2024 NBA Mock Draft: How Sportsbooks Think the Top 20 Is Going to Go

Welcome to the 2024 NBA Draft mock draft — according to the sportsbooks.

This isn't your typical mock draft. This mock draft will utilize DraftKings' odds to create the market's assessment as to what the most likely top 20 selections of the NBA Draft will be.

1. AtlantaHawks

Selection: Zaccharie Risacher – JL Bourg (French League)

Odds: -250 on DraftKings

Many mock drafts still have Alexandre Sarr as the No. 1 overall pick but the odds have been moving in the direction of Risacher. Sarr is now the third favorite at +600. Risacher is a 6-foot-8 forward who averaged 10.1 points per game in France's top league.

2. Washington Wizards

Selection: Alexandre Sarr – Perth (NBL)

Odds: -650 at DraftKings

Risacher becoming the favorite to go first has made Sarr an even greater favorite to go No. 2 overall to the Wizards. The 7-foot-1 Sarr averaged 9.7 points and 4.4 rebounds in Australia.

3. Houston Rockets

Selection: Reed Sheppard – Kentucky

Odds: -150 at DraftKings

Sheppard is the slight favorite on DraftKings — the Rockets need scoring, and this man might be the best pure scorer in this weakened draft. But Donovan Clingan is lingering at this selection at +350 odds. Sheppard is a sharpshooter who averaged 12.5 points per game while shooting over 50% from the three-point line during his freshman season at Kentucky.

4. San Antonio Spurs

Selection: Stephon Castle – UConn

Odds: +160 at DraftKings

Castle is the slight favorite to go No. 4 overall. Sheppard and Clingan are both lurking at +400 and +500 odds, respectively. Castle is known as a two-way guard and averaged 10.1 points per game during his freshman season at UConn.

5. Detroit Pistons

Selection: Matas Buzelis – G-League Ignite

Buzelis is the favorite to go to Detroit and appears to be the popular pick, according to mock drafts. Cody Williams is a dark horse for this pick with the second-highest odds (+400). Buzelis is a 6-foot-10 forward from California who averaged 14.1 points per game in the G-League.

6. Charlotte Hornets

Selection: Dalton Knecht – Tennessee

Odds: +225 at DraftKings

The leading scorer in the SEC is the favorite to go to the Hornets. Clingen is the third-highest favorite to be selected sixth overall at +450 odds, right behind former teammate Stephon Castle at +425. Knecht averaged 21.7 points per game last season at Tennessee after transferring from Northern Colorado.

7. Portland Trail Blazers

Selection: Cody Williams – Colorado

Odds: +400 at DraftKings

Williams has been climbing the draft boards in recent weeks. There's a likelihood he could go as high as the fifth overall pick and as low as 15th overall. He is currently the favorite at DraftKings and FanDuel to play for Chauncey Billups, another Colorado Buffalo. Williams, the younger brother of the Oklahoma City Thunder's Jalen Williams, averaged 11.9 points per game during his freshman season at Colorado.

8. San Antonio Spurs

Selection: Devin Carter

Odds: +300 at DraftKings

Carter is the favorite as the Spurs' second selection in the top 10. Tidjane Salaun (+400) and Rob Dillingham (+550) are two other likely picks at this spot. Carter averaged 19.7 points per game during his junior season for the Providence Friars.

9. Memphis Grizzlies

Selection: Donovan Clingan (+1200)

This is an Action Network executive decision. Clingan is not favored for any of the picks in the top ten — but he's also unlikely to slide, seeing as he's the second favorite to go first overall. Because Carter is also the favorite at the ninth overall pick, we will slot Clingan in here. Clingan was one of the stars for the national championship-winning UConn Huskies.

10. Utah Jazz

Selection: Nikola Topic – Crvena zvezda (Serbia)

Odds: +550 at DraftKings

This pick can go in a lot of different directions. Six different players are between +550 and +750 to be selected 10th overall at DraftKings. We will go ahead and slot in the favorite. Topic is a 6-foot-6 guard who averaged 17.8 points per game in Serbia's top league.

11. Chicago Bulls

Selection: Ronald Holland – G-League Ignite

Odds: +400 at DraftKings

Holland could go earlier, seeing as he is one of the favorites at No. 9 and No. 10. But this appears to be the most likely spot for the G-League Ignite graduate. The 6-foot-8 forward averaged over 20 points per game in the G-League.

12. Oklahoma City Thunder

Selection: Carlton Carrington – Pittsburgh

Odds: +650 at DraftKings

This pick could also go plenty of different ways depending on how the board falls. But Carlton is the most likely selection, according to oddsmakers. Carrington is a 6-foot-4 guard who averaged 13.8 points per game during his freshman season with the Pittsburgh Panthers.

13. Sacramento Kings

Selection: Ja'Kobe Walter – Baylor

Odds: +650 at DraftKings

The Baylor product is the most likely selection at 13th overall, according to DraftKings. Rob Dillingham and Tristan da Silva are also a couple of likely selections for the Kings. Walter averaged 14.4 points and 4.5 rebounds per game during his freshman season at Baylor.

14. Portland Trail Blazers

Selection: Jared McCain – Duke

Odds: +600 at DraftKings

McCain is favored to be the last selection in the lottery by DraftKings. McCain was rated as one of the top recruits in the country but his stock has slipped after a season with Duke.

15. Miami Heat

Selection: Isaiah Collier – USC

Odds: +800 at DraftKings

McCain is actually the favorite to go to the Heat. But we can't put someone in here twice, which means we will take the next closest favorite in Collier. Collier was the top recruit in the country according to 247Sports. His freshman season was up-and-down as the Trojans struggled throughout the season.

16. Philadelphia 76ers

Selection: Tristan da Silva – Colorado

Odds: +800 at DraftKings

The 76ers are likely to select a role player with this pick and that's exactly what they would be getting in da Silva. The Colorado product is the favorite to go 16th overall and the next three-highest in odds have already been taken in this mock draft. Da Silva is a 6-foot-8 wing who was a do-it-all forward for the Buffaloes.

17. Los Angeles Lakers

Selection: Zach Edey

Odds: +700 at DraftKings

This will be a controversial pick, with some inclined to think the Lakers could reach and take Bronny James (+2500) here. But the favorite on DraftKings is Edey, the two-time AP College Basketball Player of the Year. Collier is also +700 to be the 17th overall pick.

18. Orlando Magic

Selection: Kyle Filipowski – Duke

Odds: +900 at DraftKings

McCain is the favorite to be selected 18th overall but he has already been selected so we'll go with the next-highest odds. Filipowski led the Blue Devils with 16.4 points and 8.3 rebounds per game.

19. Toronto Raptors

Selection: Kel'el Ware – Indiana

Odds: +1000 at DraftKings

Ware is not the favorite to be the 19th overall selection. In fact, he's not even in the top-three in odds at DraftKings. But the top-three have all been selected already so we slotted Ware in with the Raptors. Ware is a 7-footer who led the Indiana Hoosiers with 15.9 points per game.

20. Cleveland Cavaliers

Selection: Johnny Furphy – Kansas

Odds: +800 at DraftKings

Ware (+700) is the favorite to go to the Cavaliers at 20th overall. Edey is next at +750. Furphy is directly behind those two at +800. Furphy is a sharpshooter who averaged nine points per game for the Jayhawks.