The NBA Draft is scheduled to take place on November 18th and until then 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 Minnesota already has Karl-Anthony Towns at the 5-spot then they are probably not selecting a center with the #1 overall pick. Please see our 1st round predictions below and then tweet us your comments regarding what looks good and what might need a re-pick.
#. TEAM: NAME, POSITION (SCHOOL/YEAR OR COUNTRY)
1. Minnesota: Anthony Edwards, SG (Georgia/FR)
2. Golden State: LaMelo Ball, PG (INTL)
3. Charlotte: Obi Toppin, PF (Dayton/SO)
4. Chicago: Deni Avdija, SF (Israel)
5. Cleveland: James Wiseman, C (Memphis/FR)
6. Atlanta: Killian Hayes, PG (France)
7. Detroit: Onyeka Okongwu, PF/C (USC/FR)
8. New York: Isaac Okoro, SG/SF (Auburn/FR)
9. Washington: Patrick Williams, SF/PF (Florida State/FR)
10. Phoenix: Tyrese Haliburton, PG (Iowa State/SO)
11. San Antonio: Devin Vassell, SG (Florida State/SO)
12. Sacramento: Precious Achiuwa, PF (Memphis/FR)
13. New Orleans: Aaron Nesmith, SG/SF (Vanderbilt/SO)
14. Boston: Saddiq Bey, SF (Villanova/SO)
15. Orlando: Jalen Smith, PF (Maryland/SO)
16. Portland: Cole Anthony, PG (North Carolina/FR)
17. Minnesota: Theo Maledon, PG (France)
18. Dallas: Aleksej Pokusevski, C (Serbia)
19. Brooklyn: Tyrese Maxey, SG (Kentucky/FR)
20. Miami: Kira Lewis, PG (Alabama/SO)
21. Philadelphia: RJ Hampton, PG/SG (INTL)
22. Denver: Jaden McDaniels, SF/PF (Washington/FR)
23. Utah: Leandro Bolmaro, SG (Argentina)
24. Milwaukee: Vernon Carey, PF/C (Duke/FR)
25. Oklahoma City: Josh Green, SG (Arizona/FR)
26. Boston: Tyrell Terry, PG (Stanford/FR)
27. New York: Desmond Bane, SG (TCU/SR)
28. LA Lakers: Isaiah Stewart, C (Washington/FR)
29. Toronto: Jahmi’us Ramsey, PG/SG (Texas Tech/FR)
30. Boston: Malachi Flynn, PG (San Diego State/JR)