The NBA draft will take place on June 22 and we will do our best to predict where everyone will get selected. Some websites do their mock drafts based on “best player available” but we try to focus on team needs: for example, if a team like Phoenix already has Eric Bledsoe at the 1-spot, then they are probably not selecting a PG with the #4 overall pick. So, please see our 1st round predictions below and then let us know in the comments section what looks good and what might need a re-pick.
#: TEAM-NAME, POSITION (SCHOOL OR COUNTRY/YEAR)
1: Boston-Markelle Fultz, PG (Washington/FR)
2: LA Lakers-Lonzo Ball, PG (UCLA/FR)
3: Philadelphia-De’Aaron Fox, PG (Kentucky/FR)
4: Phoenix-Josh Jackson, SG/SF (Kansas/FR)
5: Sacramento-Jayson Tatum, SF (Duke/FR)
6: Orlando-Jonathan Isaac, SF/PF (Florida State/FR)
7: Minnesota-Dennis Smith, PG (NC State/FR)
8: New York-Malik Monk, SG (Kentucky/FR)
9: Dallas-Frank Ntilikina, PG (France/INTL)
10: Sacramento-Lauri Markkanen, PF (Arizona/FR)
11: Charlotte-Zach Collins, C (Gonzaga/FR)
12: Detroit-Luke Kennard, SG (Duke/SO)
13: Denver-Donovan Mitchell, SG (Louisville/SO)
14: Miami-John Collins, PF/C (Wake Forest/FR)
15: Portland-Justin Jackson, SF (North Carolina/JR)
16: Chicago-Justin Patton, C (Creighton/FR)
17: Milwaukee-Jarrett Allen, C (Texas/FR)
18: Indiana-TJ Leaf, PF (UCLA/FR)
19: Atlanta-Terrance Ferguson, SG (USA/INTL)
20: Portland-Harry Giles, PF/C (Duke/FR)
21: Oklahoma City-Bam Adebayo, PF/C (Kentucky/FR)
22: Brooklyn-Ike Anigbogu, C (UCLA/FR)
23: Toronto-OG Anunoby, SF/PF (Indiana/SO)
24: Utah-DJ Wilson, PF (Michigan/SO)
25: Orlando-Jawun Evans, PG (Oklahoma State/SO)
26: Portland-Isaiah Hartenstein, PF (Germany/INTL)
27: Brooklyn-Rodions Kurucs, SF (Latvia/INTL)
28: LA Lakers-Jordan Bell, PF/C (Oregon/JR)
29: San Antonio-Caleb Swanigan, PF (Purdue/SO)
30: Utah-Ivan Rabb, PF/C (California/FR)