Tag: Mock Draft Comparison

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8/2 update: The first mock draft of 2023 from Jonathan Wasserman/Bleacher Report was released yesterday. This is the first mock that includes GG Jackson, who just reclassified after announcing he’s decommitting from North Carolina and headed to South Carolina.

7/31 update: New mock draft from Bryan Kalbrosky/USA Today, and I also added the great summary Jonathan Givony provided in his 6/24 mock draft of picks that have already changed hands

7/14 update: Just added new picks from Sam Vecenie/The Athletic. Cam Whitmore in the #3 spot amongst a variety of other contrasting picks from the other mock drafts. His pick order is based on the current sportsbook betting odds to win the title in 2023.

To kick off the new draft cycle each year, Jonathan Givony from ESPN/Draft Express always publishes an updated mock draft the day after the NBA Draft. Thankfully, we already have picks from Tankathon and Ricky O’Donnell/SB Nation to compare them against. I’ve also included Givony’s picks from his first 2023 mock draft in January, 2022. You’ll notice that O’Donnell doesn’t include teams for each pick, just pick numbers. As we all sit back and enjoy Summer League, it’s time to start letting some of these names marinate in the back of our minds to be ready for when college basketball, OTE, and G League kicking off in the fall.

One word….WEMBANYAMA. Challenging to spell, yes. Harder than spelling ‘Antetokounmpo’, thankfully no. The consensus number one, Wemby has already been labeled a generational talent, thanks to his guard-like skills in a Rudy Gobert-like body. We also can’t snooze on Scoot Henderson from G League Ignite after seeing the variety of flashes he displayed last season. And judging from the high-level play at throughout the high school all-star circuit, there is a lot of talent in next year’s draft which should make for quite a lot of movement on mock drafts throughout the year.

Make sure to check back for updates and follow me at @hoopsdistillery on Twitter for update notifications. If I’m missing any mocks that you feel belong alongside the ‘All-NBA level’ draft analysts I currently include, leave a comment or DM me on Twitter.

	B/R (8/1)		USA Today (7/22)		The Athletic (7/12)		SB Nation (6/24)		ESPN (6/24)		Tankathon (6/24)		ESPN (1/21)
1	Victor Wembanyama	1. OKC	Victor Wembanyama	1. OKC	Victor Wembanyama	1	Victor Wembanyama	1. OKC	Victor Wembanyama	1. OKC	Victor Wembanyama	1. OKC	Victor Wembanyama
2	Scoot Henderson	2. IND	Scoot Henderson	2. SAS	Scoot Henderson	2	Scoot Henderson	2. DET	Scoot Henderson	2. HOU	Scoot Henderson	2. DET	Scoot Henderson
3	Amen Thompson	3. DET	Nick Smith	3. ORL	Cam Whitmore	3	Amen Thompson	3. ORL	Nick Smith	3. SAC	Nick Smith	3. ORL	Nick Smith
4	Dariq Whitehead	4. SAS	Dariq Whitehead	4. HOU	Nick Smith	4	Ausar Thompson	4. HOU	Ausar Thompson	4. ORL	Amen Thompson	4. HOU	Dereck Lively
5	Cam Whitmore	5. HOU	Ausar Thompson	5. DET	Dariq Whitehead	5	Kel'el Ware	5. SAC	Amen Thompson	5. IND	Ausar Thompson	5. SAC	Kyle Filipowski
6	Ausar Thompson	6. ORL	Amen Thompson	6. IND	Ausar Thompson	6	Cam Whitmore	6. SAS	Cam Whitmore	6. SAS	Cam Whitmore	6. SAS	Dariq Whitehead
7	Nick Smith	7. WAS	Cason Wallace	7. SAC	Amen Thompson	7	Nick Smith	7. IND	Dillon Mitchell	7. DET	Dariq Whitehead	7. IND	Keyonte George
8	Kel'el Ware	8. SAC	Cam Whitmore	8. WAS	Keyonte George	8	Dariq Whitehead	8. POR	Dereck Lively	8. WAS	Dereck Lively	8. POR	Ausar Thompson
9	Keyonte George	9. CHA	Keyonte George	9. UTA	Cason Wallace	9	Jarace Walker	9. WAS	Dariq Whitehead	9. POR	Kel'el Ware	9. WAS	Blake Wesley
10	Jarace Walker	10. NYK	Kel'el Ware	10. CHA	Dereck Lively	10	Anthony Black	10. NOP	Keyonte George	10. BKN	Cason Wallace	10. NOP	Amen Thompson
11	Dillon Mitchell	11. CLE	Brandon Miller	11. NYK	Terquavion Smith	11	Cason Wallace	11. NYK	Kel'el Ware	11. UTA	Anthony Black	11. MIN	James Nnaji
12	Dereck Lively	12. UTA	Dereck Lively	12. CLE	Anthony Black	12	Jordan Walsh	12. CHA	Anthony Black	12. CHA	Dillon Mitchell	12. LAL	Cason Wallace
13	GG Jackson	13. POR	Arthur Kaluma	13. POR	Gradey Dick	13	Dereck Lively	13. ATL	Terquavion Smith	13. NYK	Keyonte George	13. BOS	Jeremy Sochan
14	Cason Wallace	14. NOP	Anthony Black	14. NOP	Dillon Mitchell	14	Terquavion Smith	14. ORL	Cason Wallace	14. NOP	Gradey Dick	14. NYK	Sidy Cissoko
15	Julian Phillips	15. ORL	Jarace Walker	15. ATL	Arthur Kaluma	15	Keyonte George	15. IND	Kyle Filipowski	15. IND	Jarace Walker	15. TOR	Peyton Watson
16	Terquavion Smith	16. ATL	Terquavion Smith	16. ORL	Kel'el Ware	16	Brandon Miller	16. TOR	Jarace Walker	16. ATL	Terquavion Smith	16. ATL	Amari Bailey
17	Kyle Filipowski	17. TOR	Leonard Miller	17. UTA	Amari Bailey	17	Jett Howard	17. LAL	Julian Phillips	17. TOR	Amari Bailey	17. ATL	Dillon Mitchell
18	Anthony Black	18. UTA	Dillon Mitchell	18. TOR	Leonard Miller	18	Dillon Mitchell	18. MIN	Gradey Dick	18. ORL	Matthew Cleveland	18. NYK	Caleb Houstan
19	Leonard Miller	19. CHA	Tyrese Hunter	19. BKN	Kris Murray	19	Leonard Miller	19. UTA	Leonard Miller	19. LAL	Jordan Walsh	19. CLE	Max Christie
20	Yohan Traore	20. MEM	Kris Murray	20. MEM	Kyle Filipowski	20	DaRon Holmes	20. NYK	James Nnaji	20. UTA	James Nnaji	20. OKC	Emoni Bates
21	Jordan Walsh	21. BKN	Chris Livingston	21. NYK	Colby Jones	21	Amari Bailey	21. OKC	Jordan Walsh	21. LAC	Chris Livingston	21. ORL	Brandon Miller
22	Gradey Dick	22. LAL	Amari Bailey	22. CHA	Andre Jackson	22	Gradey Dick	22. BKN	Rayan Rupert	22. CHA	Julian Strawther	22. PHI	Jarace Walker
23	Arthur Kaluma	23. UTA	Gradey Dick	23. UTA	Julian Strawther	23	Arthur Kaluma	23. LAC	Brandon Miller	23. NYK	Kyle Filipowski	23. OKC	Ousmane N'diaye
24	Sidy Cissoko	24. NYK	Baba Miller	24. MIA	Harrison Ingram	24	Matthew Cleveland	24. BKN	Chris Livingston	24. UTA	Arthur Kaluma	24. LAC	Harrison Ingram
25	JJ Starling	25. MIA	Jett Howard	25. NOP	Matthew Cleveland	25	Julian Strawther	25. HOU	Sidy Cissoko	25. MIA	Marcus Sasser	25. MEM	Chris Livingston
26	Judah Mintz	26. LAC	Sidy Cissoko	26. PHX	Terrance Arceneaux	26	Jaime Jaquez Jr.	26. BOS	JJ Starling	26. MEM	Kris Murray	26. PHX	JJ Starling
27	Chris Livingston	27. PHX	Kyle Filipowski	27. LAC	Marcus Sasser	27	Kris Murray	27. OKC	Marcus Sasser	27. IND	Rayan Rupert	27. UTA	Gradey Dick
28	Kris Murray	28. GSW	Julian Phillips	28. GSW	Jaime Jaquez	28	Daimion Collins	28. GSW	Ousmane N'diaye	28. HOU	Leonard Miller	28. HOU	Nikola Djurisic
29	Emoni Bates	29. HOU	Rayan Rupert	29. HOU	Caleb Love	29	Jalen Wilson	29. MEM	Amari Bailey	29. PHX	Harrison Ingram	29. BKN	Alex Fudge
30	Harrrison Ingram	30. IND	DaRon Holmes	30. IND	Tyrese Hunter	30	Pete Nance	30. PHX	Nikola Djurisic	30. GSW	Oscar Tshiebwe	30. GSW	Rayan Rupert

First-round picks that changed hands for 2023:

(via Jonathan Givony/ESPN-Draft Express in his June 24th, 2022 mock draft)

Charlotte’s first-rounder is owned by Atlanta if Charlotte’s pick falls between No. 17 and 30 in 2023. If Charlotte’s pick finishes between 1-16, Atlanta will instead receive Charlotte’s 2024 first-rounder, lottery-protected.

On draft night, Charlotte scored a protected top-14 protected first-rounder from Denver via Oklahoma City and New York in a three-way trade.

Houston has first-round swap rights with Brooklyn.

Houston owns Milwaukee’s first-rounder, which is unprotected.

Brooklyn owns Philadelphia’s first-rounder, which is unprotected.

Chicago’s first-rounder is owned by Orlando if Chicago’s pick falls between 5 and 30 in 2023. If Chicago’s pick finishes between 1-4, Orlando will instead receive Chicago’s 2024 first-rounder, protected for picks 1-3.

Portland’s first-rounder is owned by Chicago if Portland’s pick falls between 15 and 30 in 2023. If Portland misses the playoffs as expected, Chicago will instead receive Portland’s 2024 first-rounder, again lottery-protected.

Cleveland’s first-rounder is owned by Indiana if Cleveland’s pick falls between 15 and 30 in 2023. If Cleveland misses the playoffs, Indiana will instead receive Cleveland’s 2025 second-round pick and the Lakers’ 2026 second-round pick.

Dallas’ first-rounder is owned by New York if Dallas’ pick falls between 11 and 30 in 2023. If Dallas’ pick finishes between 1-10, New York will instead receive Dallas’ 2024 first-rounder, protected for picks 1-10.

Denver’s first-rounder is owned by Oklahoma City if Denver’s pick falls between 15 and 30 in 2023. If Denver misses the playoffs, Oklahoma City will instead receive Denver’s 2024 first-rounder, again lottery-protected.

Detroit’s first-rounder is owned by Oklahoma City if Detroit’s pick falls between 19 and 30 in 2023. If Detroit’s pick falls between 1-18, Oklahoma City will instead receive Detroit’s 2024 first-rounder, again protected for picks 1-18.

Oklahoma City has first-round swap rights with the Los Angeles Clippers.

New Orleans has first-round swap rights with the Los Angeles Lakers.

On draft night, New York gained two protected first-round picks, both via Oklahoma City: a top-14 protected originally from Washington, and a top-18 protected originally from Detroit.

Washington’s first-rounder is owned by Oklahoma City if Washington’s pick falls between 15 and 30 in 2023. If Washington’s pick finishes between 1-14, Oklahoma City will instead receive Washington’s 2024 first-rounder, protected for picks 1-12.

References:

Bleacher Report [Jonathan Wasserman]

The Athletic [Sam Vecenie]

SB Nation [Ricky O’Donnell]

Tankathon

ESPN/Draft Express [Jonathan Givony] – June 2022

ESPN/Draft Express [Jonathan Givony] – January 2022

Box and One YouTube channel [Coach Adam Spinella]

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12/22: Added new mock drafts from Jonathan Givony/ESPN and Tankathon. Worth noting that Tankathon is the first to have Jabari Smith at #1. Also, Givony had Kendall Brown the lowest of all the mocks at #16, as well as AJ Griffin not being drafted–which I assume they are implying he will stay for his sophomore year at Duke.

12/20: Updated mock drafts from Jonathan Wasserman/Bleacher Report and Tankathon. Also, I’ve added a new sortable chart showing the pick variance for the top prospects across the mock drafts, to save everyone a bit of time.

11/30: Updated mock drafts from Sam Vecenie/The Athletic and Bryan Kalbrosky/USA Today and added a new one from Jeremy Woo/Sport Illustrated.

11/13: Jonathan Givony from ESPN/Draft Express updated his two-round mock draft this week with draft order based on ESPN BPI draft projections as of 11/8.

11/14: Updated player rankings and a new 1st round mock draft from Tankathon.com.

10/23: Jonathan Wasserman from Bleacher Report‘s posted new first round picks based on FanDuel’s projected win totals and previous trades.

10/18: Sam Vecenie from The Athletic posted all new picks with team order based on BetMGM sportsbook odds.

9/22: Bryan Kalbrosky‘s from USA Today‘s two round mock based on reversing the NBA futures odds from Tipico SportsBook.

There will be more mock drafts posted in the coming weeks, so make sure to check back for updates and follow me at @hoopsdistillery on Twitter for update notifications. If I’m missing any mocks that you feel belong alongside the ‘All-NBA level’ draft analysts I currently include, leave a comment or DM me on Twitter.

	ESPN (12/22)		Tankathon (12/22)		B/R (12/15)		The Athletic (11/26)		SI (11/23)		USA Today (11/23)
1. DET	Chet Holmgren	1. DET	Jabari Smith	1. DET	Chet Holmgren	1. HOU	Paolo Banchero	1. HOU	Paolo Banchero	1. HOU	Paolo Banchero
2. OKC	Paolo Banchero	2. ORL	Chet Holmgren	2. ORL	Paolo Banchero	2. NOP	Chet Holmgren	2. NOP	Jabari Smith	2. NOP	Chet Holmgren
3. ORL	Jabari Smith	3. HOU	Paolo Banchero	3. NOP	Jabari Smith	3. ORL	Jabari Smith	3. ORL	Chet Holmgren	3. ORL	Jalen Duren
4. HOU	Jaden Ivey	4. NOP	Jaden Ivey	4. OKC	Jaden Ivey	4. DET	Jalen Duren	4. SAS	Patrick Baldwin	4. DET	Jabari Smith
5. NOP	Jalen Duren	5. OKC	Jalen Duren	5. HOU	Jalen Duren	5. SAS	Jaden Ivey	5. DET	Jaden Hardy	5. SAS	Jaden Ivey
6. NYK	Jaden Hardy	6. SAS	Kendall Brown	6. SAS	Bennedict Mathurin	6. SAC	Jaden Hardy	6. SAC	Jalen Duren	6. SAC	Patrick Baldwin
7. SAS	Trevor Keels	7. POR	Patrick Baldwin	7. SAC	Kendall Brown	7. OKC	Kendall Brown	7. OKC	Jaden Ivey	7. OKC	Dyson Daniels
8. SAC	Patrick Baldwin	8. IND	Keegan Murray	8. POR	Johnny Davis	8. IND	Patrick Baldwin	8. IND	Kendall Brown	8. IND	Kendall Brown
9. WAS	Jean Montero	9. SAC	Jaden Hardy	9. IND	Jaden Hardy	9. TOR	TyTy Washington	9. MIN	Keegan Murray	9. MIN	Kennedy Chandler
10. POR	TyTy Washington	10. NYK	Jean Montero	10. NYK	TyTy Washington	10. MIN	Dyson Daniels	10. TOR	Dyson Daniels	10. TOR	Ousmane Dieng
11. MEM	Bennedict Mathurin	11. ATL	Dyson Daniels	11. MIN	JD Davison	11. MEM	Bennedict Mathurin	11. ATL	Trevor Keels	11. ATL	Jaden Hardy
12. ATL	Keegan Murray	12. TOR	Kennedy Chandler	12. ATL	Patrick Baldwin	12. CLE	AJ Griffin	12. MEM	Bennedict Mathurin	12. MEM	AJ Griffin
13. TOR	JD Davison	13. MIN	Bennedict Mathurin	13. TOR	Jean Montero	13. ATL	Keegan Murray	13. PHI	Ousmane Dieng	13. PHI	TyTy Washington
14. PHI	Johnny Davis	14. BOS	AJ Griffin	14. BOS	Keegan Murray	14. PHI	Nikola Jovic	14. MIL	Max Christie	14. MIL	Bennedict Mathurin
15. IND	MarJon Beauchamp	15. CHA	Mark Williams	15. CHA	Kennedy Chandler	15. DEN	Ochai Agbaji	15. MEM	Jean Montero	15. MEM	Roko Prkacin
16. MIN	Kendall Brown	16. MEM	Tari Eason	16. DAL	Nikola Jovic	16. MEM	Jean Montero	16. CLE	TyTy Washington	16. DEN	Nikola Jovic
17. DAL	Dyson Daniels	17. DAL	Johnny Davis	17. DEN	Ochai Agbaji	17. NYK	Trevor Keels	17. BOS	Keon Ellis	17. CLE	Peyton Watson
18. BOS	Ousmane Dieng	18. OKC	Ousmane Dieng	18. WAS	Wendell Moore	18. BOS	Ousmane Dieng	18. CHI	Peyton Watson	18. NYK	MarJon Beauchamp
19. CHI	Caleb Houstan	19. WAS	TyTy Washington	19. PHI	Caleb Houstan	19. MIL	Kennedy Chandler	19. NYK	JD Davison	19. BOS	Jean Montero
20. OKC	Mark Williams	20. PHI	Nikola Jovic	20. MEM	Harrison Ingram	20. CHI	Max Christie	20. DEN	AJ Griffin	20. CHI	Keegan Murray
21. MEM	Kennedy Chandler	21. DEN	JD Davison	21. HOU	Mark Williams	21. DAL	Bryce McGowens	21. NYK	Yannick Nzosa	21. NYK	Trevor Keels
22. CHA	Ochai Agbaji	22. MIL	Jeremy Sochan	22. OKC	AJ Griffin	22. NYK	Caleb Houstan	22. DAL	Caleb Houstan	22. DAL	Julian Champagnie
23. DEN	Bryce McGowens	23. MEM	Trevor Keels	23. CLE	Bryce McGowens	23. OKC	JD Davison	23. OKC	Nikola Jovic	23. OKC	Max Christie
24. MIL	Hugo Besson	24. HOU	Harrison Ingram	24. MEM	Trevor Keels	24. MEM	Peyton Watson	24. HOU	Kennedy Chandler	24. HOU	Bryce McGowens
25. HOU	Wendell Moore	25. CLE	Jabari Walker	25. MIL	Dyson Daniels	25. WAS	Johnny Davis	25. WAS	Jaime Jaquez	25. WAS	Jabari Walker
26. MIA	Peyton Watson	26. CHI	Christian Koloko	26. CHI	Michael Foster	26. CHI	Jaime Jaquez	26. MEM	MarJon Beauchamp	26. MEM	Efe Abogidi
27. CLE	EJ Liddell	27. MIA	Yannick Nzosa	27. MIA	Christian Koloko	27. HOU	Keon Ellis	27. CHI	Bryce McGowens	27. CHI	Caleb Houstan
28. OKC	Nikola Jovic	28. MEM	EJ Liddell	28. MEM	Terrence Shannon	28. MIA	Yannick Nzosa	28. MIA	Christian Koloko	28. MIA	Ochai Agbaji
29. MEM	Yannick Nzosa	29. GSW	Caleb Houstan	29. OKC	Hugo Besson	29. OKC	MarJon Beauchamp	29. OKC	Mark Williams	29. OKC	Yannick Nzosa
30. GSW	Christian Koloko	30. OKC	MarJon Beauchamp	30. GSW	Jabari Walker	30. GSW	Julian Champagnie	30. GSW	Jeremy Sochan	30. GSW	Harrison Ingram

Player	High	Low	Variance
Paolo Banchero	1	3	2
Chet Holmgren	1	3	2
Jabari Smith	2	4	2
Jalen Duren	3	6	3
Jaden Ivey	4	9	5
Jaden Hardy	5	11	6
Max Christie	14	22	8
Patrick Baldwin	4	12	8
TyTy Washington	9	18	9
Jean Montero	9	19	10
Kendall Brown	6	16	10
Bennedict Mathurin	6	17	11
AJ Griffin	12	25	13
Kennedy Chandler	9	24	15
MarJon Beauchamp	15	30	15
Nikola Jovic	14	29	15
Ochai Agbaji	15	31	16
Trevor Keels	7	24	17
Dyson Daniels	7	25	18
Johnny Davis	8	26	18
Keegan Murray	8	27	19
JD Davison	11	32	21
Caleb Houstan	6	29	23
Harrison Ingram	20	45	25
Mark Williams	15	40	25
Wendell Moore	18	54	36

References:

USA Today [Bryan Kalbrosky]

Bleacher Report [Jonathan Wasserman]

ESPN/Draft Express [Jonathan Givony]

The Athletic [Sam Vecenie]

Sports Illustrated [Jeremy Woo]

Tankathon

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9/12 update: new picks added from Bryan Kalbrosky of USA Today.

8/7 update: revised mock drafts from Sam Vecenie and Tankathon with the Jalen Duren news. Jonathan Givony and Jonathan Wasserman already had Duren on their mock drafts released a week before the announcement.

And just like that, the 2021 Draft is in the rearview mirror and our focus can start to shift to 2022 prospects. As is tradition each year, many of the top NBA Draft analysts release a mock draft within days or hours of the previous cycle ending to kick off the new season. This year we have mock drafts to compare by Jonathan Givony from ESPN/Draft Express, Jonathan Wasserman from B/R, Sam Vecenie from The Athletic, and our friends at Tankathon.com. While ESPN released 59 picks, most of the others only have mocked the 1st round for the time being. Also, the pick order is different for these mock drafts based on varying NBA championship odds for 2021-2022 season–and Sam Vecenie who did not even include actual teams, just pick numbers.

Athletic Vecenie (8/6)		USA Today (9/11)		ESPN (7/30)		B/R (7/31)		Tankathon (8/6)
Jalen Duren	1. HOU	Chet Holmgren	1. HOU	Chet Holmgren	1. HOU	Chet Holmgren	1. HOU	Paolo Banchero
Paolo Banchero	2. DET	Paolo Banchero	2. OKC	Paolo Banchero	2. DET	Paolo Banchero	2. OKC	Chet Holmgren
Chet Holmgren	3. CLE	AJ Griffin	3. DET	Jaden Hardy	3. OKC	Jaden Hardy	3. CLE	Jaden Hardy
Jaden Hardy	4. ORL	Jalen Duren	4. ORL	Jalen Duren	4. ORL	Yannick Nzosa	4. MIN	Yannick Nzosa
Yannick Nzosa	5. OKC	Jaden Hardy	5. CLE	Caleb Houstan	5. CLE	Jalen Duren	5. ORL	Jalen Duren
Nikola Jovic	6. SAC	Jaden Ivey	6. MIN	Yannick Nzosa	6. SAC	AJ Griffin	6. DET	AJ Griffin
Patrick Baldwin	7. MIN	Patrick Baldwin	7. SAC	Jabari Smith	7. MIN	Jabari Smith	7. SAC	Patrick Baldwin
Caleb Houstan	8. WAS	Yannick Nzosa	8. SAN	AJ Griffin	8. SAN	Caleb Houstan	8. SAN	Jabari Smith
Jaden Ivey	9. SAN	Caleb Houstan	9. CHI	Peyton Watson	9. CHI	Patrick Baldwin	9. NOP	Caleb Houstan
Jabari Smith	10. CHA	Peyton Watson	10. CHA	Patrick Baldwin	10. CHA	Matthew Cleveland	10. WAS	Nikola Jovic
AJ Griffin	11. TOR	Bennedict Mathurin	11. WAS	JD Davison	11. WAS	Kennedy Chandler	11. TOR	Jaden Ivey
Jean Montero	12. IND	Nikola Jovic	12. MEM	Jaden Ivey	12. NYK	Daimion Collins	12. CHA	Peyton Watson
Bennedict Mathurin	13. MEM	Roko Prkacin	13. MEM	Kennedy Chandler	13. IND	Peyton Watson	13. BOS	Jean Montero
Dyson Daniels	14. POR	Jean Montero	14. TOR	Ousmane Dieng	14. TOR	Jaden Ivey	14. POR	Bennedict Mathurin
Peyton Watson	15. CHI	Kennedy Chandler	15. IND	Jean Montero	15. MEM	Jean Montero	15. CHI	Roko Prkacin
Roko Prkacin	16. NYK	Dyson Daniels	16. NYK	Dyson Daniels	16. MEM	Dyson Daniels	16. NYK	Kennedy Chandler
JD Davison	17. CHA	Ousmane Dieng	17. BOS	TyTy Washington	17. POR	Nikola Jovic	17. MEM	Dyson Daniels
Kennedy Chandler	18. ATL	Jabari Smith	18. POR	Daimion Collins	18. BOS	Bennedict Mathurin	18. IND	Max Christie
Keegan Murray	19. BOS	Kadary Richmond	19. HOU	Allen Flanigan	19. HOU	Kendall Brown	19. HOU	Ousmane Dieng
TyTy Washington	20. DAL	Jabari Walker	20. ATL	Bennedict Mathurin	20. ATL	JD Davison	20. OKC	Daimion Collins
Ousmane Dieng	21. HOU	Mike Miles	21. DAL	Tristan Vukcevic	21. DAL	Max Christie	21. GSW	Keegan Murray
Jaime Jaquez	22. DEN	TyTy Washington	22. DEN	Nolan Hickman	22. DEN	Roko Prkacin	22. DAL	Jabari Walker
Daimion Collins	23. PHI	Julian Champagnie	23. OKC	Earl Timberlake	23. PHI	Jabari Walker	23. ATL	Terrence Shannon
Marcus Bagley	24. OKC	Jordan Hall	24. PHI	Nikola Jovic	24. OKC	TyTy Washington	24. DEN	TyTy Washington
Terrence Shannon	25. OKC	Jahvon Quinerly	25. UTA	Roko Prkacin	25. UTA	Nolan Hickman	25. MEM	Julian Champagnie
Hyunjung Lee	26. MEM	Nolan Hickman	26. OKC	Khalifa Diop	26. OKC	Ousmane Dieng	26. PHI	JD Davison
Taevion Kinsey	27. GSW	Taevion Kinsey	27. GSW	Keegan Murray	27. GSW	Matthew Mayer	27. NOP	Kadary Richmond
Johnny Juzang	28. MIL	Kendall Brown	28. MIL	Jaime Jaquez	28. MIL	Michael Foster	28. OKC	Matthew Mayer
Allen Flanigan	29. MEM	Hyunjung Lee	29. LAL	Caleb Love	29. LAL	Julian Champagnie	29. MIA	Mark Williams
Julian Champagnie	30. MIA	Andre Curbelo	30. MIA	Mark Williams	30. MIA	Mark Williams	30. MIL	Allen Flanigan
Gui Santos	31. CLE	Matthew Cleveland	31. CLE	Michael Foster
	32. WAS	JD Davison	32. OKC	Marcus Bagley
	33. NOP	Tristan Vukcevic	33. WAS	Ochai Agbaji
	34. ORL	Michael Foster	34. ORL	Andre Curbelo
	35. OKC	Max Christie	35. NOP	Hugo Besson
	36. SAC	Hunter Sallis	36. MIN	Josiah James
	37. MIN	Brandon Huntley-Hatfield	37. SAC	Johnny Juzang
	38. CLE	Khalifa Diop	38. CLE	Matthew Mayer
	39. CLE	Mojave King	39. SAC	Justin Lewis
	40. CHA	Mouhamed Gueye	40. CHA	Gabriele Procida
	41. GSW	Mark Williams	41. MIN	Julian Champagnie
	42. ORL	Matthew Mayer	42. CHA	Walker Kessler
	43. MEM	Daimion Collins	43. MEM	Drew Timme
	44. POR	Scotty Pippen	44. GSW	Ariel Hukporti
	45. SAC	Jaime Jaquez	45.ORL	Ibou Dianko Badji
	46. NYK	Marcus Bagley	46. NYK	Malcolm Cazalon
	47. NOP	Johnny Juzang	47. BOS	Taevion Kinsey
	48. ATL	Will Richardson	48. POR	Andew Nembhard
	49. BOS	Allen Flanigan	49. IND	Max Abmas
	50. DAL	Efe Abogidi	50. ATL	Azuolas Tubelis
	51. IND	Keegan Murray	51. DAL	Gui Santos
	52. MIN	Drew Timme	52. MIN	Terrence Shannon
	53. MIA	Azuolas Tubelis	53. LAC	Abramo Canka
	54. PHX	Ochai Agbaji	54. HOU	Zsombor Maronka
	55. LAC	Trayce Jackson-Davis	55. NOP	Pavel Savkov
	56. NOP	Andrew Nembhard	56. PHX	Will Richardson
	57. GSW	Jermaine Samuels	57. GSW	Jahvon Quinerly
	58. CHI	Ron Harper	58. DET	DeVante' Jones
	59. BKN	Iverson Molinar	59. BKN	Iverson Molinar

References:

USA Today [Bryan Kalbrosky]

Bleacher Report [Jonathan Wasserman]

ESPN/Draft Express [Jonathan Givony]

The Athletic [Sam Vecenie]

Tankathon

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With the newly released 1st round mock draft from B/R’s Jonathan Wasserman to go along with last month’s mock draft by Jonathan Givony and Mike Schmitz from ESPN/Draft Express, the first 2022 mock draft comparison is born! Perfect timing, as the conversation is starting to heat up about the who should be number one and where players will end up next year. Banchero and Holmgren seem to be consensus top-two picks, but Adrian Griffin and Jalen Hardy are at number three as we compare these two mocks below.

	ESPN (4/20)		B/R (5/6)
1. HOU	Paolo Banchero	1. HOU	Paolo Banchero
2. MIN	Chet Holmgren	2. DET	Chet Holmgren
3. ORL	Jaden Hardy	3. MIN	Adrian Griffin
4. OKC	Yannick Nzosa	4. OKC	Jabari Smith
5. DET	Jabari Smith	5. ORL	Jaden Hardy
6. CLE	Adrian Griffin	6. CLE	Patrick Baldwin
7. CHI	Peyton Watson	7. CHI	Yannick Nzosa
8. WSH	Patrick Baldwin	8. TOR	Kennedy Chandler
9. SAC	Caleb Houstan	9. SAC	Daimion Collins
10. TOR	Kennedy Chandler	10. NOP	Kendall Brown
11. NO	Ousmane Dieng	11. WAS	Matt Cleveland
12. SA	Nikola Jovic	12. IND	Max Christie
13. CHA	TyTy Washington	13. SAN	Jean Montero
14. MEM	Jaden Ivey	14. MEM	Peyton Watson
15. IND	Jean Montero	15. CHA	Bennedict Mathurin
16. HOU	Dyson Daniels	16. GS	Caleb Houstan
17. NY	Allen Flanigan	17. BOS	Nikola Jovic
18. GS	Ben Mathurin	18. MIA	Josh Primo
19. POR	Tristan Vukcevic	19. ATL	TyTy Washington
20. DAL	Earl Timberlake	20. POR	Dyson Daniels
21. ATL	Fedor Zugic	21. DAL	Ousmane Dieng
22. BOS	Kessler Edwards	22. NYK	Jahvon Quinerly
23. LAL	Keegan Murray	23. LAL	Jaden Ivey
24. MIL	Jaime Jaquez Jr.	24. MIL	Michael Foster
25. DEN	Justin Lewis	25. LAC	JT Thor
26. MIA	Caleb Love	26. BKN	Matthew Mayer
27. OKC	Mark Williams	27. DEN	Julian Champagnie
28. OKC	Josiah James	28. PHI	Allen Flanigan
29. PHI	Boris Tisma	29. PHX	Aaron Wiggins
30. UTA	Khalifa Diop	30. UTA	Taevion Kinsey

References:

Bleacher Report [Jonathan Wasserman]

ESPN/Draft Express [Jonathan Givony/Mike Schmitz]

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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)
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

Tankathon

Sports Illustrated [Jeremy Woo]

ESPN/Draft Express [Jonathan Givony/Mike Schmitz]

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A comparison of 2021 lottery picks from the January mock drafts posted by Jeremy Woo at Sports Illustrated, BR’s Jonathan Wasserman, The Athletic’s Sam Vecenie, and our friends at Tankathon.

	SI (1/20)		BR (1/14)		Tankathon (1/21)		Athletic (1/8)
1. DET	Cade Cunningham	1. DET	Cade Cunningham	1. DET	Cade Cunningham	1. OKC	Cade Cunningham
2. SAC	Evan Mobley	2. TOR	Evan Mobley	2. MIN	Evan Mobley	2. NYK	Jalen Suggs
3. CLE	Jonathan Kuminga	3. WAS	Jonathan Kuminga	3. WAS	Jalen Suggs	3. CLE	Evan Mobley
4. GS	Jalen Suggs	4. GS	Jalen Suggs	4. HOU	Jonathan Kuminga	4. DET	Jonathan Kuminga
5. WAS	Jalen Green	5. OKC	Jalen Green	5. SAC	Jalen Johnson	5. CHA	Jalen Green
6. CHI	Scottie Barnes	6. CHI	Ziaire Williams	6. TOR	Jalen Green	6. SAC	Ziaire Williams
7. OKC	James Bouknight	7. MEM	Scottie Barnes	7. NOP	Ziaire Williams	7. GS	Scottie Barnes
8. NYK	Jalen Johnson	8. CLE	Jalen Johnson	8. CHA	Scottie Barnes	8. SAS	James Bouknight
9. CHA	Ziaire Williams	9. NOP	Moses Moody	9. CHI	Jaden Springer	9. CHI	Corey Kispert
10. GS	Greg Brown	10. OKC	Kai Jones	10. OKC	James Bouknight	10. MEM	Jalen Johnson
11. ATL	Corey Kispert	11. SAC	Keon Johnson	11. OKC	Corey Kispert	11. ORL	Keon Johnson
12. OKC	Marcus Bagley	12. NYK	James Bouknight	12. ORL	Moses Moody	12. WAS	David Johnson
13. MEM	Moses Moody	13. DEN	Franz Wagner	13. NYK	Daishen Nix	13. OKC	Moses Moody
14. NOP	David Johnson	14. HOU	Sharife Cooper	14. DEN	Keon Johnson	14. NOP	Kai Jones

References:

Bleacher Report [Jonathan Wasserman]

Sports Illustrated [Jeremy Woo]

The Athletic [Sam Vecenie]

Tankathon

A comparison of 2021 lottery picks from the ‘way too early’ mock drafts posted by Jonathan Givony at ESPN/Draft Express, BR’s Jonathan Wasserman, The Athletic’s Sam Vecenie, and our friends at Tankathon.

	ESPN (Oct. 2019)	ESPN (Nov. 2020)	BR	Tankathon	Athletic
1. CLE	Cade Cunningham	Cade Cunningham	Cade Cunningham	Cade Cunningham	Cade Cunningham
2. CHA	Evan Mobley	Jalen Green	Jalen Green	Jalen Suggs	Jalen Green
3. NYK	Jalen Green	B.J. Boston	Jonathan Kuminga	Evan Mobley	B.J. Boston
4. MEM	Ziaire Williams	Evan Mobley	Evan Mobley	Jalen Green	Jonathan Kuminga
5. PHX	Terrence Clarke	Ziaire Williams	Jalen Suggs	Jonathan Kuminga	Keon Johnson
6. WAS	Jonathan Kuminga	Jalen Johnson	Usman Garuba	Jalen Johnson	Evan Mobley
7. CHI	Jalen Johnson	Keon Johnson	B.J. Boston	Moses Moody	Ziaire Williams
8. OKC	Usman Garuba	Scottie Barnes	Jaden Springer	Scottie Barnes	Terrence Clarke
9. ATL	Greg Brown	Jonathan Kuminga	Jalen Johnson	James Bouknight	Scottie Barnes
10. SAC	B.J. Boston	Caleb Love	Ziaire Williams	Jaden Springer	Usman Garuba
11. MIN	Caleb Love	Josh Christopher	Moses Moody	Day'Ron Sharpe	Jalen Suggs
12. DET	Ibou Dianko Badji	Juhann Begarin	Keon Johnson	Daishen Nix	Caleb Love
13. NOP	Keon Johnson	Daishen Nix	Greg Brown	Corey Kispert	Daishen Nix
14. NYK (via DAL)	Juhann Begarin	Usman Garuba	Terrence Clarke	B.J. Boston	Keyontae Johnson

*Note: No mock drafts published yet from SI’s Jeremy Woo, NBA Big Board’s Chard Ford, or The Ringer’s KOC

References:

Bleacher Report [Jonathan Wasserman]

ESPN/Draft Express [Jonathan Givony/Mike Schmitz]

The Athletic [Sam Vecenie]

Tankathon

Also worth checking out:

Sports Illustrated: Jeremy Woo’s First 2021 Big Board

The Ringer: J. Kyle Mann on Prospects That You Should Know About