Sporting News

● By Kyle Irving
NBA Draft season has arrived. With the NBA G League Combine already tipped off, the NBA Draft Lottery set for Tuesday, May 17 and the NBA Draft Combine set to begin on Wednesday, May 18, we are in full swing with the league's tentpole event. As you prepare to watch the fate of each NBA franchise unfold during Tuesday's NBA Draft Lottery, you'll likely be wondering who some of the best available players are in this year's draft class. While most know the big names like Duke's Paolo Banchero, Gonzaga's Chet Holmgren and Auburn's Jabari Smith Jr., what about the rest of the players who hope to hear their names called on draft night?

Top Players Not Included

These players appear in the top 60 of our

Consensus Big Board

, but do not show up on this big board.