2023 NBA Draft Preview: Top Prospects to Watch

If you opened up this article and wondered whether it was way too soon to think about the 2023 draft, well, you’re not wrong. But on the heels of what just happened, in lieu of an overly speculative mock draft, let’s cast a quick eye toward next year, with a promising draft class on the horizon and several top prospects we’ve covered already here at SI.

Here’s a closer look at some of the top names to know in 2023:

The 2023 Draft’s Top Prize: France’s Victor Wembanyama

The pending arrival of 7'3" French teenager Wembanyama has gathered as much steam in the NBA community as any prospect since LeBron James. Here’s what I wrote about him last month:

“Barring injury or any unexpected plot twists,…