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Report: 4 teams would take Parker 1st overall, 5 would take Wiggins, Exum & Embiid in mix

Rob Kinnan / USA Today Sports

With the NBA draft lottery shaking down on Tuesday night, it's led to plenty of speculation as to which player certain teams would select first overall.

Jabari Parker, Andrew Wiggins and Joel Embiid have long been considered the top three in some order, depending on team preference, but Dante Exum is now working his way into the discussion, too. What's more, Embiid's medical status threatens to derail his stock depending on which teams he provides the information too.

While there's still plenty of time left in the process - the draft isn't for more than a  month (June 26) and teams still have to perform individual workouts and interviews - ESPN's draft guru Chad Ford tweeted on Tuesday that five teams would currently select Wiggins, four would select Parker, and a couple are interested in Embiid and Exum.

Here are the details by player:

Andrew Wiggins: Milwaukee, Philadelphia, Orlando, Boston and the Los Angeles Lakers would take him "if draft was today."

Jabari Parker: Utah, Detroit, Cleveland and New Orleans would "likely" take him number one today.

Joel Embiid: Sacramento is the lone team that would take Embiid but Milwaukee, Boston and the Lakers are "all seriously considering" him if medical reports are clear.

Dante Exum: He's "in the mix" for Milwaukee, Orlando and the Lakers but it's a bit of a long-shot still.

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