1. Orlando Magic: Nerlens Noel, 19, C, Kentucky

2. Charlotte Bobcats: Ben McLemore, 20, SG, Kansas

3. Cleveland Cavaliers: Otto Porter, 19, SF, Georgetown

4. Phoenix Suns: Victor Oladipo, 21, SG, Indiana

5. New Orleans Pelicans: Trey Burke, 20, PG, Michigan

6. Sacramento Kings: Shabazz Muhammad, 20, SF, UCLA

7. Detroit Pistons: Michael Carter-Williams, 21, PG, Syracuse

8. Washington Wizards: Alex Len, 19, C, Maryland

9. Minnesota Timberwolves: Anthony Bennett, 20, PF, UNLV

10. Portland Trail Blazers: CJ McCollum, 21, SG/PG, Lehigh

11. Philadelphia 76ers: Mason Plumlee, 23, PF/C, Duke

12. Oklahoma City Thunder (from Toronto Raptors): Cody Zeller, 20, C, Indiana

13. Dallas Mavericks: Kelly Olynyk, 22, C, Gonzaga

14. Utah Jazz: Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, 20, SG, Georgia

15. Milwaukee Bucks: Dario Saric, 19, SF, Cibona Zagreb (Croatia)

16. Boston Celtics: Gorgui Dieng, 23, C, Louisville

17. Atlanta Hawks: Rudy Gobert, 20, PF/C, Cholet (France)

18. Atlanta Hawks (from Houston Rockets): Jamaal Franklin, 21, SG, San Diego State

19. Cleveland Cavaliers (from Los Angeles Lakers): Jeff Withey, 23, C, Kansas

20. Chicago Bulls: Allen Crabbe, 21, SG, California

21. Utah Jazz (from Golden State Warriors): Dennis Schroeder, 19, PG, Braunschweig (Germany)

22. Brooklyn Nets: Tony Mitchell, 21, SF/PF, North Texas

23. Indiana Pacers: Shane Larkin, 20, PG, Miami (FL)

24. New York Knicks: Steven Adams, 19, C, Pittsburgh

25. Los Angeles Clippers: Sergey Karasev, 19, SF, Triumph Moscow (Russia)

26. Minnesota Timberwolves (from Memphis Grizzlies): Archie Goodwin, 19, SG, Kentucky

27. Denver Nuggets: Giannis Adetokunbo, 18, SF, Filathlitikos (Greece)

28. San Antonio Spurs: Lucas Nogueira, 20, C, CB Estudiantes (Spain)

29. Oklahoma City Thunder: Glen Rice Jr, 22, SF, Rio Grande (D-League)

30. Phoenix Suns: Reggie Bullock, 22, SF, North Carolina

Despite his season-ending knee injury, Noel is still the best prospect of this class, and should go first no matter who wins the lottery. His offensive game is pretty raw, but he is tremendously athletic, which will allow him to be a great big man defender, and if nothing else, a terrific finisher around the rim.

McLemore has a lot of skills offensively, being dominant in transition, while also showing skill as a cutter and a spot-up shooter last season at Kansas. He’s also shown the ability to defend multiple wing positions, so he should be a great contributor wherever he lands.

Burke fairly went up on draft boards after tremendous play in Big 10 play and the NCAA tournament. He’s a great facilitator, shoots well, defends capably, and generally doesn’t make many mistakes. He’d be a great fit for New Orleans, moving Austin Rivers to the bench after his incomprehensibly bad rookie season.

Otto Porter might never be a star in the NBA, but he’ll be a good starter pretty much wherever he goes. He shoots the ball very well, has a great motor (buzzword!), and also appears to be a great defender. He’d fit in best with the Cavaliers or Kings, who both need upgrades at the Small Forward position.

After starting the season as a popular pick to be the first overall selection, Cody Zeller has dropped down most draft boards to a mid lottery pick, while his teammate Oladipo has shot up to a top-10 or 5 selection. Oladipo developed into a fantastic 2-guard this season, especially on defense. His offensive game is shaky beyond transition, where he’s great, but he showed improvement on driving to the rim and shooting later in the season. Zeller played very solidly throughout his second season at Indiana, doing just about everything a Center needs to do well. Like Nerlens, he needs to bulk up to better handle players in the post, but he still has lots of room to develop into a great NBA big man.

Keep with King James Gospel for continued draft coverage as players go through the combine May 15-19 and the lottery positions are announced May 21.

After Monday night’s double overtime thriller in which the San Antonio Spurs beat the Golden State Warriors, 129-127, on a 3 pointer by Manu Ginobili with 1.2 seconds left, the Warriors will look to bounce back tonight and even the series before heading back to Oakland for game three. I’ll be live tweeting the game from @KJG_NBA. Here are the keys for each team to win the game:

Golden State: Don’t slack off defensively

• The engine behind San Antonio’s big fourth quarter comeback was getting lots of open looks on offense that were generated by poor rotations by the Warriors. The Warriors kept the Spurs in check for much of the game, but their lack of discipline late allowed the Spurs to work their way back into the game in which they were mostly being outplayed. Poor defensive decisions also led to the critical foul out by Klay Thompson, who really had a nice game on both ends of the court. His absence put a greater burden on Steph Curry and Jarrett Jack, and while they (mostly) delivered while he was on the bench, his presence would have helped them a lot.

San Antonio: Better Pick and Roll defense, putting Kawhi Leonard on Steph Curry as much as possible.

• The Spurs simply need to defend the Warriors’ high pick and roll that frees their shooters better. Much of the onus falls on whoever guards the ball handler recognizing the sets quickly and getting around the screen fast enough to not allow the shooter, whether it be Curry, Jack, Thompson, or anyone else, much time for an open look. Without Tiago Splitter, who might still be out with an ankle injury, the Spurs’ big men (Boris Diaw and Tim Duncan) likely aren’t mobile enough to bother the shooters much. The Spurs also need to use the 6’7” Kawhi Leonard on Steph Curry as much as they can, because he was the only defender that seemed to have much success in limiting Curry, holding him to 6 points in the fourth quarter and overtimes. They had the luxury of Klay Thompson fouling out and thus eliminating a major offensive threat that Leonard would have had to cover, and will likely not be so lucky this time around. However, their main defensive focus needs to be slowing Curry and preventing him from having another 40 point game.