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Who will be the 1st pick in the 2023 NBA Draft?

NBA mock draft 2023: An international super prospect tops a loaded class

Here’s our first 2023 NBA Draft board.

1 Victor Wembanyama France Center Born 2004
2 Scoot Henderson G League Ignite Guard Born 2004
3 Amen Thompson Overtime Elite Guard/Wing Born 2003
4 Ausar Thompson Overtime Elite Wing Born 2003
5 Kel'el Ware Oregon Center Freshman
6 Cam Whitmore Villanova Forward Freshman
7 Nick Smith Arkansas Guard Freshman
8 Dariq Whitehead Duke Guard Freshman
9 Jarace Walker Houston Forward Freshman
10 Anthony Black Arkansas Guard Freshman
11 Cason Wallace Kentucky Guard Freshman
12 Jordan Walsh Arkansas Wing Freshman
13 Dereck Lively Duke Center Freshman
14 Terquavion Smith NC State Guard Sophomore
15 Keyonte George Baylor Guard Freshman
16 Brandon Miller Alabama Wing Freshman
17 Jett Howard Michigan Wing/Forward Freshman
18 Dillon Mitchell Texas Forward Freshman
19 Leonard Miller G League Ignite Wing Born 2003
20 DaRon Holmes Dayton Forward Sophomore
21 Amari Bailey UCLA Guard Freshman
22 Gradey Dick Kansas Wing Freshman
23 Arthur Kaluma Creighton Wing Sophomore
24 Matthew Cleveland Florida Sate Wing Sophomore
25 Julian Strawther Gonzaga Wing Junior
26 Jaime Jaquez Jr. UCLA Forward Senior
27 Kris Murray Iowa Forward Junior
28 Daimion Collins Kentucky Forward/Center Sophomore
29 Jalen Wilson Kansas Wing/Forward Senior
30 Pete Nance North Carolina Forward Senior

Victor Wembanyama is a generational NBA prospect

Victor Wembanyama is one of the best NBA Draft prospects ever. He’s coming in 2023[/paste:font]
What are the qualities that make up a superstar basketball prospect? Let’s start with size and length, skill level and feel, athleticism and versatility. French wunderkind Victor Wembanyama checks all of these boxes and more.

Wembanyama is an 18-year-old who is already playing in the top French pro league. He’s listed at 7’2, 230 pounds, with a 7’9 wingspan — and that might be conservative. He profiles as an elite rim protector on defense and lob threat on offense who is also showing the ability to space the floor out to three-point range. Here’s one clip from that piece:



Entire article: https://www.sbnation.com/nba/2022/6...n-big-board-victor-wembanyama-scoot-henderson

Victor Wembanyama is one of the best NBA Draft prospects ever. He’s coming in 2023

The 2023 NBA Draft will be all about Victor Wembanyama, the best prospect since LeBron.

Only four days separated Victor Wembanyama from being the No. 1 overall pick in the 2022 NBA Draft. The French super prospect was born Jan. 4, 2004, just missing the age cut-off for international eligibility. Now the 2022-23 NBA season is set to offer twin prizes: the championship for teams competing at the top of the league, and the opportunity to win the rights to the best prospect to hit the draft since LeBron James for teams at the bottom of the standings.

Watching Wembanyama roam the court feels like witnessing an alien sent to Earth with the ideal package of length, skills, and athleticism to play the sport. He is listed at 7’2, 230 pounds, with a 7’9 wingspan, and that feels conservative. He has exceptional mobility for his size, not just straight line speed and lateral quickness, but also a level of agility and flexibility that is startling to see for someone with his frame. He has flashed a serious amount of skill, too, regularly splashing three-pointers, throwing eye-popping passes, and finishing plays way above the rim on both ends. The last prospect this big, this fluid, and this comfortable with the ball in his hands might be a young Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, then known as Lew Alcindor, when he entered UCLA in the mid-1960s.

Entire article: https://www.sbnation.com/nba/2022/6...-scouting-report-video-stats-profile#comments
 
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Victor Wembanyama, projected No. 1 pick in the 2023 NBA draft, will match up against another star prospect, Scoot Henderson, in Nevada exhibitions, source says

Projected No. 1 pick Victor Wembanyama will travel to Las Vegas next month for a pair of highly anticipated games, matching up with projected No. 2 pick Scoot Henderson, a source told ESPN.

Metropolitans 92 from Paris will take on G League Ignite on Oct. 4 and Oct. 6 in a pair of exhibition games in Henderson, Nevada. The games are expected to be broadcasted on the ESPN family of networks, the source said.

The 18-year old Wembanyama, who recently measured 7-foot-4 barefoot with an 8-foot wingspan, has wowed NBA executives for the past three years with his exceptional combination of fluidity, perimeter skill, shot-blocking instincts and feel for the game, and has cemented himself as the likely No. 1 pick, barring a major surprise. He was named French LNB Pro A Best Young Player two years in a row and made his EuroLeague debut last season.

Entire article: https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id...coot-henderson-nevada-exhibitions-source-says
 
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