2024 NBA Draft prospect rankings: Reed Sheppard, Stephon Castle lead best five players at each position

The 2024 NBA Draft is just a few days away and while there may be more questions than answers to this point to some of the biggest storylines, CBS Sports has you covered from all angles ahead of the big night. 

CBS Sports and 247Sports experts each submitted their prospect rankings last week to develop the top players of the  consensus Top 75 Big Board. French big man Alex Sarr was voted the top center and the No. 1 overall player in this draft class.

French forward Zaccharie Risacher was voted as the top small forward in this class and checked in at No. 2 on our consensus Big Board. Sarr and Risacher were followed by Kentucky’s Reed Sheppard, UConn’s Donovan Clingan and UConn’s Stephon Castle to round out the top of the list.

Here are the top five prospects at each position heading into the 2024 NBA Draft.

Point guards

Kentucky’s 1-2 freshman punch ranks first and second on our top PG list. On my personal big board, I ranked Dillingham as the No. 1 overall player in the class ahead of Sarr. Topic finished as the third-ranked point guard and the No. 8 overall player on our big board despite concerns that he could miss part of the 2024-25 NBA season due to an ACL injury suffered this season. Collier, the former No. 2 overall player in the 2023 recruiting rankings by 247Sports, is fourth. Carrington has been skyrocketing up draft boards the last month and could find himself as a potential lottery selection when it’s all said and done.

Just missed the cut: Houston’s Jamal Shead, UCSB’s Ajay Mitchell and Marquette’s Tyler Kolek.

Shooting guards

Castle has expressed a strong desire to play point guard at the next level. For now, he’s the top-ranked shooting guard in this class if you’re going off what he was listed at the NBA Draft Combine as Carter and McCain both should go in the lottery on draft night, while the former is receiving buzz as a potential top-10 pick. Walter is another name who could go higher than his final consensus ranking of 18 because of his potential as a 3-and-D player in the…

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Author : Cameron Salerno

Publish date : 2024-06-24 19:42:09

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