2024 NBA mock draft: Projecting all 58 picks post-combine

With the 2024 NBA draft combine — complete with measurements, drills and scrimmages — over and done, what better time to look at how the prospects’ performances in Chicago affected their draft stocks?

Several international prospects were not able to attend the combine as they were playing with their clubs, so they will have workouts and tests closer to the draft. NBA teams will also be holding individual workouts that will help them narrow down their boards and get a better handle on whom they might select during the June 26-27 draft in Brooklyn, New York.

The Atlanta Hawks won the draft lottery, securing the No. 1 pick for the first time. The draft then turns to the Washington Wizards and Houston Rockets at Nos. 2 and 3.

Draft experts Jonathan Givony and Jeremy Woo considered the draft board and the likely players available at each spot to update the ESPN 2024 NBA mock draft accordingly. Their latest mock, which reflects a long period of exhaustive evaluation of the 2024 draft class and considers intel gathered from conversations with scouts and front office personnel, also accounts for picks owed and owned by all 30 teams.

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ROUND 1

1. Atlanta Hawks

Alex Sarr, PF/C, Perth (Australia) | Age: 19.0

The Hawks jumped all way from No. 10 to No. 1 in the draft lottery, a rare stroke of luck that gives the team a chance to select a different caliber of prospect than the one their front office was preparing to pick all season. In an interview at the combine, general manager Landry Fields said he plans to “cast a wide net” in evaluating the Hawks’ options, which makes sense in a class with no consensus top prospect. Fields flew to France at the conclusion of the combine to watch potential No. 1 pick Zaccharie Risacher drop 14 points with 6 rebounds in a playoff game but was not in attendance for Risacher’s breakout game two days later when he had a career-high 28 points.

At this stage, NBA executives don’t have a firm grasp of what the Hawks might do, as word coming out of their front office is they are still at a very early stage of decision-making and have plenty of work to do in gathering information and finding alignment. Many around the league expect the Hawks to select Sarr with the top pick, as there are compelling reasons to consider him the best prospect in this class with his elite physical tools, mobility, defensive versatility, finishing ability and potential as a perimeter shooter. He’d fit in nicely in a frontcourt alongside the likes of Jalen Johnson and Onyeka Okongwu, and he should develop into a formidable rim-protector who can also cover ground on the perimeter, which is attractive in minimizing the defensive shortcomings of Trae Young.

We’d expect Fields and the Hawks front office to consider other options here as well, including Risacher, Donovan Clingan and trade opportunities. — Givony

2. Washington Wizards

Washington Wizards (via Houston Rockets (via San Antonio Spurs (via Detroit Pistons (via Memphis Grizzlies (via Philadelphia 76ers and Phoenix Suns forfeited a 2024 second-round draft pick.