NBA mock draft: LaMelo Ball goes first to the Timberwolves

We have a 2020 NBA draft date!

It’s Nov. 18 and will be conducted virtually — per USA TODAY Sports, “ Silver and deputy commissioner Mark Tatum will still be on hand to announce the selections for the first and second rounds, but the players will only appear via a video link.”

So now is a really good time to do a mock draft, with a lot of uncertainty about who the top pick could be — more than in past years — and how the whole first round will shake out.

After our initial post-lottery mock had James Wiseman going to the Timberwolves, we’ve started with LaMelo Ball in this one: