Newsday

● By Steve Popper

Accuracy: 24.04%65th Place
The Victor Wembanyama era begins Thursday night with no mystery at the top of the NBA Draft. But after the sure-thing top pick the draft still is loaded with question marks — and expected trades. Every pick after the first one seems to be available for the right package. We try to make sense of what’s to come in our mock draft.

Top Players Not Included

These players appear in the top 30 of our

Consensus Big Board

, but do not show up in this mock.