2022 NBA Draft Big Board pre-combine edition | vol. 1
We now know Orlando has won the NBA Draft lottery. The NBA Draft combine has started; while the measurements are in, we wanted to get out our NBA Draft big board, ranking the top 30 players in the draft.
This list is different from a mock draft as the mock considers team needs. The big board is a straight ranking of players in a vacuum. Here is how we rank the draft, 1-30, in volume one of our 2022 NBA Draft big board.
1. 6-10 220 PF Jabari Smith
Profile | Auburn | May 2003 (19 y.o.) | 16.9 points, 7.4 rebounds, 2.0 assists, 1.1 steals, 1.0 blocks, 42.9% FG, 42.0% 3P
2. 6-10 255 PF Paolo Banchero
Profile | Duke | November 2002 (19 y.o.) | 17.2 points, 7.8 rebounds, 3.2 assists, 1.1 steals, 47.8% FG, 33.8% 3P
3. 7-0 195 C Chet Holmgren
Profile | Gonzaga | May 2002 (20 y.o.) | 14.1 points, 9.9 rebounds, 1.9 assists, 3.7 blocks, 60.7% FG, 39.0% 3P
4. 6-8 215 F Keegan Murray
Profile | Iowa | August 2000 (21 y.o.) | 23.5 points, 8.7 rebounds, 1.5 assists, 1.3 steals, 1.9 blocks. 55.4% FG, 39.8% 3P
5. 6-4 200 CG Jaden Ivey
Profile | Purdue | February 2002 (20 y.o.) | 17.3 points, 4.9 rebounds, 3.1 assists, 46% FG, 35.8% 3P
6. 6-6 200 SG Shaedon Sharpe
Profile | Kentucky | May 2003 (18 y.o.) | DNP
7. 6-11 250 C Jalen Duren
Profile | Memphis | November 2003 (18 y.o.) | 12.0 points, 8.1 rebounds, 1.3 assists, 2.1 blocks, 59.7% FG
8. 6-7 195 SF Bennedict Mathurin
Arizona | June 2002 (19 y.o.) | 17.7 points. 5.6 rebounds, 2.5 assists, 1.0 steals, 45% FG, 36.9% 3P
9. 6-9 230 F Jeremy Sochan
Profile | Baylor | May 2003 (18 y.o.) | 9.2 points, 6.4 rebounds, 1.8 assists, 1.3 steals, 47.4% FG, 269.6% 3P
10. 6-5 196 SG Johnny Davis
Profile | Wisconsin | February 2002 (20 y.o.) | 19.7 points, 8.2 rebounds, 2.1 assists, 1.2 steals, 42.7% FG, 30.6% 3P
11. 6-9 185 F Ousmane Dieng
New Zeland Breakers | May 2003 (18 y.o.) | 8.9 points, 3.2 rebounds, 1.1 assists, 39.8% FG, 27.1% 3P
12. 6-5 180 SG Malaki Branham
Profile | Ohio State | May 2003 (18 y.o.) | 13.7 points, 3.6 rebounds, 2.0 assists, 49.8% FG, 41.6% 3P
13. 6-6 200 CG Dyson Daniels
Profile | G-League Ignite | March 2003 (19 y.o.) | 11.3 points, 5.9 rebounds, 4.4 assists, 1.9 steals, 44.9% FG, 25.5% 3P
14. 6-6 225 SG AJ Griffin
Profile | Duke | August 2003 (18 y.o.) | 10.4 points, 3.9 rebounds, 1.0 assists, 49.3% FG, 44.7% 3P
15. 6-3 200 CG TyTy Washington
Profile | Kentucky | November 2001 (20 y.o.) | 12.5 points, 3.5 rebounds, 3.9 assists, 1.3 steals, 45.1% FG, 35.0% 3P
16. 6-11 210 C Moussa Diabate
Profile | Michigan | January 2002 (20 y.o.) | 9.0 points, 6.0 rebounds, 0.8 assists, 0.9 blocks, 54.2% FG, 21.4% 3P
17. 7-0 245 C Mark Williams
Profile | Duke | December 2001 (20 y.o.) | 11.2 points, 7.4 rebounds, 0.9 assists, 2.8 blocks, 72.1% FG
18. 6-5 210 SG Ochai Agbaji
Profile | Kansas | April 2000 (20 y.o.) | 18.8 points, 5.1 rebounds, 1.6 assists, 0.9 steals, 47.5% FG, 40.7% 3P
19. 6-8 215 F Tari Eason
Profile | LSU | May 2001 (21 y.o.) | 16.9 points, 6.6 rebounds, 1.0 assists, 1.9 steals, 1.1 blocks, 52.1% FG, 35.9% 3P
20. 6-6 200 SF Marjon Beauchamp
Profile | G-League Ignite | October 2000 (21y.o.) | 15.1 points, 7.3 rebounds, 2.3 assists, 1.6 steals, 57.1% FG, 24.2% 3P
21. 6-5 185 CG Blake Wesley
Profile | Notre Dame | March 2003 (19 y.o.) | 14.4 points, 3.7 rebounds, 2.4 assists, 1.3 steals, 40.4% FG, 30.3% 3P
22. 6-10 205 F Nikola Jovic
Mega Soccerbet | June 2003 (18 y.o.) | 11.8 points, 5.5 rebounds, 1.0 assists, 55.2% FG, 40.0% 3P
23. 6-9 225 PF Pat Baldwin, Jr.
Profile | Milwaukee | November 2002 (19 y.o.) | 12.1 points, 5.8 rebounds, 1.5 assists, 0.8 blocks, 34.4% FG, 26.6% 3P
24. 6-8 210 F Kendall Brown
Profile | Baylor | May 2003 (19 y.o.) | 9.7 points, 4.9 rebounds, 1.9 assists, 1.0 steals, 58.4% FG, 34.1% 3P
25. 6-7 240 PF E.J. Liddell
Profile | Ohio State | December 2000 (21 y.o.) | 19.4 points, 7.9 rebounds, 2.5 assists, 2.6 blocks, 49.0% FG, 37.4% 3P
26. 6-0 170 PG Kennedy Chandler
Profile | Tennessee | September 2002 (19 y.o.) | 13.9 points, 3.2 rebounds, 4.7 assists, 2.2 steals, 46.4% FG, 38.3% 3
27. 7-1 245 C Walker Kessler
Profile | Auburn | July 2001 (20 y.o.) | 11.4 points, 8.1 rebounds, 0.9 assists, 4.6 blocks, 60.8% FG, 20.0% 3P
28. 6-4 200 SG Jaden Hardy
Profile | G-League Ignite | July 2002 (19 y.o.) | 17.7 points, 4.6 rebounds, 3.2 assists, 1.3 steals, 35.1% FG, 26.9% 3P
29. 6-10 215 PF Leonard Miller
Profile | Fort Erie International Academy | November 2003 (18 y.o.) | 31.0 points, 11.6 rebounds, 2.8 assists
30. 6-9 230 F Jake LaRavia
Profile | Wake Forest | November 3 (20 y.o.) | 14.6 points, 6.6 rebounds, 3.7 assists, 1.7 steals, 1.0 blocks, 55.9% FG, 38.4% 3P