The first version of The Athletic’s 2019 NBA Mock Draft is here!



Finally, we’re far enough into the season at about 50 games to have a general understanding of where each organization will select come draft night on June 20. That gives us the opportunity to chat about some of the potential fits that each player or pick could have with a potential organization.



Some general draft notes on where we’re at on Jan. 29, which is about midway through the draft calendar.



Generally, this continues to be a very strange class to project. There is little consensus from one evaluator to the next once you get past Zion Williamson. And no, I do not buy the recent speculation that Ja Morant is in the mix at No. 1 at the moment. It’s possible that medical checks and potential injury concerns could make this more of a conversation in May, if Williamson’s medical checks do not come back clean. You always have to consider that factor. But...