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: Keegan Murray, PF (Iowa/SO)
6. Indiana: Bennedict Mathurin, SG/SF (Arizona/SO)
7. Portland: AJ Griffin, SF (Duke/FR)
8. New Orleans: Shaedon Sharpe, SG (Kentucky/FR)
9. San Antonio: Johnny Davis, SG (Wisconsin/SO)
10. Washington: Dyson Daniels, PG/SG (G-League)
11. New York: TyTy Washington, PG (Kentucky/FR)
12. Oklahoma City: Jalen Duren, PF/C (Memphis/FR)
13. Charlotte: Ochai Agbaji, SG (Kansas/SR)
14. Cleveland: Malaki Branham, SG/SF (Ohio State/FR)
15. Charlotte: Jeremy Sochan, PF (Baylor/FR)
16. Atlanta: Tari Eason, SF/PF (LSU/SO)
17. Houston: Mark Williams, C (Duke/SO)
18. Chicago: Ousmane Dieng, SF (France)
19. Minnesota: Nikola Jovic, SF/PF (Serbia)
20. San Antonio: Jalen Williams, SG/SF (Santa Clara/JR)
21. Denver: Jaden Hardy, SG (G-League)
22. Memphis: Blake Wesley, PG/SG (Notre Dame/FR)
23. Brooklyn: MarJon Beauchamp, SG (G-League)
24. Milwaukee: Walker Kessler, C (Auburn/SO)
25. San Antonio: EJ Liddell, PF (Ohio State/JR)
26. Dallas: Kendall Brown, SF/PF (Baylor/FR)
27. Miami: Caleb Houstan, SF (Michigan/FR)
28. Golden State: Christian Braun, SG (Kansas/JR)
29. Memphis: Kennedy Chandler, PG (Tennessee/FR)
30. Oklahoma City: Patrick Baldwin Jr., PF (Milwaukee/FR)