2024 NBA Mock Draft: In-Season Trades Shake Up Draft Order

It’s time for another 2024 NBA Mock Draft!

As the NBA season is in full swing, the draft lottery is taking form. In contrast to last year’s draft class, which featured standout players like Victor Wembanyama and Scoot Henderson, the current NBA Draft class seems to lack top-tier prospects at the forefront. However, with plenty of time left until the NBA Draft on June 27th, players have a significant chance to establish themselves as top lottery picks.

How Does the NBA Draft Lottery Work

As a reminder, the NBA uses a lottery system to decide a portion of 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.

    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 via Tankathon.

    1. Detroit Pistons (4-39): 14%
    2. Washington Wizards (7-35): 14%
    3. San Antonio Spurs (8-35): 14%
    4. Charlotte Hornets (10-31): 12.5%
    5. Portland Trail Blazers (12-30): 10.5%
    6. Toronto Raptors (16-28): 9.0% (Spurs own pick, Top-6 protected)
    7. Memphis Grizzlies (16-27): 7.5%
    8. Brooklyn Nets (17-25): 6.0% (Rockets own pick)
    9. Atlanta Hawks (18-25): 4.5%
    10. Golden State Warriors (18-22): 3.0% (Blazers own pick, Top-4 protected)
    11. Chicago Bulls (21-24): 2.0%
    12. Houston Rockets (20-22): 1.5% (Thunder own pick)
    13. Utah Jazz (22-22): 0.8% (Thunder own pick, Top-10 protected)
    14. Los Angeles Lakers (22-22): 0.7% (Pelicans own pick)

    2024 NBA Mock Draft:

    1. Detroit Pistons: PF/C Alexandre Sarr – Perth, France – 18 Years Old – 7’1, 218 lbs
    2. Washington Wizards: PG Nikola Topic – Red Star, Serbia – 18 Years Old – 6’6, 201 lbs
    3. San Antonio Spurs: SF Zaccharie Risacher – JL Bourg, France – 18 Years Old – 6’9, 204 lbs
    4. Charlotte Hornets: SF/PF Ron Holland – G League – 18 Years Old – 6’8, 200 lbs
    5. Portland Trail Blazers: G Isaiah Collier – USC – 19 Years Old – 6’4, 205 lbs
    6. Toronto Raptors: SG Ja’Kobe Walter – Baylor – 19 Years Old – 6’5, 180 lbs
    7. Memphis Grizzlies: SF Matas Buzelis – G League – 19 Years Old – 6’11, 195 lbs
    8. Houston Rockets (via Nets): C Donovan Clingan – UConn – 19 Years Old – 7’2, 265 lbs
    9. Atlanta Hawks: SF Cody Williams – Colorado – 19 Years Old – 6’8, 185 lbs
    10. Portland Trail Blazers (via Warriors): G Reed Sheppard – Kentucky – 19 Years Old – 6’3, 187 lbs
    11. Chicago Bulls: G Stephon Castle – UConn – 19 Years Old – 6’6, 190 lbs
    12. Oklahoma City Thunder (via Rockets): G Rob Dillingham – Kentucky – 19 Years Old – 6’3, 176 lbs
    13. Oklahoma City Thunder (via Jazz): F Ryan Dunn – Virginia – 21 Years Old – 6’8, 216 lbs
    14. New Orleans Pelicans (via Lakers): C Kyle Filipowski – Duke – 20 Years Old – 7’0, 248 lbs
    15. Orlando Magic: F Tyler Smith – G League – 19 Years Old – 6’11, 224 lbs
    16. Miami Heat: PG Tyrese Proctor – Duke – 19 Years Old – 6’5, 183 lbs
    17. Toronto Raptors: F Tidjane Salaun – Cholet Basket, France – 18 Years Old – 6’9, 203 lbs
    18. New York Knicks (via Mavericks): G Kevin McCullar – Kansas – 22 Years Old – 6’6, 210 lbs
    19. Atlanta Hawks (via Kings): F Bobi Klintman – Cairns, Sweden – 20 Years Old – 6’10, 225 lbs
    20. New Orleans Pelicans: F Justin Edwards – Kentucky – 18 Years Old – 6’7, 180 lbs
    21. Phoenix Suns: C Kel’el Ware – Indiana – 19 Years Old – 7’0, 223 lbs
    22. New York Knicks: F Izan Almansa – G League – 18 Years Old – 6’10, 216 lbs
    23. Cleveland Cavaliers: G Trey Alexander – Creighton – 20 Years Old – 6’4, 185 lbs
    24. Oklahoma City Thunder (via Clippers): C Zach Edey – Purdue – 21 Years Old – 7’4, 300 lbs
    25. Denver Nuggets: F Oso Ighodaro – Marquette – 21 Years Old – 6’9, 225 lbs
    26. Toronto Raptors (via Thunder): G DJ Wagner – Kentucky – 18 Years Old – 6’3, 175 lbs
    27. Philadelphia 76ers: F Kwame Evans – Oregon – 19 Years Old – 6’9, 200 lbs
    28. Minnesota Timberwolves: G Kylan Boswell – Arizona – 18 Years Old – 6’2, 195 lbs
    29. Milwaukee Bucks: G Carlton Carrington – Pittsburgh – 18 Years Old – 6’5, 190 lbs
    30. Boston Celtics: C Yves Missi – Baylor – 19 Years Old – 6’10, 235 lbs

    2024 NBA Mock Draft: 1st Round projections ahead of June's draft.

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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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