With the 2023 NBA draft lottery less than two weeks away, we’ll soon find out where the Oklahoma City Thunder’s first-round draft pick will be — spoiler alert: it’ll likely be the 12th pick since there is an 85.2% chance of landing there.
After May 16, the draft season will officially kick into another gear as the coverage will increase — which means a ton more mock drafts from now until June 22.
The Thunder owns three (potential) total draft picks this upcoming draft — their own first-round pick and up to two second-round picks. Let’s see what the latest rounds of mock drafts have the Thunder selecting with their picks.
All of these mock drafts were published following the Thunder clinching the No. 12 lottery odds after losing a tiebreaker to the Chicago Bulls.
Projections for the Thunder's first-round draft pick:
- Tankathon, No. 12 overall: Cason Wallace (Kentucky: Guard, 19 years old, 6-foot-4)
- John Fanta, Fox Sports, No. 12 overall: Jordan Hawkins (Connecticut: Guard, 21 years old, 6-foot-5)
- Zach Buckley, Bleacher Report, No. 12 overall: Nick Smith Jr. (Arkansas: Guard, 19 years old, 6-foot-5)
- Bryan Kalbrosky, For The Win, No. 12 overall: Jordan Hawkins (Connecticut: Guard, 21 years old, 6-foot-5)
- NBAdraft.net, No. 12 overall: Cam Whitmore (Villanova: Forward, 18 years old, 6-foot-7)
- NBA Draft Room, No. 12 overall: Gregory Jackson (South Carolina: Forward, 18 years old, 6-foot-9)
- Kyle Boone, CBS Sports, No. 11 overall: Anthony Black (Arkansas: Wing, 19 years old, 6-foot-7)
- Gary Parrish, CBS Sports, No. 10 overall: Grady Dick (Kansas: Forward, 19 years old, 6-foot-7)
- Tyler Byrum and Chase Hughes, NBC Sports, No. 12 overall: Taylor Hendricks (UCF: Forward, 19 years old, 6-foot-9)
Projections for the Thunder's second-round draft pick(s):
- Tankathon, No. 35 overall (via Trail Blazers): Jaime Jaquez Jr. (UCLA: Wing, 22 years old, 6-foor-7)… No. 37 overall (via Wizards): Julian Phillips (Tennessee: Forward, 19 years old, 6-foot-7)
- Bryan Kalbrosky, For The Win, No. 35 overall (via Trail Blazers): Julian Phillips (Tennessee: Forward, 19 years old, 6-foot-7)… No. 37 overall (via Wizards): Trayce Jackson-Davis (Indiana: Forward, 23 years old, 6-foot-9)
- NBAdraft.net, No. 37 overall: Jaime Jaquez Jr. (UCLA: Wing, 22 years old, 6-foor-7)
- NBA Draft Room, No. 37 overall (via Wizards): Jordan Walsh (Arkansas: Forward, 19 years old, 6-foot-7)… No. 50 overall (via Heat): Mouhamed Gueye (Washington State: Forward, 20 years old, 6-foot-11)
