The 2023 NBA Draft is underway at the Barclays Center in New York and outside of consensus No. 1 overall pick Victor Wembanyama, no one’s future home is set in stone.
Throughout the night, FOX Sports basketball analyst John Fanta will provide instant analysis on each player drafted in the first round. Stay tuned for updates:
FIRST ROUND
1. San Antonio Spurs: Victor Wembanyama, PF/C, Metropolitans 92
The three things that stick out about this generational talent:
- At the age of 17, he led the EuroLeague in blocked shots. He will be the NBA’s tallest active player once he steps on the court.
- He’s shot 47% this season in the French League with the majority of his shots coming away from the basket. He is long enough that he can rise over anybody in the league substantially, and will show an ability to knock down runner shots from 3-point territory off one foot. You also cannot play “Hack-a-Wemby.” He is shooting over 81% from the free-throw line.
- Those who have covered him have stated that his demeanor and maturity are off the charts for someone at 19 years of age. The son of two former athletes, with his dad Felix being a 6-6 long jumper and mother Elodie being a former hoops player, Wembanyama is grounded and ready for the next level.
He will come into San Antonio and be the centerpiece for a team that needs one, but also has a rising core of Keldon Johnson (23), Devin Vassell (22), Tre Jones (23), Malaki Branham (20) and Jeremy Sochan (19). With Popovich on the sideline, this makes for a fascinating NBA experiment, and it shouldn’t be long before we see the Spurs playing postseason basketball again.
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2. Charlotte Hornets
3. Portland Trail Blazers
4. Houston Rockets
5. Detroit Pistons
6. Orlando Magic
7. Indiana Pacers
8. Washington Wizards
9. Utah Jazz
10. Dallas Mavericks
11. Orlando Magic (from Chicago Bulls)
12. Oklahoma City Thunder
13. Toronto Raptors
14. New Orleans Pelicans
15. Atlanta Hawks
16. Utah Jazz (from Minnesota Timberwolves)
17. Los Angeles Lakers
18. Miami Heat
19. Golden State Warriors
20. Houston Rockets (from LA Clippers)
21. Brooklyn Nets (from Phoenix Suns)
22. Brooklyn Nets
23. Portland Trail Blazers (from New York Knicks)
24. Sacramento Kings
25. Boston Celtics (via Memphis Grizzlies)
26. Indiana Pacers (from Cleveland Cavaliers)
27. Charlotte Hornets (from Denver Nuggets via New York and Oklahoma City)
28. Utah Jazz (from Philadelphia 76ers via Brooklyn)
29. Indiana Pacers (from Boston Celtics)
30. LA Clippers (from Milwaukee Bucks via Houston)
SECOND ROUND
31. Detroit
32. Nuggets (from Houston)
33. San Antonio
34. Charlotte
35. Boston (from Portland via Atlanta, LA Clippers, Detroit and Cleveland)
36. Orlando
37. Oklahoma City (from Washington via New Orleans)
38. Sacramento (from Indiana)
39. Charlotte (from Utah via New York)
40. Denver (from Dallas via Oklahoma City)
41. Charlotte (from Oklahoma City via New York and Boston)
42. Washington (from Chicago via the Los Angeles Lakers and Washington)
43. Portland (from Atlanta)
44. San Antonio (from Toronto)
45. Memphis (from Minnesota)
46. Atlanta (from New Orleans)
47. Los Angeles Lakers
48. LA Clippers
49. Cleveland (from Golden State via Utah and New Orleans)
50. Oklahoma City (from Miami via Boston, Memphis and Dallas)
51. Brooklyn
52. Phoenix
53. Minnesota (from New York via Charlotte)
54. Sacramento
55. Indiana (from Cleveland via Milwaukee and Detroit)
56. Memphis
57. Washington (from Boston via Charlotte)
58. Milwaukee
John Fanta is a national college basketball broadcaster and writer for FOX Sports. He covers the sport in a variety of capacities, from calling games on FS1 to serving as lead host on the BIG EAST Digital Network to providing commentary on The Field of 68 Media Network. Follow him on Twitter @John_Fanta.
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