaux	16		16	Kwame Evans	16. NYK	AJ Johnson	16. ATL	Ja'Kobe Walter
17. NYK	Mackenzie Mgbako	17	Trey Alexander	17		17	Donovan Clingan	17. ATL	Bronny James	17. NYK	Adem Bona
18. OKC	Kyle Filipowski	18	Mark Mitchell	18		18	Dillon Mitchell	18. NOP	Izan Almansa	18. NOP	Robert Dillingham
19. LAC	Bobi Klintman	19	Cody Williams	19		19	Elmarko Jackson	19. NYK	Alex Sarr	19. NYK	Terrance Arceneaux
20. CLE	Aaron Bradshaw	20	Elmarko Jackson	20		20	Ja'Kobe Walter	20. CLE	Terrance Arceneaux	20. CLE	Aaron Bradshaw
21. ATL	Elmarko Jackson	21	Omaha Biliew	21		21	Bobi Klintman	21. MEM	Ryan Dunn	21. OKC	Cody Williams
22. MIA	Bronny James	22	DJ Wagner	22		22	Thierry Darlan	22. IND	Dillon Mitchell	22. MEM	Riley Kugel
23. BOS	Tyrese Proctor	23	AJ Johnson	23		23	Tyese Proctor	23. MIA	Ugonna Onyenso	23. PHI	Elmarko Jackson
24. PHI	Kel'el Ware	24	Bobi Klintman	24		24	Baba Miller	24. BOS	Freddie Dilione	24. MIA	Trevon Brazile
25. NOP	Trey Alexander	25	Mackenzie Mgbako	25		25	Riley Kugel	25. LAL	Bobi Klintman	25. LAL	Bronny James
26. MEM	Riley Kugel	26	Berke Buyuktuncel	26		26	JJ Starling	26. PHI	Omaha Biliew	26. MEM	Alexandre Sarr
27. BOS	Trevon Brazile	27	Judah Mintz	27		27	Adem Bona	27. MIL	Mark Mitchell	27. PHX	Kyle Filipowski
28. PHX	Kylan Boswell	28	Oso Ighodaro	28		28	Aaron Bradshaw	28. PHX	Juan Nunez	28. MIL	Omaha Biliew
29. MIL	Adem Bona	29	Thierry Darlan	29		29	Scotty Middleton	29. BOS	Adem Bona	29. DEN	Mark Mitchell
30. DEN	Oso Ighodaro	30	Scotty Middleton	30		30	Nikola Djurisic	30. DEN	Reece Beekman	30. BOS	Aday Mara

References:

The Athletic [Sam Vecenie]

SB Nation [Ricky O’Donnell]

Bleacher Report [Jonathan Wasserman]

Tankathon

ESPN [Jonathan Givony and Jeremy Woo]

USA Today [Bryan Kalbrosky]

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Tankathon Draft Power Rankings – (see full power rankings):

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