The NBA Draft is more than a month away, but with Mock Draft
websites changing everyday it's time to compare the rankings of two
well-established websites, DraftExpress and NBADraft.net prior to the NBA Combine in Chicago. A lot of changes will
occur over the next month, but as of right now there is a large discrepancy in draft pick opinions.
Starting with the No. 1 pick, DraftExpress has Brandon Ingram atop their board while Ben Simmons has been holding steady in
the top spot for NBADraft.net. For the record, sportsbook.ag has Simmons as a
-225 favorite to become the No. 1 pick.
The top 10 picks are all relatively
clustered together with Dragan Bender,
Kris Dunn, Jamal Murray, Buddy Hield,
and Jaylen Brown all taking top
spots. Where a difference starts to initially occur is with the No. 8 and No.9
selections. NBADraft.net has former Gonzaga big man Domantas Sabonis going No. 8, while DX has him going at 18. Vice
versa for Henry Ellenson who DX has
No. 9 and NBA Draft.net has 17.
Once you start moving out of the lottery, there is a wide
discrepancy on players. DX has a higher opinion on American players such as Demetrius Jackson and Wade Baldwin, while NBA Draft.net is
much higher on Dejounte Murray, Malik Beasley, Brice Johnson, and Malachi
Richardson.
Another stark contrast compares when projecting the draft
spot of international players. Dragan
Bender and Furkan Korkmaz are
slotted relatively in the same range, but it is obvious that DX thinks much
more highly of the international prospects than NBADraft.net. Timothy Luwawu, the French swingman is
a projected lottery pick per DX, but is only slotted in the late first per
NBADraft.net. Also, players such as Ivica
Zubacand, Petr Cornelle are
projected first rounders per DX and not even listed on NBADraft.net. Finally,
Chinese big man Zhou Qi sits at No.
28 in the DX first round.
Overall, the opinions between the two mock draft websites
have a large variance. Once the lottery order is set and teams start hosting
players for workouts the discrepancies will start to narrow.
Name | DX | Draft.net | Diff. |
---|---|---|---|
Brandon Ingram | 1 | 2 | -1 |
Ben Simmons | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Dragan Bender | 3 | 3 | 0 |
Kris Dunn | 4 | 6 | -2 |
Jaylen Brown | 5 | 7 | -2 |
Jamal Murray | 6 | 5 | 1 |
Buddy Hield | 7 | 4 | 3 |
Jakob Poetl | 8 | 9 | -1 |
Henry Ellenson | 9 | 17 | -8 |
Skal Labissiere | 10 | 12 | -2 |
Deyonta Davis | 11 | 11 | 0 |
Marquese Chriss | 12 | 10 | 2 |
Timothe Luwawu | 13 | 25 | -12 |
Demetrius Jackson | 14 | 35 | -21 |
Wade Baldwin | 15 | 37 | -22 |
Denzel Valentine | 16 | 16 | 0 |
Furkan Korkmaz | 17 | 13 | 4 |
Domantas Sabonis | 18 | 8 | 10 |
Tyler Ulis | 19 | 33 | -14 |
Ivica Zubac | 20 | 61 | -41 |
Taurean Prince | 21 | 22 | -1 |
Damian James | 22 | 26 | -4 |
Ante Zizic | 23 | 45 | -22 |
Malik Beasley | 24 | 14 | 10 |
Pat McCaw | 25 | 24 | 1 |
Juan Hernandez | 26 | 55 | -29 |
Petr Cornelle | 27 | 61 | -34 |
Zhou Qi | 28 | 46 | -18 |
DeAndre Bembry | 29 | 27 | 2 |
Brice Johnson | 30 | 18 | 12 |
Dejounte Murray | 31 | 15 | 16 |
Chieck Diallo | 32 | 23 | 9 |
Diamond Stone | 33 | 21 | 12 |
Guerschon Yabusele | 34 | 29 | 5 |
Stephen Zimmerman | 35 | 20 | 15 |
Thon Maker | 39 | 28 | 11 |
Caris Levert | 43 | 30 | 13 |
Malachi Richardson | 53 | 19 | 34 |
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