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● By Gary Parrish

Accuracy: 1.68%248th Place
On the morning after the 2020 NBA Draft, back on Nov. 19, 2020, I projected that Cade Cunningham, Jalen Green, Evan Mobley, Scottie Barnes, Jalen Suggs and Jonathan Kuminga would be among the first seven players selected in the 2021 NBA Draft. Then they all became top-seven picks. So that's the latest bit of evidence that suggests it's never really too early to look ahead to the next NBA Draft.

Top Players Not Included

These players appear in the top 30 of our

Consensus Big Board

, but do not show up in this mock.