{"id":94353,"date":"2026-06-01T03:22:56","date_gmt":"2026-06-01T03:22:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fallsurfing.net\/firstnews\/clippers-mock-draft-roundup-la-gets-rising-star-in-latest-version\/"},"modified":"2026-06-01T03:22:56","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T03:22:56","slug":"clippers-mock-draft-roundup-la-gets-rising-star-in-latest-version","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fallsurfing.net\/firstnews\/clippers-mock-draft-roundup-la-gets-rising-star-in-latest-version\/","title":{"rendered":"Clippers mock draft roundup: LA gets rising star in latest version"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/videos\/wembanyama-leads-spurs-finals-against-025224990.html?format=embed&amp;region=US&amp;lang=en-US&amp;site=sports&amp;player_autoplay=false\" sandbox=\"allow-same-origin allow-scripts\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" data-yom-embed-source=\"{media_id_1:519bea19-5039-3cfe-b09a-b8b2dcfe3731}\" data-yahoo-uuid=\"519bea19-5039-3cfe-b09a-b8b2dcfe3731\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" scrolling=\"no\" id=\"222da7a179302dbd0b4ac9b7c64d786a\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/basketball\/nba\/teams\/los-angeles-clippers\/12\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Los Angeles Clippers<\/a> don\u2019t necessarily have to hit the reset button after a mediocre 2025-26 season but will need to make the right decisions to replenish their roster for the future.<\/p>\n<p>The Clippers will enter the NBA draft with the fifth overall pick on Tuesday, June 23.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s the franchise\u2019s lowest draft selection since picking&nbsp;Oklahoma&#8217;s Blake Griffin with the No. 1 overall pick in 2009.<\/p>\n<p>The Clippers likely will consider a guard with their first-round pick.<\/p>\n<p>Even though the team acquired guard Darius Garland before the trade deadline during the season, the Clippers will consider their options from a guard-heavy list of draft prospects.<\/p>\n<p><core-slideshow data-slideshowid=\"9b09324c-f196-3ac9-b2e9-135c86a28504\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A forward could also be considered despite Kawhi Leonard\u2019s likely return to the Clippers.<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s still a chance that Leonard could be moved, but interested teams would have to be willing to make a trade offer and look past any potential punishment by the NBA for Leonard and the Clippers for their alleged involvement in a \u201cno-show\u201d agreement with a company to funnel extra compensation to the player.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"presto-h2 wp-block-heading\">L.A. Clippers experts&#8217; mock draft selections<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/articles\/nba-mock-draft-15-0-214153550.html\" target=\"_blank\" data-3p-content-referrer=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nba\/draft\/2026\/05\/28\/2026-nba-mock-draft-after-early-entry-withdrawal-deadline\/90296501007\/\" data-original-link=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nba\/draft\/2026\/05\/28\/2026-nba-mock-draft-after-early-entry-withdrawal-deadline\/90296501007\/\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>USA TODAY Sports<\/strong><\/a><strong>: Kingston Flemings, Houston, guard<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/nba\/draft\/mock-draft\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>CBS Sports<\/strong><\/a><strong>: Keaton Wagler, Illinois, guard<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/story\/_\/id\/48790115\/2026-nba-mock-draft-projecting-60-picks-post-combine-peterson-dybantsa-boozer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>ESPN<\/strong><\/a><strong>: Keaton Wagler, Illinois, guard<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bleacherreport.com\/articles\/25262746-2026-nba-mock-draft\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Bleacher Report<\/strong><\/a><strong>: Darius Acuff Jr., Arkansas, guard<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbadraft.net\/nba-mock-drafts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>NBAdraft.net<\/strong><\/a><strong>: Darius Acuff Jr., Arkansas, guard<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nba\/clippers\/2026\/05\/31\/clippers-mock-draft-roundup-los-angeles\/90347663007\/\">Clippers mock draft: LA gets rising star in latest version<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/articles\/clippers-mock-draft-roundup-la-022314191.html\"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Los Angeles Clippers don\u2019t necessarily have to hit the reset button after a mediocre 2025-26 season but will need to make the right decisions to replenish their roster for the future. The Clippers will enter the NBA draft with the fifth overall pick on Tuesday, June 23. It&#8217;s the franchise\u2019s lowest draft selection since [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[14576,3788,796,3056,9556,1728,12324,1082,1188],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fallsurfing.net\/firstnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94353"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fallsurfing.net\/firstnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fallsurfing.net\/firstnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fallsurfing.net\/firstnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fallsurfing.net\/firstnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=94353"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/fallsurfing.net\/firstnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94353\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fallsurfing.net\/firstnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=94353"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fallsurfing.net\/firstnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=94353"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fallsurfing.net\/firstnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=94353"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}