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To tip off the preseason, we gathered our experts for a little practice run ourselves, taking part in this 10-team, head-to-head points mock draft. This is the default setting when you join an ESPN league.
We ran one spot on auto-draft, so you see how a team may turn out if you aren't able to draft live.
The participants, on order of draft position, were: Leo Howell , Austin Tedesco , Ohm Youngmisuk , Tom Carpenter , Joe Kaiser , (Auto-Drafter), Kyle Soppe , Seth Walder , André Snellings and Jim McCormick .
Round 1 Pick Overall By Player Team, Pos Pos Rank 1 1 Howell Giannis Antetokounmpo Mil, PF PF1 2 2 Tedesco James Harden Hou, SG SG1 3 3 Youngmisuk Anthony Davis No, PF PF2 4 4 Carpenter Karl-Anthony Towns Min, C C1 5 5 Kaiser LeBron James LAL, SF SF1 6 6 Karabell Russell Westbrook OKC, PG PG1 7 7 Soppe Nikola Jokic Den, C C2 8 8 Walder Andre Drummond Det, C C3 9 9 Snellings Kevin Durant GS, SF SF2 10 10 McCormick Stephen Curry GS, PG PG2
Round 2 Pick Overall By Player Team, Pos Pos Rank 1 11 McCormick Ben Simmons Phi, PG PG3 2 12 Snellings John Wall Wsh, PG PG4 3 13 Walder Damian Lillard Por, PG PG5 4 14 Soppe Kawhi Leonard Tor, SF SF3 5 15 Karabell Joel Embiid Phi, C C4 6 16 Kaiser Kyle Lowry Tor, PG PG6 7 17 Carpenter Jimmy Butler Min, SG SG2 8 18 Youngmisuk Chris Paul Hou, PG PG7 9 19 Tedesco Kevin Love Cle, PF PF3 10 20 Howell DeAndre Jordan Dal, C C5
Round 3 Pick Overall By Player Team, Pos Pos Rank 1 21 Howell Jrue Holiday No, PG PG8 2 22 Tedesco Victor Oladipo Ind, SG SG3 3 23 Youngmisuk Kyrie Irving Bos, PG PG9 4 24 Carpenter Paul George OKC, SF SF4 5 25 Kaiser DeMar DeRozan SA, SG SG4 6 26 Karabell Rudy Gobert Utah, C C6 7 27 Soppe Devin Booker Phx, SG SG5 8 28 Walder Bradley Beal Wsh, SG SG6 9 29 Snellings LaMarcus Aldridge SA, PF PF4 10 30 McCormick Clint Capela Hou, C C7
Round 4 Pick Overall By Player Team, Pos Pos Rank 1 31 McCormick Donovan Mitchell Utah, SG SG7 2 32 Snellings Draymond Green GS, PF PF5 3 33 Walder Dwight Howard Wsh, C C8 4 34 Soppe Hassan Whiteside Mia, C C9 5 35 Karabell Blake Griffin Det, PF PF6 6 36 Kaiser Kemba Walker Cha, PG PG10 7 37 Carpenter CJ McCollum Por, SG SG8 8 38 Youngmisuk Tobias Harris LAC, PF PF7 9 39 Tedesco Lauri Markkanen Chi, PF PF8 10 40 Howell Khris Middleton Mil, SF SF5
Round 5 Pick Overall By Player Team, Pos Pos Rank 1 41 Howell Klay Thompson GS, SG SG9 2 42 Tedesco Luka Doncic Dal, SG SG10 3 43 Youngmisuk Zach LaVine Chi, SG SG11 4 44 Carpenter Myles Turner Ind, C C10 5 45 Kaiser Marc Gasol Mem, C C11 6 46 Karabell Lou Williams LAC, SG SG12 7 47 Soppe Paul Millsap Den, PF PF9 8 48 Walder Enes Kanter NY, C C12 9 49 Snellings Lonzo Ball LAL, PG PG11 10 50 McCormick John Collins Atl, PF PF10
Round 6 Pick Overall By Player Team, Pos Pos Rank 1 51 McCormick Jayson Tatum Bos, SF SF6 2 52 Snellings Deandre Ayton Phx, C C13 3 53 Walder Nikola Vucevic Orl, C C14 4 54 Soppe Dennis Schroder OKC, PG PG12 5 55 Karabell Gordon Hayward Bos, SF SF7 6 56 Kaiser DeMarcus Cousins GS, C C15 7 57 Carpenter Al Horford Bos, C C16 8 58 Youngmisuk Mike Conley Mem, PG PG13 9 59 Tedesco Aaron Gordon Orl, PF PF11 10 60 Howell Ricky Rubio Utah, PG PG14
Round 7 Pick Overall By Player Team, Pos Pos Rank 1 61 Howell Jusuf Nurkic Por, C C17 2 62 Tedesco De'Aaron Fox Sac, PG PG15 3 63 Youngmisuk Marvin Bagley III Sac, PF PF12 4 64 Carpenter Brandon Ingram LAL, SF SF8 5 65 Kaiser Julius Randle No, PF PF13 6 66 Karabell Steven Adams OKC, C C18 7 67 Soppe D'Angelo Russell Bkn, PG PG16 8 68 Walder Eric Bledsoe Mil, PG PG17 9 69 Snellings Goran Dragic Mia, PG PG18 10 70 McCormick Otto Porter Jr. Wsh, SF SF9
Round 8 Pick Overall By Player Team, Pos Pos Rank 1 71 McCormick Robert Covington Phi, SF SF10 2 72 Snellings Elfrid Payton No, PG PG19 3 73 Walder Dario Saric Phi, PF PF14 4 74 Soppe Tyreke Evans Ind, SG SG13 5 75 Karabell Emmanuel Mudiay NY, PG PG20 6 76 Kaiser Will Barton Den, SF SF11 7 77 Carpenter Domantas Sabonis Ind, PF PF15 8 78 Youngmisuk Kyle Kuzma LAL, PF PF16 9 79 Tedesco Mohamed Bamba Orl, C C19 10 80 Howell Andrew Wiggins Min, SF SF12
Round 9 Pick Overall By Player Team, Pos Pos Rank 1 81 Howell Jamal Murray Den, PG PG21 2 82 Tedesco Trae Young Atl, PG PG22 3 83 Youngmisuk Jaren Jackson Jr. Mem, PF PF17 4 84 Carpenter Dejounte Murray SA, PG PG23 5 85 Kaiser Gary Harris Den, SG SG14 6 86 Karabell Isaiah Thomas Den, PG PG24 7 87 Soppe Jabari Parker Chi, PF PF18 8 88 Walder Nikola Mirotic No, PF PF19 9 89 Snellings Dennis Smith Jr. Dal, PG PG25 10 90 McCormick Jarrett Allen Bkn, C C20
Round 10 Pick Overall By Player Team, Pos Pos Rank 1 91 McCormick Kris Dunn Chi, PG PG26 2 92 Snellings Jonas Valanciunas Tor, C C21 3 93 Walder Wendell Carter Jr. Chi, PF PF20 4 94 Soppe Jeff Teague Min, PG PG27 5 95 Karabell Tim Hardaway Jr. NY, SG SG15 6 96 Kaiser Harrison Barnes Dal, PF PF21 7 97 Carpenter Markelle Fultz Phi, PG PG28 8 98 Youngmisuk Kevin Knox NY, SF SF13 9 99 Tedesco Taurean Prince Atl, SF SF14 10 100 Howell TJ Warren Phx, SF SF15
Round 11 Pick Overall By Player Team, Pos Pos Rank 1 101 Howell Willie Cauley-Stein Sac, C C22 2 102 Tedesco Josh Richardson Mia, SF SF16 3 103 Youngmisuk Eric Gordon Hou, SG SG16 4 104 Carpenter Derrick Favors Utah, PF PF22 5 105 Kaiser Brook Lopez Mil, C C23 6 106 Karabell Nicolas Batum Cha, SG SG17 7 107 Soppe Rajon Rondo LAL, PG PG29 8 108 Walder Joe Ingles Utah, SF SF17 9 109 Snellings Jaylen Brown Bos, SG SG18 10 110 McCormick Spencer Dinwiddie Bkn, PG PG30
Round 12 Pick Overall By Player Team, Pos Pos Rank 1 111 McCormick Rondae Hollis-Jefferson Bkn, SF SF18 2 112 Snellings Trey Burke NY, PG PG31 3 113 Walder Kyle Anderson Mem, SF SF19 4 114 Soppe Marquese Chriss Phx, PF PF23 5 115 Karabell Reggie Jackson Det, PG PG32 6 116 Kaiser Josh Jackson Phx, SF SF20 7 117 Carpenter Buddy Hield Sac, SG SG19 8 118 Youngmisuk Bobby Portis Chi, PF PF24 9 119 Tedesco Bam Adebayo Mia, C C24 10 120 Howell Jerami Grant OKC, SF SF21
Round 13 Pick Overall By Player Team, Pos Pos Rank 1 121 Howell Jordan Clarkson Cle, SG SG20 2 122 Tedesco Shai Gilgeous-Alexander LAC, PG PG33 3 123 Youngmisuk Marcin Gortat LAC, C C25 4 124 Carpenter Rodney Hood Cle, SG SG21 5 125 Kaiser Kent Bazemore Atl, SG SG22 6 126 Karabell Taj Gibson Min, PF PF25 7 127 Soppe Malcolm Brogdon Mil, SG SG23 8 128 Walder Carmelo Anthony Hou, PF PF26 9 129 Snellings James Johnson Mia, PF PF27 10 130 McCormick Montrezl Harrell LAC, C C26
