2024 NBA Mock Draft: Would Spurs Consider Two Backcourt Players?

With the All-Star break winding down, the final sprint for the postseason begins. While this means thinking ahead to a first-round series for some, it will also mean the start of draft prep for others. With that being said, we might as well pump out another 2024 NBA Mock Draft!

Unlike last year’s draft class, which boasted standout talents such as Victor Wembanyama and Scoot Henderson, the current NBA Draft pool lacks prominent prospects. Still, with plenty of time remaining until the NBA Draft on June 27th, players have a significant opportunity to prove themselves as worthy of a top pick.

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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 (8-46): 14%
    2. Washington Wizards (9-45): 14%
    3. San Antonio Spurs (11-44): 14%
    4. Charlotte Hornets (13-41): 12.5%
    5. Portland Trail Blazers (15-39): 10.5%
    6. Toronto Raptors (19-36): 9.0% (Spurs own pick, Top-6 protected)
    7. Memphis Grizzlies (20-36): 7.5%
    8. Brooklyn Nets (21-33): 6.0% (Rockets own pick)
    9. Atlanta Hawks (24-31): 4.5%
    10. Houston Rockets (24-30): 3.0% (Thunder own pick)
    11. Utah Jazz (26-30): 1.8% (Thunder own pick, Top-10 protected)
    12. Chicago Bulls (26-29): 1.7%
    13. Golden State Warriors (27-26): 1.0% (Blazers own pick, Top-4 protected)
    14. Los Angeles Lakers (30-26): 0.5% (Pelicans own pick)

    2024 NBA Mock Draft

    1. Detroit Pistons: SF Zaccharie Risacher – JL Bourg, France – 18 Years Old – 6’9, 204 lbs
    2. Washington Wizards: F/C Alexandre Sarr – Perth, France – 18 Years Old – 7’1, 218 lbs
    3. San Antonio Spurs: PG Nikola Topic – Red Star, Serbia – 18 Years Old – 6’6, 201 lbs
    4. Charlotte Hornets: SF/PF Ron Holland – G League – 18 Years Old – 6’8, 200 lbs
    5. Portland Trail Blazers: SF Cody Williams – Colorado – 19 Years Old – 6’8, 185 lbs
    6. Memphis Grizzlies: SF Matas Buzelis – G League – 19 Years Old – 6’11, 195 lbs
    7. San Antonio Spurs (via Raptors): G/F Dalton Knecht – Tennessee – 22 Years Old – 6’6, 213 lbs
    8. Houston Rockets (via Nets): G Reed Sheppard – Kentucky – 19 Years Old – 6’3, 187 lbs
    9. Atlanta Hawks: G Isaiah Collier – USC – 19 Years Old – 6’4, 205 lbs
    10. Oklahoma City Thunder (via Rockets): C Donovan Clingan – UConn – 19 Years Old – 7’2, 265 lbs
    11. Oklahoma City Thunder (via Jazz): G Rob Dillingham – Kentucky – 19 Years Old – 6’3, 176 lbs
    12. Chicago Bulls: G Stephon Castle – UConn – 19 Years Old – 6’6, 190 lbs
    13. Portland Trail Blazers (via Warriors): F Tidjane Salaun – Cholet Basket, France – 18 Years Old – 6’9, 203 lbs
    14. New Orleans Pelicans (via Lakers): SG Ja’Kobe Walter – Baylor – 19 Years Old – 6’5, 180 lbs
    15. Miami Heat: F Tyler Smith – G League – 19 Years Old – 6’11, 224 lbs
    16. Toronto Raptors (via Pacers): C Kyle Filipowski – Duke – 20 Years Old – 7’0, 248 lbs
    17. Orlando Magic: G Kevin McCullar – Kansas – 22 Years Old – 6’6, 210 lbs
    18. New York Knicks (via Mavericks): C Yves Missi – Baylor – 19 Years Old – 6’10, 235 lbs
    19. Atlanta Hawks (via Kings): G DJ Wagner – Kentucky – 18 Years Old – 6’3, 175 lbs
    20. Phoenix Suns: F Ryan Dunn – Virginia – 21 Years Old – 6’8, 216 lbs
    21. New Orleans Pelicans: PG Tyrese Proctor – Duke – 19 Years Old – 6’5, 183 lbs
    22. Philadelphia 76ers: Hunter Sallis – Wake Forest – 21 Years Old – 6’5, 180 lbs
    23. New York Knicks: F Bobi Klintman – Cairns, Sweden – 20 Years Old – 6’10, 225 lbs
    24. Milwaukee Bucks: F Oso Ighodaro – Marquette – 21 Years Old – 6’9, 225 lbs
    25. Denver Nuggets: G/F Kyshawn George – Miami – 20 Years Old – 6’8, 200 lbs
    26. Oklahoma City Thunder (via Clippers): G Devin Carter – Providence – 22 Years Old – 6’3, 195 lbs
    27. Cleveland Cavaliers: Trey Alexander – Creighton – 20 Years Old – 6’4, 185 lbs
    28. Utah Jazz (via Thunder): G Jared McCain – Duke – 19 Years Old – 6’3, 197 lbs
    29. Minnesota Timberwolves: PG Tyler Kolek – Marquette – 22 Years Old – 6’3, 195 lbs
    30. Boston Celtics: F Tristan da Silva – Colorado – 22 Years Old – 6’9, 229 lbs

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    Elias Schuster is the Lead Chicago Bulls writer at Bleacher Nation. He started with BN full-time in 2019 immediately after graduating from the University of Illinois Urbana Champaign with a degree in Journalism (yes, he started with the Jim Boylen Era). Since joining, Elias has been the driving force behind Bulls and NBA content for both the site and social accounts. You can follow him on Twitter/X @Schuster_Elias.

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