The Philadelphia 76ers are on the clock and will spend the next month trying to figure out whether Brandon Ingram or Ben Simmons is the better fit.
With the lottery order finally set, the mock-draft process is much easier as team needs enter the equation. The Los Angeles Lakers are among the big winners. They had a chance of losing their pick if it fell out of the top three but were saved by landing at No. 2. They have the easy choice on draft night: take whomever Philly passes on between Ingram and Simmons.
With Washington's top-nine-protected pick falling to 13th, the Phoenix Suns landed two picks in the lottery and have a golden opportunity to fill the vacancy at power forward left by Markieff Morris.
There are plenty of questions left to answer over the next month. Whom will the Boston Celtics take at No. 3? Will the Celts keep that pick or trade it for a veteran? How high will projects Cheick Diallo and Skal Labissiere go?
With the draft order set and the NBA combine finished, this mock draft changes from simply ranking the prospects in terms of NBA potential to predicting where each player will land.
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