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NBA Daily: 60-Pick NBA Mock Draft – 4/30/19
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With the 2019 NBA draft less than 51 days away, things around the league are starting to heat up.
Several NBA teams have started holding pre-draft workouts, with the Houston Rockets hitting the ground running as soon as the NBA mandated workout window came open.
While teams are working players out, there is a growing sense that most of the notable first-round talents will not start seeing teams until after the NBA Draft Lottery and Combine. The bulk of players seeing teams are players projected outside the top 30 prospects.
The buzz from NBA executives is that the names most commonly listed in the top 10 seem to be the right grouping of players, but what’s becoming clear in NBA circles is that teams do not necessarily see the next 30-40 players the same way. That could make for a very interesting draft season.
Here are some NBA Draft dates to know:
The NBA Draft Lottery which will determine the top four selections of the 2019 NBA Draft, will be held in Chicago on May 14, just as the annual Draft Combine kicks off.
Players seeking to leave the door open to return to college must declare their intentions to enter the draft to the NCAA by 11:59 p.m. on April 11.
The NCAA also requires those players to withdraw from the draft by May 29.
The last date to withdraw from the draft by NBA is 5 p.m. on June 10. These are usually not college-level players, as this date is typically for international players that opt out of the draft.
The 2019 NBA Draft is set for June 20 in Brooklyn.
Here is this week’s 60-pick Mock Draft:
$21
$24
$29
$32
$41
Olimpija Ljubljana International
$42
Baunach Young Pikes International
$43
$46
$48
$49
Maccabi Tel Aviv International
$52
$53
$55
$56
$59
BC Lietuvos Rytas International
Here are the first-round picks that are owed and how those picks landed where they are.
The Atlanta Hawks were to receive the Cleveland Cavaliers’ first-round pick as a result of the Kyle Korver trade in 2017, which is top-10 protected. But based on the final standings, that pick will not be conveyed.
The Boston Celtics were to receive the Memphis Grizzlies first-round pick as a result of the three-team Jeff Green trade in 2015; the pick is top-eight protected and, based on the final standings, that pick will not be conveyed.
The Atlanta Hawks are to receive the Dallas Mavericks first-round pick as a result of the Luka Dončić – Trae Young swap on draft night in 2018. The pick is top-five protected and, based on the final standings, that pick will be conveyed.
The Boston Celtics are to receive the more favorable of either the Sacramento Kings or Philadelphia 76ers first-round picks as part of the Markelle Fultz pre-draft trade in 2017. Based on the final standings, that pick will be conveyed; the Kings pick is the more favorable and would convey to Boston.
The Boston Celtics are to receive the LA Clippers first-round pick as a result of the Deyonta Davis draft day trade with Memphis in 2016. The Grizzlies got the pick in their Jeff Green/Lance Stephenson deal at the deadline in 2016. The pick is lottery protected and, based on the final standings, that pick will be conveyed.
The Cleveland Cavaliers are to receive the Houston Rockets first-round pick as a result of the three-team deadline deal that sent out Brandon Knight and Marquese Chriss.
The Brooklyn Nets are to receive the Denver Nuggets first-round pick as a result of the Kenneth Faried – Darrell Arthur trade in July 2018. The pick is top-12 protected and, based on the final standings, that pick will be conveyed.
The San Antonio Spurs are to receive the Toronto Raptors first-round pick as a result of the Kawhi Leonard – DeMar DeRozan trade in July 2018. The pick is top-20 protected and, based on the final standings, that pick will be conveyed.
The Phoenix Suns are to receive the Milwaukee Bucks first-round pick as a result of the Eric Bledsoe trade in 2017. The pick has top 3 and 17-30 protections, designed to yield a lottery-level pick to Phoenix. Based on the final standings this pick would not convey. Given that the debt is not settled this year, the Bucks pick in 2020 would be top-7 protected.
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