Over the last three weeks on the Hoops Prospects Podcast (HPP), the crew has been diligently working on its second annual HPP Mock Draft, featuring in-depth analysis of all 58 selections and nine players who should be no worse than undrafted free agents signed to two-way contracts. We broke the mock draft into four separate episodes (see below), and all HPP shows are organized in chapters so you can easily skip to the sections that you want to hear.
This year’s analysts were Drew Barton, Ayad Bunni, Jake Copestick, Jackson Inagi, Cam Riehl, and myself. Each drafter was assigned certain teams (see below), and in-house trades were permitted (within reason). We had just two mock trades this year, neither of which were complicated, and one actual trade occurred during the process (see below).
Please make sure to listen in because you won’t hear more detailed prospect analysis on any other podcast, and if you tune in year-round, it’s safe to say that you will not find a podcast that has better coverage of the NBA Draft and college basketball.
The HPP NBA Mock Draft does differ from the official Hoops Prospects Mock Draft, which is done by me and includes more recent trades.
The Episodes:
- Picks 1-14 — The Lottery
- Picks 15-30 — End of First Round
- Picks 31-45 — Early Second Round
- Picks 46-58 — End of Second Round plus Undrafted Free Agents
Analysts Assigned Teams:
- Bunni: Rockets (4, 20), Pistons (5, 31), Jazz (9, 16, 34, 39), Cavaliers (49), Suns (52)
- Drew: Trail Blazers (3, 29, 32, 43), OKC (12, 50), Pelicans (14), GSW (19), Timberwolves (53), Bucks (58)
- Jake: Magic (6, 11, 36), Raptors (13), Nets (21, 22, 51), Grizzlies (25, 45, 56),
- Jackson: Hornets (2, 27, 28, 41), Wizards (8, 42, 57), Lakers: (17, 47), Bulls (no picks)
- Cam: Mavericks (10), Heat (18), Kings (24, 38, 54), Clippers (30, 48), Nuggets (37, 40), Knicks (no picks)
- Rich: Spurs (1, 33, 44), Pacers (7, 23, 26, 55), Hawks (15, 46), Celtics (35), 76ers (no picks)
Trades:
- The Charlotte Hornets send picks 34 and 39 to the Utah Jazz for pick 28 — in-house trade.
- OKC Thunder sends pick 37 to the Denver Nuggets as part of a larger pick swap — actual trade.
- The Indiana Pacers send picks 29 and 32 to the Portland Trail Blazers for pick 23 and the 2024 2nd-rounder (via Atlanta) — in-house trade.
The Results
| Pick | Team | Player | Team | Position |
| 1 | San Antonio Spurs | Victor Wembanyama | Met 92 (France) | C/PF |
| 2 | Charlotte Hornets | Brandon Miller | Alabama | SF |
| 3 | Portland Trail Blazers | Cam Whitmore | Villanova | SF |
| 4 | Houston Rockets | Scoot Henderson | G League Ignite | PG |
| 5 | Detroit Pistons | Jarace Walker | Houston | F |
| 6 | Orlando Magic | Amen Thompson | Overtime Elite | PG |
| 7 | Indiana Pacers | Ausar Thompson | Overtime Elite | SF |
| 8 | Washington Wizards | Anthony Black | Arkansas | PG |
| 9 | Utah Jazz | Gradey Dick | Kansas | SF |
| 10 | Dallas Mavericks | Taylor Hendricks | UCF | PF |
| 11 | Orlando Magic | Cason Wallace | Kentucky | CG |
| 12 | Oklahoma City Thunder | Bilal Coulibaly | Met 92 (France) | Wing |
| 13 | Toronto Raptors | Dariq Whitehead | Duke | Wing |
| 14 | New Orleans Pelicans | Jordan Hawkins | Connecticut | SG |
| Pick | Team | Player | Team | Position |
| 15 | Atlanta Hawks | Jalen Hood-Schifino | Indiana | PG |
| 16 | Utah Jazz | Dereck Lively | Duke | C |
| 17 | Los Angeles Lakers | Kobe Bufkin | Michigan | SG |
| 18 | Miami Heat | Kris Murray | Iowa | F |
| 19 | Golden State Warriors | Noah Clowney | Alabama | PF |
| 20 | Houston Rockets | Leonard Miller | G League Ignite | PF |
| 21 | Brooklyn Nets | Keyonte George | Baylor | CG |
| 22 | Brooklyn Nets | Nick Smith Jr. | Arkansas | CG |
| 23 | Trail Blazers for Pacers (3) | Brice Sensabaugh | Ohio State | SF |
| 24 | Sacramento Kings | Jaime Jaquez | UCLA | F |
| 25 | Memphis Grizzlies | Jett Howard | Michigan | W |
| 26 | Indiana Pacers | Trayce Jackson-Davis | Indiana | PF/C |
| 27 | Charlotte Hornets | Brandin Podziemski | Santa Clara | CG |
| 28 | Jazz for Hornets (1) | Olivier-Maxence Prosper | Marquette | F |
| 29 | Pacers for Trail Blazers (3) | Amari Bailey | UCLA | CG |
| 30 | LA Clippers | GG Jackson | South Carolina | PF |
| Pick | Team | Player | Team | Position |
| 31 | Detroit Pistons | Marcus Sasser | Houston | CG |
| 32 | Pacers for Trail Blazers (3) | Colby Jones | Xavier | W |
| 33 | San Antonio Spurs | Andre Jackson | UConn | CG |
| 34 | Hornets for Utah Jazz (1) | Rayan Rupert | New Zealand Breakers | W |
| 35 | Boston Celtics | Sidy Cissoko | GL Ignite | W |
| 36 | Orlando Magic | Jaylen Clark | UCLA | W |
| 37 | Thunder for Nuggets (2) | James Nnaji | FC Barcelona | C |
| 38 | Sacramento Kings | Emoni Bates | Western Michigan | W |
| 39 | Hornets for Utah Jazz (1) | Maxwell Lewis | Pepperdine | F |
| 40 | Denver Nuggets | Kobe Brown | Missouri | F |
| 41 | Charlotte Hornets | Julian Strawther | Gonzaga | SF |
| 42 | Washington Wizards | Jordan Walsh | Arkansas | F |
| 43 | Portland Trail Blazers | Tristan Vukcevic | KK Partizan | C |
| 44 | San Antonio Spurs | Ben Sheppard | Belmont | W |
| 45 | Memphis Grizzlies | Jalen Wilson | Kansas | |
| Pick | Team | Player | Team | Position |
| 46 | Atlanta Hawks | Julian Phillips | Tennessee | F |
| 47 | Los Angeles Lakers | Seth Lundy | Penn State | W |
| 48 | LA Clippers | Ricky Council | Arkansas | W |
| 49 | Cleveland Cavaliers | Terquavion Smith | NC State | CG |
| 50 | Oklahoma City Thunder | Isaiah Wong | Miami | CG |
| 51 | Brooklyn Nets | Jordan Miller | Miami | W |
| 52 | Phoenix Suns | Keyontae Johnson | Kansas State | SF |
| 53 | Minnesota Timberwolves | Mike Miles | TCU | PG |
| 54 | Sacramento Kings | Jalen Slawson | Furman | F |
| 55 | Indiana Pacers | Chris Livingston | Kentucky | W |
| 56 | Memphis Grizzlies | Omari Moore | San Jose State | CG |
| 57 | Washington Wizards | Mouhamed Gueye | Washington State | C |
| 58 | Milwaukee Bucks | Drew Timme | Gonzaga | PF/C |
| Pick | Team | Player | Team | Position |
| UFA 1 | Chicago Bulls | Hunter Tyson | Clemson | F |
| UFA 2 | New York Knicks | Marquis Nowell | Kansas State | PG |
| UFA 3 | Philadelphia 76ers | Oscar Tshiebwe | Kentucky | PF/C |
| UFA 4 | Cleveland Cavaliers | Adama Sanogo | UConn | C |
| UFA 5 | Golden State Warriors | Jalen Pickett | Penn State | PG |
| UFA 6 | Toronto Raptors | Tosan Evbuomwan | Princeton | F |
| UFA 7 | Los Angeles Lakers | Toumani Camara | Dayton | PF |
| UFA 8 | Memphis Grizzlies | Mojave King | GL Ignite | W |
| UFA 9 | Boston Celtics | Drew Peterson | USC | SF |
