I decided to take on a fun little exercise of ranking the top 30 players from the last two drafts, and I gotta tell ya, it was incredibly difficult. The talent level of today’s NBA is so deep and it’s only getting crazier with guys like Jaden Hardy and Cam Thomas not even being top 15 players in this ranking (as of right now). Some of these guys could be argued to be 10 spots higher, but at the end of the day, I went with my gut reaction and below are my final results.
1. Evan Mobley
2. Paolo Banchero
3. Franz Wagner
4. Cade Cunningham
5. Josh Giddey
6. Jalen Green
7. Jalen Williams
8. Scottie Barnes
9. Chet Holmgren
10. Austin Reaves
11. Trey Murphy
12. Alperen Sengun
13. Keegan Murray
14. Jaden Ivey
15. Walker Kessler
16. Bennedict Mathurin
17. Jabari Smith
18. Shaedon Sharpe
19. Herb Jones
20. Jonathan Kuminga
21. Jeremy Sochan
22. Jalen Duren
23. Tari Eason
24. Quentin Grimes
25. Mark Williams
26. Jaden Hardy
27. Jalen Suggs
28. Jalen Johnson
29. Corey Kispert
30. AJ Griffin