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2026 NBA Mock Draft: Round 1, Picks 1-15
This 2026 NBA Mock Draft is updated Tuesday, June 23, 2026. Follow me @walterfootball for updates.
31.
New York Knicks: Henri Veesaar, C, North Carolina 
The Knicks are making this selection from Washington via Oklahoma City and Houston. If the Knicks make it back to the NBA Finals again, they’ll need to have as many people to defend an even-stronger Victor Wembanyama.
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32.
Memphis Grizzlies: Alex Karaban, SF, Connecticut 
The Grizzlies are making this pick from Indiana via Milwaukee. Memphis can use this selection to add more wing depth and upside.
33.
Minnesota Timberwolves: Baba Miller, C, Cincinnati 
The Timberwolves could take a young big to groom into a starter down the road.
34.
Sacramento Kings: Trevon Brazile, PF, Arkansas 
The Kings drafted a guard with their first pick. They can pair him with a big in the second round.
35.
San Antonio Spurs: Richie Saunders, SG, BYU 
The Spurs are making this pick from Utah via Minnesota. This is another situation where they can draft the best player available.
36.
Los Angeles Clippers: Keyshawn Hall, F, Auburn 
The Clippers are making this selection from Memphis via Atlanta and Utah. They could use a young wing to develop behind their veteran pieces.
37.
Oklahoma City Thunder: Ebuka Okorie, PG, Stanford 
The Thunder are making this pick from Dallas. Once again, Oklahoma City is in a position where it can draft the best player available.
38.
Chicago Bulls: Jack Kayil, PG, Germany 
The Bulls used their first pick on a front-court player, so they could address guard with this selection.
39.
Houston Rockets: Jaden Bradley, G, Arizona 
The Rockets are making this pick from Chicago via Washington. Houston could add another versatile forward to its young core.
40.
Boston Celtics: Izaiyah Nelson, PF, South Florida 
The Celtics are making this selection from Milwaukee via Orlando. Boston can go with the best player available given its lack of major needs.
41.
Miami Heat: Jaron Pierre, G, SMU 
The Heat are making this pick from Golden State via Charlotte, New York, Oklahoma City, and Atlanta. Miami could use another guard who can create offense.
42.
San Antonio Spurs: Vesvolod Ishchenko, SG/SF, Russia 
The Spurs are making this selection from Portland via New Orleans. They have a million picks, so at least one of them can be an overseas stash.
43.
Brooklyn Nets: Ryan Conwell, SG, Louisville 
The Nets are making this pick from the Clippers via Houston. Brooklyn could take another guard to add to its poor back-court depth.
44.
San Antonio Spurs: Braden Smith, PG, Purdue 
The Spurs are making this selection from Miami via Indiana. San Antonio has enough draft capital to take a swing on a guard with upside.
45.
Sacramento Kings: Milos Uzan, G, Houston 
The Kings need help everywhere, so I’m not exactly breaking any news by telling you that they need to bolster their backcourt.
46.
Orlando Magic: Aaron Nkrumah, SG/SF, Tennessee State 
The Magic could use this selection to add more shooting or backcourt depth.
47.
Phoenix Suns: Tobi Lawal, PF, Virginia Tech 
The Suns are making this pick from Philadelphia via Houston and Oklahoma City. They could use this selection to find some depth for the front court.
48.
Dallas Mavericks: Dillon Mitchell, SF, St. John’s 
The Mavericks are making this selection from Phoenix via Washington. Dallas could stand to add more frontcourt or wing depth.
49.
Denver Nuggets: Felix Okpara, C, Tennessee 
The Nuggets are making this pick from Atlanta via Brooklyn and Golden State. Denver could use more depth behind Nikola Jokic.
50.
Toronto Raptors: Tyler Nickel, SF, Vanderbilt 
We know the Raptors love their wings. Here’s another one for them.
51.
Washington Bullets: Otega Oweh, SG, Kentucky 
The Wizards are making this pick from Minnesota via Detroit and New York. Washington needs talent everywhere, so this could be a best-player-available selection.
52.
Los Angeles Clippers: Jakobi Gillespie, PG, Tennessee
The Clippers are making this selection from Cleveland. They could use more young depth on the wing or in the frontcourt.
53.
Houston Rockets: Ugonna Onyenso, C, Virginia 
The Rockets already drafted a guard, so they can add some depth behind their talented center.
54.
Golden State Warriors: Donovan Atwell, SG, Texas Tech 
The Warriors are making this selection from the Lakers via Toronto, Miami, and Cleveland. They need a young guard to replace Steph Curry soon.
55.
New York Knicks: Nick Martinelli, SF, Northwestern 
The Knicks could use this selection to add more depth behind their expensive veteran roster.
56.
Chicago Bulls: Tre White, SF, Kansas 
The Bulls are making this pick from Denver via Minnesota, Phoenix, Charlotte, and Phoenix. Chicago could use a forward for depth purposes.
57.
Atlanta Hawks: B.J. Edwards, PG, SMU
The Hawks are making this selection from Boston. Atlanta could use more depth at guard with Trae Young gone.
58.
New Orleans Pelicans: Emanuel Sharp, SG/SF, Houston
The Pelicans are making this pick from Detroit via New York, Brooklyn, Phoenix, Orlando, and the Clippers. New Orleans could use more young depth around its core.
59.
Minnesota Timberwolves: Rafael Castro, PF, George Washington 
The Timberwolves are making this selection from San Antonio via Indiana. Julius Randle has been traded. Here’s some depth to compensate for the move.
60.
Washington Bullets: Trey Kaufman-Renn, PF, Purdue
The Bullets are making this pick from Oklahoma City via San Antonio and Miami. Washington needs to keep adding upside wherever it can find it.
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31.
New York Knicks: Henri Veesaar, C, North Carolina
The Knicks are making this selection from Washington via Oklahoma City and Houston. If the Knicks make it back to the NBA Finals again, they’ll need to have as many people to defend an even-stronger Victor Wembanyama.
Follow @walterfootball for updates.
Also, if you haven’t visited the site in a while, you may have noticed the new look. Yes, after nearly two decades, we’ve finally re-designed our site to be more modern. This was not done on a whim, but rather out of necessity because of what occurred during the 2023 NFL Draft. Our site crashed during the entire first day of the draft, which was disastrous for our revenue stream because we make more money during the draft than any other time. The site crashed because a line of code conflicted with the old format of the site, so we had to transition to this new look.
Because we lost so much money during the draft, I want to point out that you can really help support the site by paying for the ad-free version of it. It’s $7.99 per month, but you’ll get a super-fast site with no ads. My developer will be adding new features to paid subscribers as well, so look for that in the near future. If you don’t want to pay, please spread the word about the site through word of mouth. That would also be a big help!
32.
Memphis Grizzlies: Alex Karaban, SF, Connecticut
The Grizzlies are making this pick from Indiana via Milwaukee. Memphis can use this selection to add more wing depth and upside.
33.
Minnesota Timberwolves: Baba Miller, C, Cincinnati
The Timberwolves could take a young big to groom into a starter down the road.
34.
Sacramento Kings: Trevon Brazile, PF, Arkansas
The Kings drafted a guard with their first pick. They can pair him with a big in the second round.
35.
San Antonio Spurs: Richie Saunders, SG, BYU
The Spurs are making this pick from Utah via Minnesota. This is another situation where they can draft the best player available.
36.
Los Angeles Clippers: Keyshawn Hall, F, Auburn
The Clippers are making this selection from Memphis via Atlanta and Utah. They could use a young wing to develop behind their veteran pieces.
37.
Oklahoma City Thunder: Ebuka Okorie, PG, Stanford
The Thunder are making this pick from Dallas. Once again, Oklahoma City is in a position where it can draft the best player available.
38.
Chicago Bulls: Jack Kayil, PG, Germany
The Bulls used their first pick on a front-court player, so they could address guard with this selection.
39.
Houston Rockets: Jaden Bradley, G, Arizona
The Rockets are making this pick from Chicago via Washington. Houston could add another versatile forward to its young core.
40.
Boston Celtics: Izaiyah Nelson, PF, South Florida
The Celtics are making this selection from Milwaukee via Orlando. Boston can go with the best player available given its lack of major needs.
41.
Miami Heat: Jaron Pierre, G, SMU
The Heat are making this pick from Golden State via Charlotte, New York, Oklahoma City, and Atlanta. Miami could use another guard who can create offense.
42.
San Antonio Spurs: Vesvolod Ishchenko, SG/SF, Russia
The Spurs are making this selection from Portland via New Orleans. They have a million picks, so at least one of them can be an overseas stash.
43.
Brooklyn Nets: Ryan Conwell, SG, Louisville
The Nets are making this pick from the Clippers via Houston. Brooklyn could take another guard to add to its poor back-court depth.
44.
San Antonio Spurs: Braden Smith, PG, Purdue
The Spurs are making this selection from Miami via Indiana. San Antonio has enough draft capital to take a swing on a guard with upside.
45.
Sacramento Kings: Milos Uzan, G, Houston
The Kings need help everywhere, so I’m not exactly breaking any news by telling you that they need to bolster their backcourt.
46.
Orlando Magic: Aaron Nkrumah, SG/SF, Tennessee State
The Magic could use this selection to add more shooting or backcourt depth.
47.
Phoenix Suns: Tobi Lawal, PF, Virginia Tech
The Suns are making this pick from Philadelphia via Houston and Oklahoma City. They could use this selection to find some depth for the front court.
48.
Dallas Mavericks: Dillon Mitchell, SF, St. John’s
The Mavericks are making this selection from Phoenix via Washington. Dallas could stand to add more frontcourt or wing depth.
49.
Denver Nuggets: Felix Okpara, C, Tennessee
The Nuggets are making this pick from Atlanta via Brooklyn and Golden State. Denver could use more depth behind Nikola Jokic.
50.
Toronto Raptors: Tyler Nickel, SF, Vanderbilt
We know the Raptors love their wings. Here’s another one for them.
51.
Washington Bullets: Otega Oweh, SG, Kentucky
The Wizards are making this pick from Minnesota via Detroit and New York. Washington needs talent everywhere, so this could be a best-player-available selection.
52.
Los Angeles Clippers: Jakobi Gillespie, PG, Tennessee
The Clippers are making this selection from Cleveland. They could use more young depth on the wing or in the frontcourt.
53.
Houston Rockets: Ugonna Onyenso, C, Virginia
The Rockets already drafted a guard, so they can add some depth behind their talented center.
54.
Golden State Warriors: Donovan Atwell, SG, Texas Tech
The Warriors are making this selection from the Lakers via Toronto, Miami, and Cleveland. They need a young guard to replace Steph Curry soon.
55.
New York Knicks: Nick Martinelli, SF, Northwestern
The Knicks could use this selection to add more depth behind their expensive veteran roster.
56.
Chicago Bulls: Tre White, SF, Kansas
The Bulls are making this pick from Denver via Minnesota, Phoenix, Charlotte, and Phoenix. Chicago could use a forward for depth purposes.
57.
Atlanta Hawks: B.J. Edwards, PG, SMU
The Hawks are making this selection from Boston. Atlanta could use more depth at guard with Trae Young gone.
58.
New Orleans Pelicans: Emanuel Sharp, SG/SF, Houston
The Pelicans are making this pick from Detroit via New York, Brooklyn, Phoenix, Orlando, and the Clippers. New Orleans could use more young depth around its core.
59.
Minnesota Timberwolves: Rafael Castro, PF, George Washington
The Timberwolves are making this selection from San Antonio via Indiana. Julius Randle has been traded. Here’s some depth to compensate for the move.
60.
Washington Bullets: Trey Kaufman-Renn, PF, Purdue
The Bullets are making this pick from Oklahoma City via San Antonio and Miami. Washington needs to keep adding upside wherever it can find it.
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