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2024 NBA mock draft: Debating 30 Round 1 picks, need, value

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Our usual NBA mock drafts lean heavily on intel to make projections for the players and the 30 teams. This isn't that. Instead, ESPN draft analysts Jonathan Givony and Jeremy Woo explored the first round from two differing perspectives: selecting for team need versus drafting for best available.

Of course, the philosophical question of drafting for need versus value isn't clear-cut. In reality, they work together; situational factors from team to team can lead to drastically different valuations of each prospect.