AJ Dybantsa Tops Mock Boards After Jazz Land No. 2 — Detroit Pistons Vs Cleveland Cavaliers Timeline
Nine two-round NBA mock drafts now have AJ Dybantsa near the top after Sunday’s lottery, and the detroit pistons vs cleveland cavaliers timeline note is not the story here — the draft order is. Utah moved up to No. 2 overall, which reshaped the board around the BYU wing and the Jazz’s next move.
AJ Dybantsa and Utah
Dybantsa sits No. 1 on the big board and was already viewed by scouts as the No. 1 overall favorite before the lottery. He led Division I in scoring, and the latest projections keep him in the center of the draft conversation as June 23 and June 24 approach.
The Jazz’s rise to No. 2 changed the cleanest path on the board. Nine two-round mock drafts were examined after the lottery, and they all point back to the same question: whether Utah uses that pick on a prospect at the top of the class or on one of the other elite names in that tier.
Darryn Peterson and the top tier
Kansas prospect Darryn Peterson is one of the names most likely to go 1-2 with Dybantsa. Duke’s Cameron Boozer and North Carolina’s Caleb Wilson are also described as being in a class above the rest of the prospects with them, which keeps the early portion of the draft tight even after the lottery shuffled the order.
The Jazz no longer own a second-round pick, so their draft path is shorter than BYU’s. That leaves Utah focused on one early selection while the other side of the story follows Saunders, who is expected to hear his name called later.
Richie Saunders in the second round
Richie Saunders is expected to be drafted as a second-rounder, and that would put two BYU players in the same NBA draft for the first time since 1984. Back then, Devin Durrant went in the second round and Brett Applegate went in the fourth round.
The draft starts at 6 p.m. MDT on both June 23 and June 24, giving Utah and BYU fans a short runway before the selections become real. If the projections hold, Dybantsa headlines the board, Saunders adds the school’s second pick, and the Jazz enter the draft with one early swing after moving up to No. 2.
