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: Tre Johnson, SG (Texas/FR)
6. Washington: Jeremiah Fears, PG/SG (Oklahoma/FR)
7. New Orleans: Kon Knueppel, SG/SF (Duke/FR)
8. Brooklyn: Khaman Maluach, C (Duke/FR)
9. Toronto: Derik Queen, C (Maryland/FR)
10. Houston: Carter Bryant, SF (Arizona/FR)
11. Portland: Kasparas Jakucionis, PG/SG (Illinois/FR)
12. Chicago: Liam McNeeley, SF (UConn/FR)
13. Atlanta: Jase Richardson, PG/SG (Michigan State/FR)
14. San Antonio: Egor Demin, SG/SF (BYU/FR)
15. Oklahoma City: Noa Essengue, SF/PF (France)
16. Memphis: Nique Clifford, SG (Colorado State/SR)
17. Minnesota: Nolan Traore, PG (France)
18. Washington: Collin Murray-Boyles, PF/C (South Carolina/SO)
19. Brooklyn: Thomas Sorber, C (Georgetown/FR)
20. Miami: Asa Newell, PF (Georgia/FR)
21. Utah: Cedric Coward, SG (Washington State/SR)
22. Atlanta: Joan Beringer, PF/C (France)
23. Indiana: Hugo Gonzalez, SG (Spain)
24. Oklahoma City: Rasheer Fleming, PF/C (St. Joseph’s/JR)
25. Orlando: Walter Clayton Jr., PG (Florida/SR)
26. Brooklyn: Will Riley, SF/PF (Illinois/FR)
27. Brooklyn: Danny Wolf, PF/C (Michigan/JR)
28. Boston: Maxime Raynaud, PF/C (Stanford/SR)
29. Phoenix: Ryan Kalkbrenner, C (Creighton/SR)
30. LA Clippers: Drake Powell, SG/SF (North Carolina/FR)
