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