[NBA Draft]: 2024 Mock Draft Comparison, January (updated 1/30) (2024)

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1/30 update: Updated mock added today for Jonathan Wasserman/Bleacher Report who still has Alex Sarr in the #1 spot and seems to be very high on Yves Missi.

1/24 update: Two more new ones–this time from Kevin O’Connor/The Ringer and Ricky O’Donnell/SB Nation. O’Donnell has Nikola Topic at the top and Matas Buzelis at #2, while O’Connor has Zaccharie Risacher at #1 and Alex Sarr going second. Interestingly at pick 15 to Orlando, O’Donnell has Jared McCain and O’Connor has Dalton Knecht.

1/13 update: Two new mock drafts added today from Jonathan Givony + Jeremy Woo/ESPN and also the No Ceilings crew. Both have Tidjane Salaun moving up into the top 7. And No Ceilings also has Reed Sheppard going 3rd to the Wizards.

As we move into conference play, we have a fresh batch of mock drafts to kick off the new year, including Jonathan Wasserman/Bleacher Report, Rafael and James Barlowe/NBA Big Board, Tankathon, and yours truly at Hoops Distillery.

Sadly, or maybe interestingly, depending on how you look at it, there’s still no players setting themselves apart for the 1st pick. And all of a sudden we have another wave of injuries with Nikola Topic, Donovan Clingan, and Alex Sarr on the deck for their respective teams. From the college ranks, Reed Sheppard may be the only consistent performer of the group and is now firmly in the top 15 across these mocks. Zaccharie Risacher and Tidjane Salaun are also two names to watch that have steadily moved up the boards after continuing to play well in France.

Draft power rankings (via Tankathon) have shifted greatly as well with Oklahoma City moving way up based on the current standings. Memphis suffered a big blow this week with Ja Morant‘s torn labrum this week and now we can expect that they’ll officially move into the tanking group along with Portland, Washington, Charlotte, Detroit and San Antonio. The trade deadline is one month away, so it will be fascinating to see if any other underperforming teams decide to step back or step up (see Chicago, Utah, Atlanta).

Keep checking back as I’ll be updating this post throughout the month.

References:

No Ceilings

The Ringer [Kevin O’Connor]

SB Nation [Ricky O’Donnell]

ESPN [Jonathan Givony + Jeremy Woo]

Locked On NBA Big Board [Rafael + James Barlowe] – picks 1-15

Locked On NBA Big Board [Rafael + James Barlowe] – picks 15-30

Bleacher Report [Jonathan Wasserman]

Tankathon

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Tankathon Draft Power Rankings – (see full power rankings):

DECEMBER 2023:

JANUARY 2024:

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