NBA Mock Draft 2013: Post-Lottery First-Round Mock Draft

Now that the 2013 NBA Draft Lottery has come and gone, teams are fully aware of where they will be selecting come draft day on Thursday June 27, 2013. 

The Orlando Magic came into the draft lottery with the best chance of landing the No. 1 overall pick. Since the Magic captured the first selection in the 2004 NBA Draft Lottery, no team with the best chance has been able to draw the top spot. 

Cleveland landed its third No. 1 overall pick since 2003, the most by any NBA team during that span. Washington, who had just over a 12 percent chance of landing a top-three pick, will be selecting third on draft night.

Phoenix, Cleveland, Oklahoma City, Minnesota, Utah and Atlanta all have two first-round picks, while Miami, Golden State, Los Angeles Lakers, Toronto, Memphis and Houston won't see any action in the first-round unless they decide to trade into it.

Despite being sidelined for the year in early February and potentially a portion of the first half of the NBA season, Kentucky center Nerlens Noel is pretty much the most versatile, athletic player available in this year's draft. Cleveland will have to choose between Noel and Georgetown small forward Otto Porter for the No. 1 pick.

I have been saying Trey Burke deserves recognition for a long time now, and with his dominant performance in the 2013 NCAA Tournament, everyone got a full taste of what Burke can bring to the court. For a quick report on Burke, click here.

This may quite possibly be the deepest draft at the center position that I can recall in recent years. With plenty of NBA teams starving to get bigger inside, it wouldn't be of any surprise to me to see eight centers go off the board by the end of the first round.

While the Los Angeles Lakers do not have a first-round pick, I wouldn't be shocked to see them trade Pau Gasol to a team with two first-round selections or any team in need of a big man who can eat the glass and score. The Lakers are one of the league's oldest teams. If they want to return to the dominant powerhouse they once were, they are going to need to start rebuilding with younger players. They'll need a first-round pick in order to do so.

I have the Clippers taking Shane Larkin as of now, assuming Chris Paul walks in free agency. If they are able to re-sign Paul, I will address the shakeup to the draft in a future mock. 

Below is my complete first-round mock for the 2013 NBA Draft. 

Pick	Team	Player	Position	College
1	Cleveland	Nerlens Noel	C	Kentucky
2	Orlando	Trey Burke	PG	Michigan
3	Washington	Otto Porter	SF	Georgetown
4	Charlotte	Ben McLemore	SG	Kansas
5	Phoenix	Victor Oladipo	SG	Indiana
6	New Orleans	Alex Len	C	Maryland
7	Sacramento	Michael Carter-Williams	PG	Syracuse
8	Detroit	Anthony Bennett	PF	UNLV
9	Minnesota	Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	SG	Georgia
10	Portland	Dario Saric	SF	Croatia
11	Philadelphia	Cody Zeller	PF	Indiana
12	Oklahoma City	Steven Adams	C	Pittsburgh
13	Dallas	Shabazz Muhammad	SF	UCLA
14	Utah	C.J. McCollum	PG	Lehigh
15	Milwaukee	Allen Crabbe	SG	California
16	Boston	Mason Plumlee	C	Duke
17	Atlanta	Kelly Olynyk	C	Gonzaga
18	Atlanta	Jamaal Franklin	SG	San Diego State
19	Cleveland	Rudy Gobert	PF	France
20	Chicago	Tim Hardaway Jr.	SG	Michigan
21	Utah	Gorgui Dieng	C	Louisville
22	Brooklyn	Sergey Karasev	SG	Russia
23	Indiana	Glen Rice Jr.	SG	NBDL
24	New York	Lucas Nogueira	C	Brazil
25	Los Angeles Clippers	Shane Larkin	PG	Miami
26	Minnesota	Giannis Antetokounmpo	SF	Greece
27	Denver	Jeff Withey	C	Kansas
28	San Antonio	C.J. Leslie	SF	NC State
29	Oklahoma City	Tony Snell	SF	New Mexico
30	Phoenix	Reggie Bullock	SF	North Carolina