Although there is significant disagreement from NBA analysts on the order of how specific players will be selected in the top 10-14 this year, with only a few exceptions, there is relative consensus on who will be a lottery choice. For example, the 14 names in NBA.com’s consensus mock draft were an exact match with ESPN.com’s late-August list, topped by Georgia guard Anthony Edwards.
After the top dozen or so picks, however, it gets significantly more complicated, with the pool of projected names rising considerably.
In alphabetical order, here are the seven players who appear at least once as a lottery pick among NBA.