The NBA Draft is scheduled to take place on June 23rd 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 Houston already has Jalen Green at the 2-spot then they are probably not selecting a shooting guard with the 3rd 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/LEAGUE)
1. Orlando: Jabari Smith, PF (Auburn/FR)
2. Oklahoma City: Chet Holmgren, PF/C (Gonzaga/FR)
3. Houston: Paolo Banchero, PF/C (Duke/FR)
4. Sacramento: Jaden Ivey, PG/SG (Purdue/SO)
5. Detroit: Shaedon Sharpe, SG (Kentucky/FR)
6. Indiana: Keegan Murray, PF (Iowa/SO)
7. Portland: Bennedict Mathurin, SG/SF (Arizona/SO)
8. New Orleans: AJ Griffin, SF (Duke/FR)
9. San Antonio: Johnny Davis, SG (Wisconsin/SO)
10. Washington: Ochai Agbaji, SG (Kansas/SR)
11. New York: Jalen Duren, PF/C (Memphis/FR)
12. Oklahoma City: Jeremy Sochan, PF (Baylor/FR)
13. Charlotte: Tari Eason, SF/PF (LSU/SO)
14. Cleveland: Dyson Daniels, PG/SG (G-League)
15. Charlotte: TyTy Washington, PG (Kentucky/FR)
16. Atlanta: Mark Williams, C (Duke/SO)
17. Houston: Malaki Branham, SG/SF (Ohio State/FR)
18. Chicago: Kendall Brown, SF/PF (Baylor/FR)
19. Minnesota: Blake Wesley, PG/SG (Notre Dame/FR)
20. San Antonio: Jaden Hardy, SG (G-League)
21. Denver: MarJon Beauchamp, SG (G-League)
22. Memphis: Patrick Baldwin Jr., PF (Milwaukee/FR)
23. Brooklyn: Walker Kessler, C (Auburn/SO)
24. Milwaukee: Ousmane Dieng, SF (France)
25. San Antonio: EJ Liddell, PF (Ohio State/JR)
26. Dallas: Kennedy Chandler, PG (Tennessee/FR)
27. Miami: Max Christie, SG (Michigan State/FR)
28. Golden State: Nikola Jovic, SF/PF (Serbia)
29. Memphis: Trevor Keels, SG (Duke/FR)
30. Oklahoma City: Jean Montero, PG/SG (Overtime Elite)