Cook, Austin most intriguing bubble boys

There will be 29 first-round picks in the NBA Draft. Not 50. Not 44. Not even 30.

According to ESPN.com's latest mock draft, 12 of them will be international players. Two more will be high school stars. The other 15 will come from the college ranks.

The world as we know it is about to change. So when some random GM makes an off-hand comment about a prospect being a lock for the first round, step back a minute and do the math.

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• Senior NBA Writer for ESPN.com
• ESPN Insider NBA Draft Analyst since 2002
• Writes ESPN's NBA Draft Top 100 and Lottery Mock Draft