We went through the top 40 picks in the draft.
On last night’s Bleav in Wizards podcast, Kevin Broom and Osman Baig joined me for a live mock draft of the top 40 picks in the draft. Broom had the first pick, Baig went second, and I went third. For a detailed justification of each pick, feel free to check out the entire episode. Otherwise, a recap of all the selections is below.
1) Atlanta – Zaccharie Risacher, 6’9.75, Bourg (Kevin)
2) Washington – Alex Sarr, 7’1, Perth (Osman)
3) Houston – Reed Sheppard, 6’3, Kentucky (Matt
4) San Antonio – Stephon Castle, 6’6.75, Connecticut (Kevin)
5) Detroit – Dalton Knecht, 6’6.5, Tennessee (Osman)
6) Charlotte – Matas Buzelis, 6’10, G League Ignite (Matt)
7) Portland – Nikola Topic, 6’7, Red Star (Kevin)
8) San Antonio – Ron Holland, 6’7.75, G League Ignite (Osman)
9) Memphis – Donovan Clingan, 7’3, Connecticut (Matt)
10) Utah – Devin Carter, 6’3.5, Providence (Kevin)
11) Chicago – Cody Williams, 6’7.75, Colorado (Osman)
12) Oklahoma City – Tidjane Salaun, 6’10, Cholet (Matt)
13) Sacramento – DaRon Holmes II, 6’10, Dayton (Kevin)
14) Portland – Zach Edey, 7’5, Purdue (Osman)
15) Miami – Isaiah Collier, 6’3.75, Southern California (Matt)
16) Philadelphia – Tyler Smith, 6’10, G League Ignite (Kevin)
17) Los Angeles (Lakers) – Rob Dillingham, 6’2.25, Kentucky (Osman)
18) Orlando – Jared McCain, 6’3.25, Duke (Matt)
19) Toronto – Jonathan Mogbo, 6’7.5, San Francisco (Kevin)
20) Cleveland – Tristan da Silva, 6’9.5, Colorado (Osman)
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21) New Orleans – Ja’Kobe Walter, 6’5.5, Baylor (Matt)
22) Phoenix – KJ Simpson, 6’1.5, Colorado (Kevin)
23) Milwaukee – Ryan, 6’7.5, Virginia (Osman)
24) New York – Carlton “Bub” Carrington, 6’5, Pittsburgh (Matt)
25) New York – Jamal Shead, 6’1.5, Houston (Kevin)
26) Washington – Pacome Dadiet, 6’9, Ulm (Osman)
27) Minnesota – Johnny Furphy, 6’8.75, Kansas (Matt)
28) Denver – Antonio Reeves, 6’5.75, Kentucky (Kevin)
29) Utah – Nikola Djursis, 6’8.25, Mega Basket (Osman)
30) Boston – Baylor Scheierman, 6’7.5, Creighton (Matt)
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31) Toronto – Terrence Shannon Jr., 6’7, Illinois (Kevin)
32) Utah – Kel’el Ware, 7’1, Indiana (Osman)
33) Milwaukee – Kevin McCullar, 6’6.5, Kansas (Matt)
34) Portland – Juan Nunez, 6’5.25, Ulm (Kevin)
35) San Antonio – Ajay Mitchell, 6’4.5, UC Santa Barbara (Osman)
36) Indiana – Kyle Filipowski, 7’, Duke (Matt)
37) Minnesota – Tristen Newton, 6’4.5, Connecticut (Kevin)
38) New York – Cam Christie, 6’5.75, Minnesota (Osman)
39) Memphis – Jaylon Tyson, 6’6.75, California (Matt)
40) Portland – Melvin Ajinca, 6’8.5, San Quentin (Kevin)
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