With the 2020-21 NBA season complete and the Milwaukee Bucks celebrating a championship for the first time in 50 years, we’re quickly entering what should be a frantic period in the offseason.
As some of the league’s best players are preparing to compete for a gold medal in Tokyo starting later this week, a new class of future NBA stars will enter the league during the 2021 NBA draft on July 29. Consensus No. 1 overall prospect Cade Cunningham will hear his name called early at the Barclays Center next Thursday. However, the 2021 draft is loaded with talent, and teams are likely to pick up impact players well into the second round.
Ahead of the 2021 draft, the NBA Wires crew assumed the roles of the 30 general managers across the league and staged a full mock draft, complete with a few blockbuster trades. Let’s get started.