Ben Simmons, Brandon Ingram and Marquese Chriss are projected to go 1-2-3 in the latest Draft Express Mock Draft released Wednesday.
The site has the Philadelphia 76ers taking the 6-foot-10 Simmons out of LSU at No. 1, the L.A. Lakers selecting the 6-9 Ingram out of Duke at No. 2 and the Boston Celtics choosing the 6-10 Chriss from Washington with one of their many picks at No. 3.
For much of the latter half of the college season the site had Ingram at No. 1 and Simmons at No. 2, while Chriss made huge leap in recent weeks.
All three picks are one-and-dones.
After that the Top 10 features international power forward Dragan Bender at No. 4 to Phoenix; Providence point guard Kris Dunn at No. 5 to Minnesota; Oklahoma shooting guard Buddy Hield at No. 6 to New Orleans; Cal small forward Jaylen Brown at No. 7 to Denver; Kentucky combo guard Jamal Murray at No. 8 to Sacramento; Utah center Jakob Poeltl at No. 9 to Toronto; and Vanderbilt point guard Wade Baldwin at No. 10 to Milwaukee.
The rest of the lottery features Kentucky big man Skal Labissiere at No. 11 to Orlando; international forward Timothe Luwawu at No. 12 to Utah; Michigan State forward Deyonta Davis at No. 13 to Phoenix; and international shooting guard Furkan Korkmaz at No. 14 to Chicago.
**Among Kentucky players, the site has Murray at No. 8, Labissiere at No. 11 and sophomore point guard Tyler Ulis at No. 24.
**Other schools with multiple players projected in the first round include Vanderbilt with Baldwin at No. 10 and Damion Jones at No. 19 and Michigan State with Davis at No. 13 and Denzel Valentine at No. 20.
**Among Boston’s eight picks are Chriss at No. 3, Baylor small forward Taurean Prince at No. 16, Kansas forward Cheick Diallo at No. 23, Syracuse shooting guard Malachi Richardson at No. 31, international power forward Guerschon Yabusele at No. 35, Providence power forward Ben Bentil at No. 45, Texas center Prince Ibeh at No. 51 and Weber State center Joel Bolomboy at No. 58.
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