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NBA mock draft: California's Jaylen Brown to Suns at No. 4

Published May. 18, 2016 2:22 p.m. ET

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Following Tuesday night's NBA draft lottery, FOXSports.com came out with its first mock draft of the year.

With the Suns pick at No. 4, Aaron Torres projects that Ben Simmons, Brandon Ingram and Dragan Bender will be off the board. The pick?

California forward Jaylen Brown.

Assuming they keep their first-round picks, the Suns are up again at No. 13, and Torres again projects a forward -- Marquette's Henry Ellenson:

Next up, again assuming the highly unlikely scenario that they keep all three of their first-round picks, is the 28th pick acquired from Cleveland. The theory here would be to shun immediate help in favor of a draft and stash. Hence, Croatian center Ante Zizic:

Click here for the complete mock draft.

Of course, FOX Sports isn't the only mock draft to be published following the lottery, and Brown is a strong consensus among various others -- although a number of experts can see Bender falling to Phoenix.

Here's a recap of some of the other prominent mockers:

2016 NBA mock drafts

Source	No. 4	No. 13	No. 28
Scott Howard-Cooper, NBA.com	Jaylen Brown, F, California	Marquese Chriss, F, Washington	Chieck Diallo, F, Kansas
Chad Ford, ESPN.com	Dragan Bender, F, Croatia	Denzel Valentine G, Michigan St.	Juan Hernangomez, F, Spain
Andrew Sharp, Sports Illustrated	Dragan Bender, F, Croatia	Timothe Luwawu, F, France	Chieck Diallo, F, Kansas
Gary Parrish, CBSSports.com	Jaylen Brown, F, California	Marquese Chriss, F, Washington	Juan Hernangomez, F, Spain
Jonathan Givony, The Vertical	Jaylen Brown, F, California	Henry Ellenson, F, Marquette	Petr Cornelie, F, France
Sean Deveney, SportingNews.com	Jaylen Brown, F, California	Skal Labissiere, C, Kentucky	Ben Bentil, F, Providence
Andrew Gould, Bleacher Report	Jaylen Brown, F, California	Timothe Luwawu, F, France	Malcolm Brogdon, G, Virginia
Kevin O'Connor, SBNation.com	Jaylen Brown, F, California	Timothe Luwawu, F, France	Petr Cornelie, F, France
Derek Bodner, USA Today	Jaylen Brown, F, California	Skal Labissiere, C, Kentucky	Zhou Qi, C, China
Aran Smith, NBADraft.net	Dragan Bender, F, Croatia	Skal Labissiere, C, Kentucky	Thon Maker, F, Australia
DraftExpress.com	Jaylen Brown, F, California	Henry Ellenson, F, Marquette	Petr Cornelie, F, France