My first 2023 Mock Draft of the season! With Victor Wembanyama setting the world on fire, expect the tanking to be hard and heavy. I am a Denver fan, but if my team was not in playoff contention I would be upset if my team was NOT tanking.
Note: This mock draft is based off my upcoming NBA 2K23 Draft Class. Meaning, I kept the number of underclassmen to a limit equal to previous NBA drafts. So 18 freshmen or so. If I added everybody, about 3/4 of this mock would be incoming freshmen.
Draft order based on 2022-2023 NBA Predictions.
| Round | Pick | Team | Player | Position | School | Class |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Houston Rockets | Victor Wembanyama | C | France | Intl. |
| 1 | 2 | Oklahoma City Thunder | Scoot Henderson | PG | USA/G-League | N/A |
| 1 | 3 | Utah Jazz | Nick Smith | SG | Arkansas | Fr |
| 1 | 4 | Detroit Pistons | Ausar Thompson | SF | USA/OT Elite | N/A |
| 1 | 5 | Orlando Magic | Amen Thompson | SF | USA/OT Elite | N/A |
| 1 | 6 | Indiana Pacers | GG Jackson | PF | South Carolina | Fr |
| 1 | 7 | San Antonio Spurs | Cam Whitmore | SF | Villanova | Fr |
| 1 | 8 | New York Knicks | Dariq Whitehead | SF | Duke | Fr |
| 1 | 9 | Charlotte Hornets | Jarace Walker | PF | Houston | Fr |
| 1 | 10 | Portland Trail Blazers | Dereck Lively II | C | Duke | Fr |
| 1 | 11 | Washington Wizards | Anthony Black | PG | Arkansas | Fr |
| 1 | 12 | Sacramento Kings | Keyonte George | SG | Baylor | Fr |
| 1 | 13 | New York Knicks (from DAL) | Terquavion Smith | SG | NC State | So |
| 1 | 14 | Orlando Magic (from CHI) | Arthur Kaluma | SF | Creighton | So |
| 1 | 15 | New Orleans Pelicans (from LAL) | Kel’el Ware | C | Oregon | Fr |
| 1 | 16 | Los Angeles Lakers (from NO) | Dillon Mitchell | SF | Texas | Fr |
| 1 | 17 | Utah Jazz (from MIN) | Leonard Miller | PF | Canada/G-League | N/A |
| 1 | 18 | Brooklyn Nets | Julian Strawther | SG | Gonzaga | Jr |
| 1 | 19 | Indiana Pacers (from CLE) | Kris Murray | PF | Iowa | Jr |
| 1 | 20 | Toronto Raptors | Sidy Cissoko | SF | France/G-League | N/A |
| 1 | 21 | Atlanta Hawks | Harrison Ingram | SF | Stanford | So |
| 1 | 22 | Memphis Grizzlies | Amari Bailey | SG | UCLA | Fr |
| 1 | 23 | Charlotte Hornets (from DEN) | Matthew Cleveland | SF | Florida State | So |
| 1 | 24 | Indiana Pacers (from BOS) | Rayan Rupert | SG | France | N/A |
| 1 | 25 | Los Angeles Clippers | Marcus Sasser | PG | Houston | Sr |
| 1 | 26 | Golden State Warriors | Kyle Filipowski | PF | Duke | Fr |
| 1 | 27 | Miami Heat | Caleb Love | PG | North Carolina | Jr |
| 1 | 28 | Phoenix Suns | Chris Livingston | SF | Kentucky | Fr |
| 1 | 29 | Houston Rockets (from MIL) | Tyrese Hunter | PG | Texas | So |
| 1 | 30 | Utah Jazz (from PHI) | james Nnaji | C | Nigeria | N/A |
| 2 | 31 | Houston Rockets | JJ Starling | SG | Notre Dame | Fr |
| 2 | 32 | Oklahoma City Thunder | Adem Bona | C | UCLA | Fr |
| 2 | 33 | Charlotte Hornets (from UTA) | Nolan Hickman | PG | Gonzaga | So |
| 2 | 34 | Detroit Pistons | Langston Love | SG | Baylor | rFr |
| 2 | 35 | Orlando Magic | Nikola Djurisic | SF | Serbia | Intl. |
| 2 | 36 | Sacramento Kings (from IND) | Brandon Miller | SF | Alabama | Fr |
| 2 | 37 | San Antonio Spurs | RJ Davis | PG | North Carolina | Jr |
| 2 | 38 | Minnesota Timberwolves (from NYK) | Armondo Bacot | C | North Carolina | Sr |
| 2 | 39 | Philadelphia 76ers (from CHA) | Cason Wallace | SG | Kentucky | Fr |
| 2 | 40 | Boston Celtics (from POR) | Oscar Tshiebwe | PF | Kentucky | Sr |
| 2 | 41 | Denver Nuggets (from WAS) | Emoni Bates | SF | Eastern Michigan | So |
| 2 | 42 | Sacramento Kings | Mojave King | SG | New Zealand | Intl. |
| 2 | 43 | Oklahoma City Thunder (from DAL) | Julian Phillips | SF | Tennessee | Fr |
| 2 | 44 | Los Angeles Lakers (from CHI) | Efton Reid | C | Gonzaga | So |
| 2 | 45 | Los Angeles Lakers | Jalen Wilson | SF | Kansas | rJr |
| 2 | 46 | Atlanta Hawks (from NO) | DaRon Holmes II | PF | Dayton | So |
| 2 | 47 | Memphis Grizzlies (from MIN) | Adama Sanogo | PF | Connecticut | Jr |
| 2 | 48 | Atlanta Hawks (from BKN) | Roko Prkacin | PF | Croatia | Intl. |
| 2 | 49 | Cleveland Cavaliers | Jaime Jaquez Jr. | SF | UCLA | Sr |
| 2 | 50 | Toronto Raptors | Mouhamed Gueye | PF | Washington State | So |
| 2 | 51 | Brooklyn Nets (from ATL) | Drew Timme | PF | Gonzaga | Sr |
| 2 | 52 | Memphis Grizzlies | Malcolm Cazalon | SG | France | Intl. |
| 2 | 53 | Chicago Bulls (from DEN) | Azuolas Tubelis | PF | Arizona | Sr |
| 2 | 54 | Washington Wizards (from BOS) | Will Richardson | SG | Oregon | rSr |
| 2 | 55 | Los Angeles Clippers | Charles Bediako | C | Alabama | So |
| 2 | 56 | Milwaukee Bucks (from GS) | Tristan da Silva | PF | Colorado | Jr |
| 2 | 57 | Indiana Pacers (from MIA) | Trayce Jackson-Davis | PF | Indiana | Jr |
| 2 | 58 | Phoenix Suns | Andre Jackson | SF | Connecticut | Jr |
| 2 | 59 | Milwaukee Bucks | Hunter Sallis | SG | Gonzaga | So |
| 2 | 60 | Philadelphia 76ers | Max Abmas | PG | Oral Roberts | Sr |
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