redraft. Here's how I think the top 20 might go. I drafted based on what I think teams would do, but there's inevitably going to be a lot of my own (very good) opinions mixed in. 

1. San Antonio: Victor Wembanyama (1)

I don't think anything changes here and I don't think it's worth wasting words on.

2. Charlotte: Brandon Miller (2)

This is as easy as the Wemby pick.

3. Portland: Amen Thompson (4)

This is where it gets tough. Dereck Lively played a big role on a finals team. He's also a big that doesn't really shoot it. It came down to Amen, Scoot, or Lively, but I think Amen is better than Scoot and has more potential than Lively, so he's the pick here.

4. Houston: Scoot Henderson (3)

If Houston didn't already have Sengun I might've taken Lively, but they do, so I have Houston taking a swing on Scoot's potential. This feels really high for him, but the next few guys taken aren't exactly sure-things either.

5. Detroit: Dereck Lively II (12)

The next few guys taken after this are high-upside wings with a lot of questions, but Detroit already has a lot of those guys, so we'll get them a sure-thing rotation player with really good upside as well.

6. Orlando: Anthony Black (6)

Orlando liked Black at the time and he's been pretty good to open the season, so we'll keep him at #6.

7. Washington: Bilal Coulibaly (7)

Washington needs some upside swings, and Coulibabily is still that. He's scored 17+ in 3/4 games this season.

8. Indiana: Cason Wallace (10)

Indiana is pretty deep across the board with solid players and have gotten basically nothing from their original pick (Jarace Walker), so we'll give them Cason Wallace, who has the ability to play right away for them while also being young enough to grow with their core.

9. Utah: Ausar Thompson (5)

Thompson has been as-advertised so far. Good all-around player that can't shoot. The lack of improvement on his jumper drops him, but the upside everywhere else keeps him in the top ten.

10. Oklahoma City: Jordan Hawkins (14)

Hawkins has been really good through five games for New Orleans this season (16.2 PPG). If he keeps that up this will be way too low for him, and if he falls back down to last year's numbers it'll be a few spots too high.

11. Orlando: Brandin Podziemski (19)

Like Indiana, Orlando is getting nothing from the guy they originally picked here. Replace him with a solid player like Podz and they will be even better.

12. Dallas: Jaime Jaquez Jr (18)

Dallas is the big loser in the redraft. Jaquez is still a really solid player that can play postseason minutes for you already, but he isn't as good of a fit and doesn't have the upside that they got from Lively.

13. Toronto: Gradey Dick (13)

Basically the same thing I said for Jordan Hawkins. Dick is averaging 18.8 PPG for Toronto through five games. I could probably argue him as high as #9, but I want to see a bit more first.

14. New Orleans: Keyonte George (16)

Unlike some of the early season risers, George's bad start scared me into dropping him a couple of spots from where he might have been last April. If he can become a good basketball player he'd be a great fit playing off of Zion.

15. Atlanta: Taylor Hendricks (9)

Taylor Hendricks makes a lot of sense as a catch-and-shoot guy that plays some defense in a lineup with Trae Young. And since Quin Snyder hates young guys he wouldn't have been able to get injured like he did with the Jazz!

16. Utah: Jarace Walker (8)

Walker hasn't done anything for Indiana, but they're good so it's possible he could be better on a team with more minutes available.

17. LA Lakers: GG Jackson (45)

He's been the third leading scorer from this class. However, he fell to 45 for a reason and it wasn't because teams didn't think he could score in the NBA. This might be a weird fit, but if it doesn't work out Lebron can trade him at the deadline. 

18. Miami: Cam Whitmore (20)

Like GG, teams already knew he could score. He fell for a reason initially, so he falls a bit here too.

19. Golden State: Trayce Jackson-Davis (57)

This might be a lazy pick, but he's started every game for GS this season.

20. Houston: Ben Sheppard (26)

Houston is pretty deep across the board. Sheppard played playoff minutes as a rookie for Indiana, so he's a good win-now choice for a Houston team that is trying to win.