2023 NBA Draft Scouting Report: Bilal Coulibaly

Photo by FRANCK FIFE/AFP via Getty ImagesVictor Wembanyama has, understandably, grabbed headlines all season long: everyone knows who he is and what team he plays for. Barring some bizarre decision-making or other unforeseen circumstance, he’s going to be the number one overall selection and no one will bat an eye.

What perhaps has gone under the radar is that Wembanyama has a teammate who has also declared for the draft.

18-year-old (soon to be 19 in July) Bilal Coulibaly began the season playing with Metropolitan 92’s junior side, but not long after the turn of the new year he found himself playing alongside Wembanyama in the starting lineup and becoming a key contributor as ‘Mets 92’ look…