The NBA Draft is scheduled to take place tonight so here are our final predictions of 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: Bennedict Mathurin, SG/SF (Arizona/SO)
6. Indiana: Keegan Murray, PF (Iowa/SO)
7. Portland: Dyson Daniels, PG/SG (G-League)
8. New Orleans: Shaedon Sharpe, SG (Kentucky/FR)
9. San Antonio: AJ Griffin, SF (Duke/FR)
10. Washington: Jeremy Sochan, PF (Baylor/FR)
11. New York: Johnny Davis, SG (Wisconsin/SO)
12. Oklahoma City: Malaki Branham, SG/SF (Ohio State/FR)
13. Charlotte: Jalen Duren, PF/C (Memphis/FR)
14. Cleveland: Ochai Agbaji, SG (Kansas/SR)
15. Charlotte: Ousmane Dieng, SF (France)
16. Atlanta: Mark Williams, C (Duke/SO)
17. Houston: Jalen Williams, SG/SF (Santa Clara/JR)
18. Chicago: Tari Eason, SF/PF (LSU/SO)
19. Minnesota: Nikola Jovic, SF/PF (Serbia)
20. San Antonio: TyTy Washington, PG (Kentucky/FR)
21. Denver: Blake Wesley, PG/SG (Notre Dame/FR)
22. Memphis: Dalen Terry, PG/SG (Arizona/SO)
23. Philadelphia: Jaden Hardy, SG (G-League)
24. Milwaukee: MarJon Beauchamp, SG (G-League)
25. San Antonio: Wendell Moore Jr., SG/SF (Duke/JR)
26. Houston: Walker Kessler, C (Auburn/SO)
27. Miami: EJ Liddell, PF (Ohio State/JR)
28. Golden State: Jake LaRavia, PF (Wake Forest/JR)
29. Memphis: Kennedy Chandler, PG (Tennessee/FR)
30. Denver: Patrick Baldwin Jr., PF (Milwaukee/FR)