UPDATED: NBA Mock Draft — All 30 First-Round Picks after Two Key Deadlines
Two important deadlines have passed. Here is my latest look at the first round
The NBA draft is just three weeks away!
With the NCAA’s deadline to withdraw from the draft behind us, and with Brooklyn reaching a deadline decision to defer its rights to a Philadelphia first-round pick to 2023 from the Ben Simmons-James Harden trade, I’ve made some changes to the mock draft.
Here is a new and updated look at the first round of the draft.
This mock draft is based on intel gathered in recent days and weeks, including at the NBA Draft Combine, where I scouted the prospects and talked to NBA execs and scouts.
Here are the first 30 picks as I see them shaping up, including comments from NBA scouts on the top prospects: