The NBA Draft is scheduled to take place on June 25th/26th 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 San Antonio already has Victor Wembanyama at the 5 then they are probably not selecting a C with the 2nd 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. Dallas: Cooper Flagg, SF/PF (Duke/FR)
2. San Antonio: Dylan Harper, PG/SG (Rutgers/FR)
3. Philadelphia: Ace Bailey, SG/SF (Rutgers/FR)
4. Charlotte: VJ Edgecombe, PG/SG (Baylor/FR)
5. Utah: Kon Knueppel, SG/SF (Duke/FR)
6. Washington: Jeremiah Fears, PG/SG (Oklahoma/FR)
7. New Orleans: Derik Queen, C (Maryland/FR)
8. Brooklyn: Tre Johnson, SG (Texas/FR)
9. Toronto: Kasparas Jakucionis, PG/SG (Illinois/FR)
10. Houston: Khaman Maluach, C (Duke/FR)
11. Portland: Jase Richardson, PG/SG (Michigan State/FR)
12. Chicago: Egor Demin, SG/SF (BYU/FR)
13. Atlanta: Nolan Traore, PG (France)
14. San Antonio: Asa Newell, PF (Georgia/FR)
15. Oklahoma City: Collin Murray-Boyles, PF/C (South Carolina/SO)
16. Orlando: Nique Clifford, SG (Colorado State/SR)
17. Minnesota: Liam McNeeley, SF (UConn/FR)
18. Washington: Noa Essengue, SF/PF (France)
19. Brooklyn: Walter Clayton Jr., PG (Florida/SR)
20. Miami: Will Riley, SF/PF (Illinois/FR)
21. Utah: Rasheer Fleming, PF/C (St. Joseph’s/JR)
22. Atlanta: Joan Beringer, PF/C (France)
23. Indiana: Hugo Gonzalez, SG (Spain)
24. Oklahoma City: Carter Bryant, SF (Arizona/FR)
25. Orlando: Boogie Fland, PG/SG (Arkansas/FR)
26. Brooklyn: Thomas Sorber, C (Georgetown/FR)
27. Brooklyn: Danny Wolf, PF/C (Michigan/JR)
28. Boston: Tahaad Pettiford, PG (Auburn/FR)
29. Phoenix: Yaxel Lendeborg, PF/C (UAB/SR)
30. LA Clippers: Labaron Philon, PG (Alabama/FR)
