2016 “Outsiders” NBA Mock Draft

Every week of the NBA Draft season, Basketball Insiders publishes what we call the Consensus Mock draft, which is a look at the draft from four different perspectives from members of our Basketball Insiders team.

Last year, we asked some of our friends in the media world to contribute their thoughts and it turned out really well, so we decided to do it again.

We call it the “Outsiders” Mock Draft, not because the experts involved are not deeply embedded in the NBA, but simply to make sure it’s clear these voices don’t actually work for us and are outside of our team.

This year, our “Outsiders” team consists of former Basketball Insider Jessica Camerato (@JCameratoCSN), who now covers the Philadelphia 76ers and NBA for Comcast. The 76ers hold multiple picks in the first round, including the first overall pick and Jess has been at all of their draft workouts. Also on the team is A. Sherrod Blakely (@SherrodbCSN), who covers the Boston Celtics and NBA for Comcast. The Celtics also hold multiple picks in the first round, including the third overall pick, and he too has been around everything in Boston all summer. Vincent Ellis (@Vincent_Ellis56) covers the Detroit Pistons and the NBA for the Detroit Free Press. The Pistons hold the 18th pick. Brett Pollakoff (@BrettEP) covers the NBA for Fox Sports and was part of the inaugural “Outsiders” team last year.

As you can see, we have a great cast of characters, so take a look at how they see the 2016 NBA Draft:

 Outsiders Mock Draft - Ver 1.0

Pick #	Team	Brett Pollakoff	Jessica Camerato	Sherrod Blakey	Vince Ellis
$1		Ben Simmons	Ben Simmons	Ben Simmons	Ben Simmons
$2		Brandon Ingram	Brandon Ingram	Brandon Ingram	Brandon Ingram
$3		Jaylen Brown	Kris Dunn	Dragan Bender	Jaylen Brown
$4		Dragan Bender	Dragan Bender	Jamal Murray	Marquese Chriss
$5		Kris Dunn	Jamal Murray	Buddy Hield	Jamal Murray
$6		Marquese Chriss	Buddy Hield	Kris Dunn	Kris Dunn
$7		Jamal Murray	Marquese Chriss	Marquese Chriss	Dragan Bender
$8		Skal Labissiere	Jaylen Brown	Jaylen Brown	Buddy Hield
$9		Domantas Sabonis	Jakob Poeltl	Skal Labissiere	Henry Ellenson
$10		Taurean Prince	Domantas Sabonis	Jakob Poeltl	Dejounte Murray
$11		Buddy Hield	Henry Ellenson	Deyonta Davis	Deyonta Davis
$12		Henry Ellenson	Wade Baldwin	Henry Ellenson	Skal Labissiere
$13		Denzel Valentine	Skal Labissiere	Cheick Diallo	Jakob Poeltl
$14		Wade Baldwin	Deyonta Davis	Wade Baldwin	Demetrius Jackson
$15		Jakob Poeltl	Furkan Korkmaz	Timothe Luwawu	Malachi Richardson
$16		Deyonta Davis	Timothe Luwawu	Furkan Korkmaz	Furkan Korkmaz
$17		Demetrius Jackson	Demetrius Jackson	Demetrius Jackson	Domantas Sabonis
$18		Cheick Diallo	Malachi Richardson	Domantas Sabonis	Wade Baldwin
$19		Ante Zizic	Juan Hernangomez	Malachi Richardson	Timothe Luwawu
$20		Juan Hernangomez	Taurean Prince	Taurean Prince	Juan Hernangomez
$21		Malachi Richardson	Denzel Valentine	DeAndre Bembry	Cheick Diallo
$22		Timothe Luwawu	Ivica Zubac	Dejounte Murray	Denzel Valentine
$23		Diamond Stone	Cheick Diallo	Juan Hernangomez	Ante Zizic
$24		Malik Beasley	DeAndre Bembry	Ante Zizic	Tyler Ulis
$25		DeAndre Bembry	Malik Beasley	Brice Johnson	Taurean Prince
$26		Dejounte Murray	Tyler Ulis	Thon Maker	Petr Cornelie
$27		Thon Maker	Ante Zizic	Ben Bentil	Malik Beasley
$28		Stephen Zimmerman	Dejounte Murray	Denzel Valentine	DeAndre Bembry
$29		Ivica Zubac	Damian Jones	Ivica Zubac	Ivica Zubac
$30		Gary Payton II	Zhou Qi	Petr Cornelie	Brice Johnson

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There will be one more Consensus Mock Draft on Wednesday, the 22nd, and a final Draft Day Mock on June 23 that features all 60 picks. The annual Basketball Insiders Draft Day diary will drop on Wednesday, so you’ll be able to keep up with all the news, notes and rumors surrounding the draft.