Latest NBA Draft projections for Deandre Ayton, Rawle Alkins, and Allonzo Trier

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The 2018 NBA Draft order was set Tuesday, so now is as good of a time as any to see where the Arizona Wildcats’ prospects are slated to be picked.

As a reminder, the draft is set for June 21 at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn.

Deandre Ayton

• CBS Sports — No. 1 overall (Phoenix Suns)
• SB Nation — No. 2 overall (Sacramento Kings)
• Sports Illustrated — No. 1 overall (Phoenix Suns)
• Sporting News — No. 1 overall (Phoenix Suns)
• USA Today — No. 1 overall (Phoenix Suns)
• Tankathon.com — No. 1 overall (Phoenix Suns)
• Washington Post — No. 2 overall (Sacramento Kings)
• Yahoo! Sports — No. 1 overall (Phoenix Suns)
• The Ringer — No. 2 overall (Sacramento Kings)
• The Athletic — No. 2 overall (Sacramento Kings)
• NBADraft.net — No. 1 overall (Phoenix Suns)

It’s virtually a lock that Ayton will be selected with one of the first two picks, but it will be interesting to see if a consensus develops over the next month or so.

Right now, experts are seemingly split between him and Luka Doncic for the No. 1 pick.

Rawle Alkins

• Sports Illustrated — No. 30 overall (Atlanta Hawks)
• Tankathon.com — No. 33 overall (Dallas Mavericks)
• The Ringer — No. 34 overall (Orlando Magic)
• NBADraft.net — No. 54 overall (Dallas Mavericks)

It’s not always easy to find mock drafts that include the second round, but all the ones I did find included Alkins. Sports Illustrated believes he might sneak into the first round, but it seems like his stock is currently early-to-late second round. A strong showing the NBA Combine could certainly do him some good.

Allonzo Trier

• Sports Illustrated — undrafted
• Tankathon.com — undrafted
• The Ringer — undrafted
• NBADraft.net — undrafted

Trier will have some work to do at the combine. Every major mock draft projects he will go undrafted, and Sports Illustrated published a rather unflattering critique of his game last month.

If Trier does go undrafted, he could take a similar route as Kobi Simmons, who went undrafted, inked a two-way contract, and split time between the NBA and G League.

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