2024 NBA Mock Draft: Which Center Goes Off The Board First?

With conference championship week in college basketball here, it’s a great time to keep an eye on some NBA Draft prospects! Who’s NBA mock draft stock will rise due to performance over the next few weeks? Who’s stock will fall? Let’s get to our latest 2024 NBA Mock Draft.

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How Does the NBA Draft Lottery Work

As a reminder, the NBA uses a lottery system to decide the first 14 picks in the draft order.

Here’s how the NBA Draft Lottery system works:

  • Eligible Teams: The 14 teams that do not qualify for the NBA playoffs are eligible to participate in the draft lottery. This includes teams that make the Play-In Tournament but don’t advance past the Play-In Tournament.
  • NBA Draft Lottery Odds: The teams with the worst records have higher chances of winning a top pick. The teams with the three worst records have the highest chance – a 14% chance – while the odds incrementally decrease for teams with better records among the non-playoff teams.
  • Ping Pong Balls: Fourteen ping-pong balls numbered 1 through 14 will be placed in a lottery machine. There are 1,001 possible combinations when four balls are drawn out of 14. Before the lottery, 1,000 of those 1,001 combinations are assigned to the 14 participating lottery teams. Those three with the highest odds will be given 140 combinations each – aka the most combinations.
  • Lottery Drawing: Drawings are conducted for the first four picks of the NBA Draft. The remaining non-playoff teams are then ordered based on their regular-season records, with the team with the worst record picking fifth, followed by the team with the next worst record, and so on.
  • The NBA shares the footage of the lottery drawing after each draft. You can watch the 2023 procedure here.

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    Current 2024 NBA Draft Lottery Odds

    While these odds will change daily, as of this writing these are the current 2024 NBA Draft Lottery odds for the No. 1 overall pick via Tankathon.

    1. Detroit Pistons (11-53): 14%
    2. Washington Wizards (11-53): 14%
    3. San Antonio Spurs (14-51): 14%
    4. Charlotte Hornets (16-49): 12.5%
    5. Portland Trail Blazers (18-46): 10.5%
    6. Memphis Grizzlies (22-43): 9.0%
    7. Toronto Raptors (23-42): 7.5% (Spurs own pick, Top-6 protected)
    8. Brooklyn Nets (26-39): 6.0% (Rockets own pick)
    9. Utah Jazz (28-36): 4.5% (Thunder own pick, Top-10 protected)
    10. Atlanta Hawks (29-35): 2.5%
    11. Houston Rockets (29-35): 2.5% (Thunder own pick)
    12. Chicago Bulls (31-34): 1.5%
    13. Golden State Warriors (34-30): 1.0% (Blazers own pick, Top-4 protected)
    14. Los Angeles Lakers (36-30): 0.5% (Pelicans own pick)

    2024 NBA Mock Draft

    1. Detroit Pistons: F/C Alexandre Sarr – Perth, France – 18 Years Old – 7’1, 218 lbs
    2. Washington Wizards: SF Zaccharie Risacher – JL Bourg, France – 18 Years Old – 6’9, 204 lbs
    3. San Antonio Spurs: PG Nikola Topic – Red Star, Serbia – 18 Years Old – 6’6, 201 lbs
    4. Charlotte Hornets: SF Cody Williams – Colorado – 19 Years Old – 6’8, 185 lbs
    5. Portland Trail Blazers: SF/PF Ron Holland – G League – 18 Years Old – 6’8, 200 lbs
    6. Memphis Grizzlies: SF Matas Buzelis – G League – 19 Years Old – 6’11, 195 lbs
    7. San Antonio Spurs (via Raptors): SG Ja’Kobe Walter – Baylor – 19 Years Old – 6’5, 180 lbs
    8. Houston Rockets (via Nets): G Isaiah Collier – USC – 19 Years Old – 6’4, 205 lbs
    9. Utah Jazz: G Reed Sheppard – Kentucky – 19 Years Old – 6’3, 187 lbs
    10. Atlanta Hawks: F Tidjane Salaun – Cholet Basket, France – 18 Years Old – 6’9, 203 lbs
    11. Oklahoma City Thunder (via Rockets): G/F Dalton Knecht – Tennessee – 22 Years Old – 6’6, 213 lbs
    12. Chicago Bulls: G Stephon Castle – UConn – 19 Years Old – 6’6, 190 lbs
    13. Portland Trail Blazers (via Warriors): G Rob Dillingham – Kentucky – 19 Years Old – 6’3, 176 lbs
    14. New Orleans Pelicans (via Lakers): C Donovan Clingan – UConn – 19 Years Old – 7’2, 265 lbs
    15. Miami Heat: G Johnny Furphy – Kansas – 19 Years Old – 6’9, 202 lbs
    16. Toronto Raptors (via Pacers): C Kyle Filipowski – Duke – 20 Years Old – 7’0, 248 lbs
    17. Philadelphia 76ers: G Kevin McCullar – Kansas – 22 Years Old – 6’6, 210 lbs
    18. Orlando Magic: F Ryan Dunn – Virginia – 21 Years Old – 6’8, 216 lbs
    19. New York Knicks (via Mavericks): C Yves Missi – Baylor – 19 Years Old – 6’10, 235 lbs
    20. Atlanta Hawks (via Kings): F Tyler Smith – G League – 19 Years Old – 6’11, 224 lbs
    21. New York Knicks: G DJ Wagner – Kentucky – 18 Years Old – 6’3, 175 lbs
    22. Phoenix Suns: C Kel’el Ware – Indiana – 20 Years Old – 7’0, 223 lbs
    23. New Orleans Pelicans: G Jared McCain – Duke – 19 Years Old – 6’3, 197 lbs
    24. Cleveland Cavaliers: F Bobi Klintman – Cairns, Sweden – 20 Years Old – 6’10, 225 lbs
    25. Milwaukee Bucks: G Terrence Shannon Jr – Illinois – 23 Years Old – 6’6, 220 lbs
    26. Washington Wizards (via Clippers): F Oso Ighodaro – Marquette – 21 Years Old – 6’9, 225 lbs
    27. Minnesota Timberwolves: PG Tyler Kolek – Marquette – 22 Years Old – 6’3, 195 lbs
    28. Denver Nuggets: F Izan Almansa – G League – 18 Years Old – 6’10, 216 lb
    29. Utah Jazz (via Thunder): F Dillon Jones – Weber State – 22 Years Old – 6’6, 235 lbs
    30. Boston Celtics: C Zach Edey – Purdue – 21 Years Old – 7’4, 300 lbs

    Mandatory Credit: David Butler II-USA TODAY Sports

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    Matt is from the Chicagoland area and has been working in Chicago sports since 2015 with stops at WGN Radio, the Chicago Blackhawks, Stadium, and NBC Sports Chicago prior to landing at Betsperts. Matt covers just about everything for Betsperts and Bleacher Nation but focuses on the NHL and college football.

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