2023 NBA Mock Draft: NBA Predictions Edition

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.

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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